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To not buy mince in Sainsbury's

234 replies

Abccde · 09/03/2023 19:03

1st world problems I know 🤣

But yuck - I wouldn't feed it to a dog.

The new vacuum pac might not affect the taste (I won't be finding out for a long time) but it certainly looks absolutely disgusting.

And it wasn't this colour in store - they were all horrible and brown! 🤢🤮

To not buy mince in Sainsbury's
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Piggywaspushed · 14/03/2023 20:49

The best home made burgers are not kneaded and squidgy. They are 100 % juicy beef and should fall apart slightly. You cannot do this with this mince.

CheersForThatEh · 14/03/2023 20:55

You'll know because packaging swells when it's off because of the gases released. It's why those little jars say "dont buy me if the button has popped".

CheersForThatEh · 14/03/2023 20:58

Can the veggies please get off their high horses. Unless you're vegan you're literally still condoning the killing of cows through your dairy. How do you think the cows keep producing milk and where do you think the babies go!?

zurala · 14/03/2023 21:04

GoodChat · 09/03/2023 19:42

@FurAndFeathers wanting your meat to not look like it's rotting really isn't that unusual

It's days old meat from a carcass. Of course it's rotting. It's been through rigor mortis. Don't you know what your food has been through?

SoupDragon67 · 14/03/2023 21:14

You seem to have plenty of time to spend on mince, so I'll bow to your expertise. Please see User4670s comments: "disintegrates into little balls". Yep, completely agree.

OhmygodDont · 14/03/2023 21:35

zurala · 14/03/2023 21:04

It's days old meat from a carcass. Of course it's rotting. It's been through rigor mortis. Don't you know what your food has been through?

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Yes but we want it to still be bloody and red like meat 🥩 chill out eat a steak smh.

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 14/03/2023 21:42

Piggywaspushed · 14/03/2023 20:49

The best home made burgers are not kneaded and squidgy. They are 100 % juicy beef and should fall apart slightly. You cannot do this with this mince.

You need the higher fat content meat for burgers, try the 12%. The 5% and 3% are more expensive because there's more meat less fat but they won't hold together for burgers.

PriscillaQueenOfThePudding · 14/03/2023 21:50

Haven’t read the full thread. Someone I was at uni with about 10 years ago did their dissertation on minced beef and found E. coli in the Sainsburys mince.

Piggywaspushed · 14/03/2023 21:55

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 14/03/2023 21:42

You need the higher fat content meat for burgers, try the 12%. The 5% and 3% are more expensive because there's more meat less fat but they won't hold together for burgers.

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I did...

GoldenLancs · 18/03/2023 09:35

Had several of these blocks of sludge from JS but no more. Nightmare to break up as many have said. Texture hugely different and a backwards step with non recyclable packaging.

NameInUseAlreadyAgain · 18/03/2023 16:32

100% switched to frozen mince here. Game changer.

flutterbyebaby · 18/03/2023 16:46

Why not find a decent butcher and ask them to mince some decent steak for you, least you know what you are eating then

NameInUseAlreadyAgain · 19/03/2023 07:32

Not bothered at all ‘what I’m eating’.

Piggywaspushed · 19/03/2023 07:44

Not all of use live near a butcher...

Piggywaspushed · 19/03/2023 07:44

*us

TheUnquestionedAnswer · 19/03/2023 07:55

I went to Sains yesterday and was surprised by the appearance too, so much so that I bought the 12% rather than the 5 as it didn't look any more fatty and was cheaper. Still brown looking. I'll cook it later and see what I think.

EspeciallyDedicated · 19/03/2023 07:59

I've bought some more too, we couldn't recycle the old packaging but can this if we wash it, we have a mince masher which breaks it up easily, takes up less space in the fridge, definitely an improvement for us.

SophieJo · 19/03/2023 08:00

Looks fine to me. However I paid £3.50 in Tesco for 500g, 5% fat.

flutterbyebaby · 19/03/2023 13:38

Piggywaspushed · 19/03/2023 07:44

Not all of use live near a butcher...

Neither do I, plenty of good online ones that deliver

qpmz · 19/03/2023 13:39

Less plastic, that's all that matters.

MrTee · 27/03/2023 20:58

How far must quality and customer service fall before people do anything? Your butcher used to ask if you wanted course or fine mince, now Sainsburys are selling this muck. They should be done under the trade description act as it's not mince anymore, they should rename it lump, as that's what you get now, one huge solid lump. I'm all for reducing packaging but not if it ruins the product.

Arapawa · 27/03/2023 22:43

MrTee · 27/03/2023 20:58

How far must quality and customer service fall before people do anything? Your butcher used to ask if you wanted course or fine mince, now Sainsburys are selling this muck. They should be done under the trade description act as it's not mince anymore, they should rename it lump, as that's what you get now, one huge solid lump. I'm all for reducing packaging but not if it ruins the product.

Love it. I've been vegetarian for 20+ years but my mother (much poorer than me) never ever bought supermarket mince. She always went to local butcher, saw the bit of meat and got them to cut off excess fat before it was minced.

Great service and product, not wrapped in nappy liners and plastic in a supermarket.

LeevMarie · 28/03/2023 03:55

Dear God, the comments on this. . . The world burns, people starve and the middle classes of the UK go crazy over meat that looks brown (quite possibly because it is . . dead), and 'unappetising'. I'd laugh if it wasn't all so tragic.

I'm vegan, btw, but understand that my lifestyle isn't for everyone. As pps have suggested - go to your butcher, support local businesses and spare a thought for the people (and animals) who don't have the pain of choice.

Ttwinkletoes · 28/03/2023 05:00

I think it’s cos the plastic single use containers that are used for meat and veg contain CO2 to preserve them and since gas prices went up (which is used for CO2 production) is expensive so it’s cheaper to seal the pack with no air or CO2.

CO2 is injected into the packaging of perishable foods such as meat and salads to inhibit the growth of bacteria. It typically prolongs the shelf life of products such as beef steak by around five days.

Gosh am I the only one on MN that knows this?

Autienotnautie · 28/03/2023 05:49

I bought it the other day it looked like dog food and the consistency was awful. Never again.