I think Aldi gets extra points for calling the not-Snickers 'Racer' as a play on 'Marathon' which is what we used to call Snickers, and a lot of brits are still kind of bitter about them changing.
@stephenlee5929
Жыл бұрын
Should try their knock off Mars, called Titan.
@dave_h_8742
Жыл бұрын
Like an astronomy lesson but in chocolate 😀
@foreverhungry84
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenlee5929 isnt titan one of the moons of mars? bravo on the name play
@hairyairey
Жыл бұрын
I watched a Series 10 episode of Frasier this week where Martin Crane saw a Marathon in the vending machine, so presumably the name changed later in the US? Answering my own question, we changed in the UK in 1990 so was Seattle somehow behind the rest of the world?
@wobaguk
Жыл бұрын
@@hairyairey Did a bit of digging. Snickers were actually always called that in the US. However they had an unrelated choccy product called Marathon, which was basically an american version of a Curly Wurly, but its no longer available.
@invictapatriot7511
Жыл бұрын
Hey Alana...... I was that person in Aldi that recognised you. What a surprise. 😮 I thought you were quite quiet compared to how we see you on KZitem. Nice video again.
@suttoncoldfield9318
6 ай бұрын
A 'Close Alanna Encounter of the Third Kind'.
@Bearfacecat
Жыл бұрын
Aldi is great. Often the knock offs are as good or better than the orginals. I find that after a while I can't go back because the orignal taste wrong!
@kevanparker908
Жыл бұрын
My wife used to work for Thorntons chocolate and they made some products for Aldi. I think many of the "knock offs" could have been made in the same factory as the originals?
@rowesk
Жыл бұрын
@@kevanparker908 A great (read: profitable) way to utilise the machinery and factories after they've finished runs for themselves I guess!
@jazzx251
Жыл бұрын
In the UK - "Snickers" was once called "Marathon" .. hence "Racer" for the knock-off.
@paulguise698
Жыл бұрын
I get Embarrassed with like racer, seal bars things like that, I wonder if Alanna does?
@jamesbeeching6138
Жыл бұрын
On the Pot Noodle you will probably find Golden Wonder make them for Aldi as well...But just put a different label on!
@sjnm4944
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Alanna, that was a really great taste test!
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! ☺️
@jonharvey6277
Жыл бұрын
But do seal bars have terrible jokes involving seal punns on the packaging?
@mfrost71w
Жыл бұрын
British coke is made in Britain - to a slightly different recipe from the USA. Like Mars's Galaxy chocolate, its a British product made by an American company's British subsidiary
@DAVIDGREGORYKERR
Жыл бұрын
PEPSI MAX the taste of a new generation.
@johnhaylett3643
Жыл бұрын
should have gone for aldi EXTRA mature cheese for a reasonable comparison
@grayblanchard
4 ай бұрын
That size bag of Doritos are $5 in the US. I'd much rather have the UK price
@heskeyisgod8039
Жыл бұрын
Great video Alanna. I am shocked the Aldi cola was so good. I thought that would be obvious like Prof Peppy was lol.
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
I thought so, too!
@paulguise698
Жыл бұрын
I thought it would of tasted rank
@brettcarruthers8838
Жыл бұрын
Good thing you went out for a run or walk (I don't remember what you said you did) after this. Gotta get that gag reflex churning lol
@dave_h_8742
Жыл бұрын
Jogging after that lot 😮 🤢
@stephenlee5929
Жыл бұрын
Not sure the Cheese taste test was fair, Aldi was not trying to be Davidstow, but its not bad, is it? Great test, other that Doritos, I think they did well. I was shocked by the Coke, knock off colas used to be very poor, on that Sainsburys used to do a good knock off of Pepsi, and a good KO of Johnnie Walker Red Label, with the same square bottle. The price saving is great. Nice video.
