How is this possible? Double cream turned out to be yoghurt!

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BarbaraVineFan · 23/12/2025 22:21

I was making a trifle this morning and opened two pint pots of double cream from Waitrose with expiry dates of Boxing Day. Thought they seemed weirdly thick. Tasted.

Both pots contained plain yoghurt! It was definitely yoghurt rather than cream that had gone off. Or at a push, sour cream.

my question is, how is this possible?! Has this happened to anyone else? It really confused me (and I had to get emergency cream from little Tesco!)

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soupyspoon · 29/12/2025 07:25

HomeTheatreSystem · 29/12/2025 07:11

Report to the supermarket and Trading Standards.

I bought a box of orange juice and when I went to give it a shake to distribute the bits, I wondered if it had already been opened/leaked in transit as it seemed to be unusually swooshy inside the box. It was indeed a 1 litre size box but per the details on the outside, contained just 900 ml of juice. Technically nothing wrong with that but it was, from a consumer POV, very deceptive. Maybe in your case they've omitted to change the net weight on your yoghurt to 450?

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Apparently the contents can be up to 10% less than cited on the package and 10% of 500g is 50g so they'll get away with it

HomeTheatreSystem · 29/12/2025 09:09

soupyspoon · 29/12/2025 07:25

Apparently the contents can be up to 10% less than cited on the package and 10% of 500g is 50g so they'll get away with it

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https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/packaged-goods

Looks like it's a bit stricter than 10% for a 500 gr tub and the fact that OP has consistently experienced that the tubs are underweight by the same amount suggests this is deliberate, rather than an occasional error which isn't allowed for. She should definitely involve Trading Standards.

Weights and measures: the law

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https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/packaged-goods

deeahgwitch · 29/12/2025 11:22

soupyspoon · 28/12/2025 21:08

Interesting thread now I have read it all

Just goes to show that these supermarkets just use the same factory with different packages, sounds like something has gone wrong

I have a yoghurt issue of late, thought it was just me and Im mundane enough that I was going to start a thread about it but forgot, of late I have been making a cake that needs 500g of yoghurt, every single time I use that 500g pot, its got exactly 450g in it. Im swizzed each time.

Its not a significant as your problem OP!!

What brand of yogurt please @soupyspoon?

soupyspoon · 31/12/2025 14:37

I have a feeling its Tesco, we dont normally shop in Tesco but for some reason each time Ive made the cake I happened to have bought the yoghurt from Tesco, 3 times now.

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