Sainsburys beef mince...

[Georgyporky]

.... the new vacuum packaging is awful. The meat is reduced to a sludge that is difficult to break up when cooking.
I got a refund, & Customer Services said they'd had a lot of complaints.
I suggest we all boycott it.
More info here :-
Sainsbury's defends vac-pack mince after complaints - BBC News

Because it's not the same! The texture etc is completely different.

Used it yesterday to make tacos....absolutely fine

A small change which shouldn’t take too much getting used to. Well done Sainsbury’s for trying to make a dent in wasteful packaging.

Ugh yeah was not happy with this first time. I’ll be trying to break it up out of the packet pre-cooking I think, as it came out lumpy like meatballs trying to do that in the pan.

Less packaging is a good thing though so I’m prepared to try…

It doesn't bother me at all. Have had Gousto mince like that before. Have used the sainsburys one to make bolognese, chilli and burgers so far. Literally absolutely fine, didn't find it as horrendously challenging to break up as some claim

I've used it twice and seen no difference other than that the colour is darker in the packaging.

like Itsgot I buy frozen direct from farm & it’s vacuum sealed in thinnish plastic all over

pics of sainsbury’s look wild different to what I get though as mine still retains the visible ‘strands’ of mince, even in the packaging, but S’s looks more paste-like

is it the harder plastic on the bottom of their packaging that ‘mushes’ the mince down into more of a paste?

or does it look more mince-like once opened/cooked?

It was fine. Not sure what the fuss is about

I've given up on it, it was a nightmare to break up and cook with - I'm not sure that Sainsbury's using a bit less plastic in one of their containers is really going to solve the world's problem, even if it's baby steps, so I now buy my mince from Aldi.

Our kosher mince has always been like this

I can't get past the look of it. I'm now getting my mince from the butcher.

I cooked some yesterday. It was absolutely fine and broke down when cooking.

I've seen comments in other places - frankly I don't see what the problem is. The packaging takes up much less space when recycling. All good as far as I can see

I’ve used it, I’m about to use it again now and I have no issues with it. Good on them

I preferred it. I hate lumps of mince in a bolognese.

To those in favour of it, you do realise that as flexible plastic is used, the packs are not accepted in most councils’ kerbside bins and must be taken to specialist collection points - or in the black bin & then to landfill.

It's a bit weird to look at but I'm down with anything that reduces plastic. Tastes fine

Of all the packaging they could try and reduce, why this? I hate it when meat isn't packaged well, it feels unhygienic. And indeed it was when the crappy packaging resulted in the turkey leaking blood everywhere last Xmas.

Packaging should always be minimal (wtf is toothpaste in cardboard boxes?!) but I really hate it when meat packaging is too flimsy or it turns mince into mush!

This

Try frozen mince.

It's absolutely fine - don't know why people are getting her up about this. I just break it up in the same way that I used to break up the mince in the other packs. I like it! It takes up less room in the freezer.

I used it, maybe took a bit more effort ti break it up fully but was fine. Doesn’t look the most appealing but the massive reduction in plastic packaging the switch to this has meant makes it very very worth it.

@CheekyRascals

Try frozen mince.

Thanks but I don't use frozen foods. I'm happy to buy fresh.

It looks really odd. It was red and properly minced, now it’s dark purple and like sludge. How food looks DOES affect how you feel about it. And this looks unappealing.

May not be so eco after all...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65202523