@wattie9017
Жыл бұрын
I prefer Lidl over the so called big supermarkets
@garethhumphries4039
Жыл бұрын
Aldi do do a crackler style cheese in their range, which would be more similar to the Davidstow
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
Good to know for next time!
@brianharrington4045
Жыл бұрын
Here in the USA Aldi requires a quarter to be put in the trolley to be able to use it. You get the quarter back after you're done. They also don't have phone numbers. Does Aldi in the Uk do the same thing?
@kenvoysey8222
Жыл бұрын
No we don’t have quarters here ! Phone numbers ?
@robboles5233
Жыл бұрын
where I live in the North West UK you do have to put a coin in to use the trolley. A pound coin in our case which you get back afterwards. My local store has a phone number on its website.
@dib000
Жыл бұрын
All supermarkets require £1 coin for trolley that you get back on return.
@kenvoysey8222
Жыл бұрын
@@dib000 not all ! You can use a charity coin do no need for cash and alot of supermarkets stopped the coin thing ages ago.
@nicolad8822
Жыл бұрын
@@dib000No they don’t! Or do you just mean Aldi shops?
@lucifermorningstar4606
Жыл бұрын
I will call it now... 1 minute in. Aldi win!
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11 ай бұрын
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@Judgles
Жыл бұрын
Great video, Alanna - the things you do for science! I wonder if the fake Snickers being called Racer is a reference to Snickers previously being called Marathon here?
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@davebirch1976
Жыл бұрын
And the fake Mars is called Titan, one of Saturn's moons. As for the fake twix being called jive, I haven't got a clue 😆
@JacknVictor
Жыл бұрын
A lot of Aldi (and other supermarket own brands) products are made in the same factory as the branded stuff, in many cases being the EXACT same product as the branded products. Most of the Aldi crisps are identical to the branded counterparts and are made at a couple of different factories (Golden Wonder make most supermarket crisps but also any crisps that used to be Smith's crisps but now sold under walkers brand name are still made in the golden wonder factory) and the Aldi tortilla chips did used to be the same as Doritos, off the same production line. The only difference being, after a run of Doritos come to an end, a big roll of Aldi or Lidl or Asda etc bags are loaded on to the hopper and are filled up with the exact same product. Not only have I bought Aldi multipack snacks and had an actual monster munch packet in the big bag, but I also used to work at the factory in Scunthorpe doing this. They may use a different grade of seasoning or flavouring, but the chips/crisps will stoll be the same. And this process of using the same item for multiple stores is the same for most products throughout these stores. Kwik save used to sell a six pack of yogurt for 69p but the exact same yogurt went in to M&S yogurts that were £1.39 for 4. Kellogg's, who DON'T make cereals for anyone else actually do, under a separate company name but in an identical factory setup. So technically not Kellogg's, but it is Kellogg's. There are only 4 main fried pasta factiries in the world, so if you have dried pasta in your cupboard, unkess its a soeciality dried pasta frim a dpeciality company, then it came from one of thise 4 dried pasta factories. Every custard cream biscuit is made in the same factory but uses different recipes and grades of ingredients for different brands. Having worked at various food factories it is quite suprising how the same products get repackaged for so many different companies. Also having workied in the ONLY supplier of McDonalds burgers in the uk and ireland (and partial suplkiwr to europe) i was not impressed with how it was run. It was a long time ago i wotked there, but it was mainly afency staff, and they just didnt give a $hit to vehinest. Any meat that falls on to the floor from the production line was supposed togo straight in to the waste bin. Nope they weee throwing it back on to the production line because they was too lazy to walk across the room to the bin. One or too other things i saw put me off wirking there for much longer, and also put me off eating McDonald's for life. This wasnt McDonald's practixes, it was just some lazy bastards the agency used to supply them with - i was also with that agency but i actually wanted the work as i had a family to provide for. But i couldnt do it working in there. I think i lasted about a month. And that McDonald's factory is still going in Scunthorpe to this day. I hope they have betrer staff now.
