Coles selling bread "made' in Ireland!

catbear

Who knew!

Gourmet bread that Coles claimed was "baked today, sold today" was actually made in Ireland, the Australian Competition and Consumer Consumer has alleged in the Federal Court.
Some of the items were frozen, reheated and then sold as "freshly baked in-store", "baked today, sold today", or were from "Coles Bakery", the ACCC alleged.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/coles-baked-today-bread-made-in-ireland-court-told-20130612-2o3ye.html#ixzz2W0cUGAil

JONJO THE MISER

Maybe auld Mr Brennan retired to Aus.

Lucifer-0

Wasn't this in the news around 3 months ago?

Mellor

It's ironic that an article, about how where bread is baked is misleading, is itself misleading.

It makes it sounds as if its all baked in ireland but later says "baked ireland or in other locations in australia". No where does it clatify how much is baked in each location.

It might be just a single product from ireland. A gourmet farmhouse bread or whatever. With the rest par-baked somewhere in Australia.
I'm surprised that something is shipped from ireland, but would have assumed that the fact they use par-baked bread was fairly common knowledge. Most supermarkets do this. A lot of those bread shops the article mentions probably do it too.

catbear

I was used to Kiwi fruit and apples from NZ but the thought of really made dough is still a surprise. I shouldn't be surprised though as someone told me years ago about how Irish dairy product producers had reciprocal arrangements with their NZ counterparts for concentrates, the grazing conditions being almost identical.
Now if only we could sell and ship a few empty housing estates to Australia!

markymark21

What's the story with bread staying soft five days after you open it over here? I mean, I should be happy but it just isn't right!!

hussey

markymark21 wrote: »

What's the story with bread staying soft five days after you open it over here? I mean, I should be happy but it just isn't right!!

The standard loafs like tip top and those are full of crap, a lot worse than at home.
I tend to get a bakery bread and the difference is huge.
I guess heat in summer plays a part.

ifeelill

markymark21 wrote: »

What's the story with bread staying soft five days after you open it over here? I mean, I should be happy but it just isn't right!!

That's because it's not that mank from Tesco, Aldi etc

sponge_bob

markymark21 wrote: »

What's the story with bread staying soft five days after you open it over here? I mean, I should be happy but it just isn't right!!

You think that's bad, up here in the mines we can get stuff called 'Long Life Milk' it is not uncommon to see use by dates in excess of 4 mths and can be/is stored at room temperature during that time.
What sort of crap are they putting into that ?? :eek:

danotroy

sponge_bob wrote: »

You think that's bad, up here in the mines we can get stuff called 'Long Life Milk' it is not uncommon to see use by dates in excess of 4 mths and can be/is stored at room temperature during that time.
What sort of crap are they putting into that ?? :eek:

nothing. its just dairy milk but heated a lot hotter than regular pasteurisation.

Testament1

sponge_bob wrote: »

You think that's bad, up here in the mines we can get stuff called 'Long Life Milk' it is not uncommon to see use by dates in excess of 4 mths and can be/is stored at room temperature during that time.
What sort of crap are they putting into that ?? :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBwwcU2c3u4

Mellor

sponge_bob wrote: »

You think that's bad, up here in the mines we can get stuff called 'Long Life Milk' it is not uncommon to see use by dates in excess of 4 mths and can be/is stored at room temperature during that time.
What sort of crap are they putting into that ?? :eek:

You've seriously never seen UHT milk before????

edit:
To clarify the little pots of milk you get in airplanes, hotels, etc all over the world (including back home) is UHT milk. Taste a bit meh but doesn't go off.

JustAThought

Mellor wrote: »

You've seriously never seen UHT milk before????

edit:
To clarify the little pots of milk you get in airplanes, hotels, etc all over the world (including back home) is UHT milk. Taste a bit meh but doesn't go off.

I got a fondness for a small splonk of it in a really strong expresso or mug of expresso ! Really emphasises the coffee flavour -yum !

I bought milk mate a while back ( sick of milk going off ) and like that too. Checked the best by date the other day -Feb 2012. Dosn't seem to make a difference to the taste or my stomach!

Still delicious!

Re the bread sure that kind of packaging nonsense is rampant in Ireland -remember the Burd Flu saga -Thai chickens born & reared in Thailand, killed in Poland & packaged in Ireland became -legitimately -Irish chickens. Dusgraceful. legally " legit" but sure ralusts walk free in this country so that means littke. I didn't buy chicken for tears after.at least the Ozzies arn't putting up with that kind of Dishonest rubbish.

markymark21

sponge_bob wrote: »

You think that's bad, up here in the mines we can get stuff called 'Long Life Milk' it is not uncommon to see use by dates in excess of 4 mths and can be/is stored at room temperature during that time.
What sort of crap are they putting into that ?? :eek:

Mate that milk is the business! I always buy a carton, leave it in the press and forget about it. Then when shock horror I make a cup o' tea and find there is no milk I remember I had a carton of that stuff hidden somewhere. Result