@FluffysMum
Жыл бұрын
Davidstow pronounced the same as Davids Toe. I live a couple of miles from the Davidstow creamery here in Cornwall ❤😊
@TheRumpusView
5 ай бұрын
Indeed, her mispronounciation of that was driving me bonkers!!!!!!!!!
@adriangoodrich4306
Жыл бұрын
Not really "Britain vs Aldi", though. Heading towards half of Aldi products originate in the UK, and a load more in Ireland. A lot of so called "British" items originate overseas - especially since horrid multinationals like Kraft got their avaricious hands on them. I totally agree though - many Aldi products are just as good (if not better - check out their wines!) and yet cheaper. Aldi save on all the product development and especially the marketing, effectively stealing the IP. Whether this makes them heroes or parasites depends on your point of view, I guess! ps. their brazil nuts and walnuts are THE best!
@Forestgravy90
Жыл бұрын
I love the aldi version names, particularly "anti-establishment IPA" for Punk IPA
@ALANL4460
Жыл бұрын
I also love that brewdog rather than getting mad used it as a fun oppurtunity to Create Ald IPA and both brands benefitted 😂😂😂
@stephenparker6362
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Alanna, that was very enjoyable. You could almost make a video just on eating pot noodle blindfolded, it was entertaining. That was an extremely fun video. Well done.
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@grantparman4705
Жыл бұрын
I love a good Adventures and Naps food video!
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
☺️
@MrRosebeing
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad the knock-off Penguin impersonator got your seal of approval.
@SirBradiator
Жыл бұрын
My absolute favourite Aldi Knock off is the Dr Pepper knock off called Professor Peppy 😂
@darklightuk2
Жыл бұрын
A true knock-off winner
@t.a.k.palfrey3882
Жыл бұрын
Alanna, you do realise that some of the items you compared are actually the same product, but with different labels!! Many, if not most items sold in Aldi in the UK are actually made in Britain, not in Germany. So, Aldi v British is not really an accurate title. The video was fun, though, as are all your productions. You are certainly my favourite Kentish Ontarian! 😅
@kenvoysey8222
Жыл бұрын
Some products are the same but pretty sure Cadbury’s and coke don’t make the cheap knock offs so your not correct.
@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle
Жыл бұрын
@@kenvoysey8222 They almost certainly do. It's a misconception that the looky-likey product is the same as the big brand, it won't be, but it will be made for the customer to their recipe alongside their own products and generally from the same store of ingredients. If you visit a cake factory for example you'll see the Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury's etc cakes being made alongside the brand.
@kenvoysey8222
Жыл бұрын
@@Tom_KZitem_stole_my_handle lol ! Yes some companies make for multiple companies and sometimes are exactly the same ie biscuits. But if you think Cadbury make a lower grade chocolate for Aldi you have never worked in the industry. All Aldi products are tested to the same standards as others and focus on other savings to bring price cuts. They have less waste with a smaller range to stock allowing a wider range of product in a smaller store. Tesco etc have to factor in waste to the price hence they are more expensive. They just bully the market buying land to stop others having stores to compete. Where I grew up tesco tried to block a new store in an area with a small Morrisons and them just to keep sole market.
@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle
Жыл бұрын
@@kenvoysey8222 You're putting words into my mouth. I never suggested the Aldi products were in anyway a lower quality. With a few exceptions I'm quite aware of who makes what for whom in most categories. Draw your own conclusion from that.
@nottheilluminati
Жыл бұрын
Aldi chocolate is yummy! One of the only ways Americans get European style chocolate organically. Growing up, I thought aldi was like dollar general... but it's my favorite shop now (living in rural America, not a lot to choose from but whatever! 😅)
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@charlestaylor9424
Жыл бұрын
Or they can by Ghirardelli which is owned by Lindt.
@nottheilluminati
Жыл бұрын
@@charlestaylor9424 "one of" :)
@Gill3D
Жыл бұрын
Pickles are always, always, best home-made. I won't buy commercially prepared pickles and I loathe Branston with a passion. My home-made Apple & Date chutney is similar in texture but thicker and with a deep, out-of-this-world flavour. Eating Branston is like eating a frankfurter compared to sirloin steak; it's like swigging coke instead of Moet & Chandon.
@MrDannyDetail
Жыл бұрын
I hate to correct you about one of your favourite products, but the 'Stow' in 'Davidstow' is pronounced like the stow in 'stow it in the cargohold' or 'stowaway', to rhyme with 'Row, row, row your boat'. Edited to add: If you really want to blend in as a Brit also get used to saying 'cad-brees' rather that 'cad-berry', but I know that the pronunciation difference and the addition of a possessive 's is more a variation between different countries in fairness (to us Brits the brand will always belong to Mr Cadbury and therefore always be a possesive noun). Davidstow is named after a specific village in Cornwall though, so that one can't be chalked up to the pronuncation being different in different countries.
@gillianrimmer7733
Жыл бұрын
Most Aldi foods sold in the UK are made in the UK. Usually the same factories as other supermarket own brands.
@devilsadvocate1597
Жыл бұрын
My parents and thier frends enjoy telling me how they would cut up a Mars Bar into 4.... so everyone got a nicely sized part each!
@grumpybob
Жыл бұрын
My mum came up with the the famous "P-pick-up-a-penguin" slogan as part of a competition and McVities totally ripped her off! I will never forgive McVities! Bastards!
@devilsadvocate1597
Жыл бұрын
Snickers originaly were called a Marathon Bar in the UK, I think internationaly they were renamed
@alistairthorn1122
Жыл бұрын
It's a redundant question. Most food sold in Aldi in the UK is made in the UK or Ireland.
@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming
Жыл бұрын
That was very entertaining Alanna. You are a cheese freak!
@stevepage5813
Жыл бұрын
That cheese she prefers, should be lots better than the Aldi version. When something costs about two and a half times the other, it goes without saying.
@rayg4360
Жыл бұрын
When I were a lad, we had Canadian cheddar ! Cos it were strong n cheap. Maybe they called it racer, cos a a race is like a Marathon
@davewright8206
Жыл бұрын
fun fact i think racer is a play on marathon the TRUE name of snickers
@robertwoolstencroft5946
Жыл бұрын
Much prefer Pepsi cola only drink Coca cola as a last resort.
@scottlarrabee9527
Жыл бұрын
There are basically two factories that make all of the powered instant soups in the UK. There is pot noodle, and there is Symingtons. I suspect that the imitation pot noodle tastes so similar because it is made by the same people, in the same factory, to the same or nearly the same mix.
@jamesbeeching6138
Жыл бұрын
I think it is Golden Wonder
@Nimmo1492
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbeeching6138 Pot Noodle hasn't been a Golden Wonder property for decades. They've been a Unilever brand since 2000.
@jamesbeeching6138
Жыл бұрын
@@Nimmo1492 ahhh OK.... 😉
@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle
Жыл бұрын
Same with cakes and biscuits, almost all made by Mr Kipling regardless of which 'bakery' is listed on the box. Made alongside the branded products but to the customer's recipe.
@primalengland
Жыл бұрын
Peter Kay’s mum buys him ‘Roller Cola.”
@weedle30
Жыл бұрын
Not being “picky” 🥴 but it’s actually Rola Cola - which makes it even funnier! 😄
@primalengland
Жыл бұрын
@@weedle30 You know… I sat here going ‘Rola, Roller’ over on my head for ages before plumping for the wrong one. And here I am in Bolton. Should be ashamed of myself.
@weedle30
Жыл бұрын
@@primalengland Peter says it as “Row lah Co laah” which makes THAT even funnier - because it’s that “Nertherrn accent” that does it 😉 (says me, a softy Lunndun suvnah - us lot saying it - wouldn’t be even funny 🥴😣)
@primalengland
Жыл бұрын
@@weedle30 I’m from Bolton and my mum knows his mum. The accent even makes me laugh. I love him.
@Phiyedough
Жыл бұрын
I don't think we have Aldi in Croatia but we do have Lidl and I do most of my shopping there. Some things are poor quality like their bread and their cornflakes but a lot of it is good. I can't get anything remotely like Branston here and it is one of the products I miss the most.
@eldrad142
Жыл бұрын
If you are not a pickle lady, what did you do with the rest of the two jars??!!
@cruachan1191
Жыл бұрын
The mint Seal bars are really nice too (green wrapper), my Mum always has them. I can't buy Cadbury fingers, they're too addictive and I could scoff a whole box very easily!
@eustaquiozambrano2974
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Have a good Day 👍
@gerrimilner9448
Жыл бұрын
compairing premum cheese with a standard one not a fair comparison, cathedral city(similar wraper) may hav been fairer. we found the taste of aldi stuff really good and whent there for years benedicts mint chocolates used to make the ones for aldi, you got twice the chocolate for half the price, the factory was just up the road and i knew people who worked there, untill it moved abroard. i am a bit of a fan
@newtron1
Жыл бұрын
I agree. When A talks about horrible cheese in 🇨🇦, she is referring to very average tasting national brands. In 🇨🇦, there are many varieties of high quality cheese available ncluding excellent Cheddars.
@enemde3025
Жыл бұрын
40% of Aldi's food is British. Some of it is made in the same factories as high street brands and is EXACTLY the same stuff only cheaper .
@Swansea32
Жыл бұрын
You didn’t read the joke on the penguin
@hairyairey
Жыл бұрын
I presume you were getting help here getting set up off camera, otherwise the blindfold is pointless. Good video though. Should have been sponsored - by Lidl! 😂
@shanemjn
Жыл бұрын
I'm kinda sad we didn't get the joke from the penguin wrapper
@johnturner4400
Жыл бұрын
I always get the joke….
@MathewWalls
Жыл бұрын
(At least in Australia) Aldi products are ridiculous; their cheeses and chocolate are crazy good. But my favourite brand knockoffs are the painkillers: instead of panadol and neurofen, it's hedanol and hedafen. Almost identical packaging. XD
@RichardBarclay
Жыл бұрын
In the UK every supermarket has their own generic painkillers and they're always like 1/5 of the price of the name brands like panadol and neurofen, like literally you can buy 16 paracetamol for like 40p Vs the name brands being over £2.
@MathewWalls
Жыл бұрын
@@RichardBarclay Yes, we have generic supermarket brand painkillers as well, but they're usually just called "Coles Paracetemol" or whatever and don't copy the design of the major brands' packaging like the Aldi ones do.
@atomicdanny
Жыл бұрын
Something probably not that known is that several brand names make Aldi products - Aldi cereal for example is actually Kellogs
@jeanettenfreeland1408
Жыл бұрын
I really like your humar
@TheAmishGamer
Жыл бұрын
It’s pronounced “David’s toe”, because David rubs his feet on every block of cheese before packing.
@nicolad8822
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@malcomflibbleghast8140
Жыл бұрын
somefolksmightget excitedby that ......``àm`coverd in ketchup and chocolate``
@gsjame
Жыл бұрын
Alanna, Aldi chocolate is so much better. Since Cadbury were taken over by Mondelez the chocolate is not the same. You need to try some of the Aldi chocolate. I would never buy Cadbury now!
@lehanedermot
Жыл бұрын
Had aldi any back wheel tyres for a tractor in the middle aisle?
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
No but they had some wetsuits lol
@dave93x
Жыл бұрын
Vive actually have the best sugar free Dr. Pepper knock off going. It's called Professor Peppy 🤣 but it's so good
@DJKC
Жыл бұрын
They taste the same, but they cost less. Mucky Flanagan comes to mind.
@ciaraellis222
3 ай бұрын
Gonna break it to you... you're mispronouncing Davidstow. Sorry!
@cheekymonkey666
Жыл бұрын
the chocolate fingers... i dont buy those as they are both a scam, the size of box compared to size of the packet and product inside... you paying for packaging...
@betagombar9022
Жыл бұрын
Great vlog Alanna. I mostly buy the supermarkets own brands, and I especially like Aldi zero cola. I did laugh out loud when you tried the pot noodles with no noodles on the forks 😂 Looking forward to your next vlog 😀
@jrd33
Жыл бұрын
Aldi ZX cola is my favourite cola. And I drink a lot of the stuff. Definitely prefer it to Coke/Pepsi, and it's a fraction of the price.
@nomaam9077
9 ай бұрын
"Is British-made food BETTER than ALDI? " Where does she actually think Aldi food is made? In any case, Aldi doesn't make any itself.
@stephenjones9153
3 ай бұрын
I cannot believe She is eating Pot Noodles with a Fork 😂😂. I have always used a Spoon to eat them with 😊😊, no dripping that way.
@DuncanHolland
Жыл бұрын
I can't wait for your verdict on M&S lamb shanks. Tum-te-tum-te-tum. Not clickbait. No Siree goddamnnnnnn..,.
@maxmoore9955
Жыл бұрын
Did you enjoy your Trip back to Canada 🇨🇦. Nice to see you Back in your 2nd home .1st in my opinion I believe in CANZUK. .
@devilsadvocate1597
Жыл бұрын
A canadian that can't pic...pick...pick... up a penguin! So sorry but here in the UK Twix are running and advert that would HORRIFY all sweet on the outside, but crunchy on the inside Canadians!
@brendancull8316
Жыл бұрын
Not long ago I watched a programme on channel 4, by the food unwrapped team called Supermarkets unwrapped. They showed us that Aldi's rip off of Wagon Wheels and and Jammy Dodgers, Cart Wheels and Jammy Wheelers, are made in the same factory by Burton's Biscuits, for Aldi. This is probably the same for most other own brand products supplied by Aldi.
@Daytona2
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Alanna you have legit created a proper Citizenship test 👌😂 Great stuff! Yeah Branston is savory so the comparing with sweeter pickle was off For the future, can you use the printed prices per 100g (3.5oz) for a proper comparison ? Loving your confidence with ...cheese ...chocolate ...tortillas 🤔 "Racer" 😂 from back when Snickers were called Marathon, I guess It would be interesting to know whether it's the sugar and salt content that make some products have richer flavour. Since Aldi have become renown for producing better tasting copies of the well known brands, I think they're selling themselves short by using meaningless sub brands like Bramwells. Time for them to step up and be proud of who they are and what they do.
@TommyDee-ei5cp
Жыл бұрын
You're brilliant. You make me feel.proud to be British lol I personally want to go canada. Happy you've loved moving here. Kent is nice...I'm one up in Essex. Keep up the good work 😊
@paulguise698
Жыл бұрын
Hiya Allana, my Mam once bought Kellogg's Corn flakes, after that my Dad bought Aldi's own, but what the crafty sod done was put the Aldi bag into the kellogg's box, for weeks Me and my sister Tracey complained the milk was off, we finished the Aldi knock off and Dad confessed that he'd bought Aldi Knock off later on, even now I ask Dad to get me a 500ml bottle of coke, he landed back a can of coke for to Mix with Gin or Vodka, have you seen the price of them,its far too expensive, was the cry, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
@devilsadvocate1597
Жыл бұрын
OMG please say you didn't buy Alidi knock offs... they occasionaly do have real items! Cheap Cheap!
@petertyson4022
Жыл бұрын
That was interesting. I don't shop in Aldi were am from.., all chash mechanical machine. No human tillers. 16 people who haven't got job. Could off. But the price are good. . Good show. Was your partner working with you today. Lol 😁
@shirleyboy8859
Жыл бұрын
Well that was very interesting Alanna..... I have to make some substantial savings, but don`t want to lose the quality..... Just goes to show that I more than likely wont have to.... Cheers for that info..... :-)) xxxx
@stevepage5813
Жыл бұрын
Well basically, Aldi is about as good, or in a few cases, better than the original. The huge difference in price being the main point, because in a fair number of products, the so called knock off's are HALF PRICE for Heavens sake!! No wonder a lot of posh people now shop at Aldi and Lidl. Common sense rules when you can get the same quality etc.... for almost half the price. For a big shop in the UK, the difference is massive and a welcome bonus for cost of living strugglers.
@MrFlazz99
Жыл бұрын
Little secret you probably already know - many food products are made under contract to the supermarkets by the 'brand' manufacturers. You might have been able to spot where the tastes were almost the same. There might be a tiny differentiation by slight cheapening of ingredient blends - that happens with margarine/buttery spreads, for instance. The packaging sizes may also be a clever little distraction in some cases. Chocolate products are an odd hybrid because you ought to know that not all Cadburys or Mars (Galaxy) or Green & Black (to name but three distinct chocolate brands) products are actually manufactured by Cadburys, Mars (Galaxy) or Green & Black respectively, but they may be manufactured in the same factory (i.e. an independent company contracting to various brands). The key factor is that the basic chocolate is supplied to the product manufacturer by the brand company, so you can be confident that Cadburys tastes like Cadburys and Mars (Galaxy) tastes like Mars (Galaxy) because it's the 'correct' chocolate, regardless of who made the finished product. I can also tell you that working in such a factory may put you off chocolate - eating 'on the job' is strictly verboten, but occasionally there might be some accidental breakage and what happens to some of the broken bits is anybody's guess.... The temptation to snack wears off pretty quickly, anyway.
@matthewwakeham2206
Жыл бұрын
Davidstow is more like davidsto (like go rather cow). The cornish probably pronounce it differently again but then I'm from Devon so I wouldn't know. My cousins family live near the davidstow factory but I'm not sure if they eat the cheese (they are originally from Devon so I'm not sure what they are doing in Cornwall).
@fernweh9316
Жыл бұрын
Just fyi I'm from Cornwall and Davidstow is pronounced like "David's toe"
@crcomments8509
Жыл бұрын
Not really a fair comparison on cheese, that’s more comparable to Cathedral City Cheese. Aldi do sell more expensive cheeses that are more akin to Davidstow (pronounced DavidstOw, not DavidstAw). Davidstow is a lovely place in Cornwall.
@drsiigabb9935
7 ай бұрын
Penguins in Australia are $4 (about £2) for a packet of 7. Thing is they are made in the UK.
@johndownie7030
10 ай бұрын
What you should do is a full taste test with foods that you don’t use all the time (branded own brands v unbranded) You could buy a few different brands (eg Heinz beans v Asda v Sainsbury’s v Tesco v Aldi/Lidl v basics)
@MS-19
Жыл бұрын
Telling the difference between Aldi and 'mainstream' brands isn't a criterion of British citizenship, but on the evidence of this video, perhaps it should be - seeing that our beloved CanadaBrit got more right than wrong, and was in particular on the nail when it came to Cadbury's chocolate, Davidstow cheese and Doritos! The irony in all this is that Aldi is a German store (well, it was founded by two brothers in Germany) and while it has been referred to by some comedians as the 'refugee centre for abused food,' it has gained a reputation for quality at low prices that has let to nomination as Britain's favourite supermarket in recent years. Of course, the cost of living crisis has helped to make it so.... but that's enough politics for this comment. Having done this, I wonder how you would fare at a comparison between similar products from Aldi and Lidl?
@jonathanmaybury5698
Жыл бұрын
Please stop doing this. You'll be sending everyone to Aldi, where I go shopping, and I don't want everyone rushing to my shopping store. By the way, you should have picked Aldi's mature-coloured cheddar, as it tastes better than the white stuff you picked. They call it coloured cheddar because of some political argument; it used to be called red cheddar. I suppose because of red Leicester, they couldn't name it red cheddar, but I don't know for sure. All I do know is that it used to be called red cheddar, and for some stupid reason, they call it coloured cheddar now.
@makiwa
Жыл бұрын
I laughed when you put the fork upside down in your mouth with nothing on it! TWICE!!! I mean I laughed out loud! Too funny.... Thanks.
@simoncordell1327
Жыл бұрын
Can I thank you for telling me about the M&S Southern Style Chicken Breast Tenders as they're awesome. So I wanted to return the favour by telling you about the best Cheddar Cheese you need to try also from Marks & Spencer the M&S Cornish Cruncher Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese. You won't regret it!
@eugeneshadwell6596
Жыл бұрын
Hugely enjoyed the video, Alanna, but c'mon... surely the curry Pot Noodle is the only one that matters?😉
@kennyj9348
Жыл бұрын
No citizenship until you 100% embrace marmite. Aldi do a knock off version, that should be your final big boss taste test lol 😋
@jrswinhoe58
Жыл бұрын
I used to work at Fox's Biscuits and we did biscuits for Aldi and other companies there was only Tesco that required a difference in recipes for a Rocky Bar namely more Coconut but for Aldi it was just a change of name, so with some things your tasting like for like
@drsiigabb9935
7 ай бұрын
In Australia the person who cane up with the Magnum ice cream rated the Utopia by ALDI far Superior than his own creation
@rebrox6545
Жыл бұрын
Hi Alanna, so interesting video, I was watching this one with great interest to see you take on Aldi food. So after watch this I was I’m going to Aldi tomorrow to get me some of those items. So Pot Noodles, the last time I tried Aldi’s brand of noodles, I gotta say I wasn’t impressed, oh no not for me thank you, but having seen your take on them, I was thinking maybe it time to try them, so I popped over to Westwood Cross Aldi ( I’m sure sure you know where this is Alanna) an bought me 4 of them purely on your recommendations and I gotta say you were spot on with the taste. They were so much better than the original. 👍
@sarkybugger5009
Жыл бұрын
Davidstow Vintage cheddar will blow your socks off, and it's available in Aldi. 😉
@suttoncoldfield9318
Жыл бұрын
7:14 what Mr Alanna isn't saying is he swapped the cheese packet contents before the video. 12:56 artificial, real or otherwise? _otherwise?_ 14:04 'while I'm here I might as well finish it off' - she (like Aldi) doesn't even try to hide it :)
@Jinty92
Жыл бұрын
Interesting watch. I love the racer vs snickers. Still annoyed they're not Marathon. Not as much as my dad who loved Marathon and refused to eat them when they changed the name 40 off years ago as he said Snickers sounded too much like knickers. 😂
@DuncanHolland
Жыл бұрын
All over the world, food is wonderful. It keeps all living things alive. WTF?
@wobaguk
Жыл бұрын
I think its less a case of they 'dont even try' and more a case of 'they try super hard to copy as close as they can in a way thats not legally actionable"!
@AdventuresAndNaps
Жыл бұрын
Fair! 😂
@mikespike007
Жыл бұрын
i wouldn't be surprised to find that some of these items are made at the same factory, it was discovered many years ago decades even that some supermarket own brands were being made by a branded company for them to put their own labels on, with a minor tweak of the recipe. a bit like the pickles you tasted, Branston and branston with extra sugar with an Aldi label. BTW all pot noodles are shite.😁
@leejohnson6448
Жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion Aldis Cola is horrible since they altered the recipe to remove some of the sugar. LIDL's freeway cola is far nicer and more like cola to me.
@raystewart3648
Жыл бұрын
WELCOME BACK - Did you have a nice time in Canada or did you get home sick?
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