Gateaux Swiss roll... What have they done.

punisher5112

I got a chocolate gateaux Swiss roll earlier and said yes this will do nicely later...

To my surprise the sponge is extremely dry and the cream filling tasting like sugar and really cheap ingredients.

This was a new package also the pictures and writing are slightly different.

It's put me right off....

Anyone else notice their Swiss been off and yes I said it their Swiss.... ;-)

mad muffin

As far as I know it’s been shît for ever. The fake cream. The dry sponge that grates your teeth.

punisher5112

mad muffin wrote: »

As far as I know it’s been shît for ever. The fake cream. The dry sponge that grates your teeth.

No it's after getting very tasteless.

The new package seems to be the end of previous flavour which was much nicer.
The new one is terrible.

northgirl

Got French Fancies recently and thought they'd really deteriorated in quality too.

Fr_Dougal

Gateaux Swiss Roll?

Well la dee daa, no recession here...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

They were always dry as old sawdust.

Rubberlegs

northgirl wrote: »

Got French Fancies recently and thought they'd really deteriorated in quality too.

Yes, pure sugary gack, no distinction between the 3 flavours at all
I haven't had a Gateaux swiss roll in years but am not enticed to now. The Teatime Express Australian layer cake was amazing, such a pity they stopped production.

punisher5112

Valeria Low Blackberry wrote: »

They were always dry as old sawdust.

Right if you thought that, now try the one in new box.

Atoms for Peace

I think I have gateux cake PTSD from being force fed them and sugary tea when visiting the granmother.

punisher5112

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

I think I have gateux cake PTSD from being force fed them and sugary tea when visiting the granmother.

You ok hun....

The Backwards Man

I had a neighbour who died eating a slice of Pineapple Log.

AllForIt

The only way I could eat any of those shop bought boxed cakes is to throw a whollop of cream on them.

Harry Palmr

If someone tells us that Ferrero Rocher isn't what it used to I'll be very disappointed.

road_high

I thought they'd gone out of business! Can't remember when I last seen their products on sale...

punisher5112

Harry Palmr wrote: »

If someone tells us that Ferrero Rocher isn't what it used to I'll be very disappointed.

They pretty much the same but I do believe less filling of the sweet sweet chocolate chocolate goo.

Hector Bellend

I hope to be squeezing her swiss roll later.

buried

Funeral wake food along with them sandwiches with only tinned fish and butter as the filling.
"are ye alright for tea? are ya alright for sardine salmon sandwich? Swiss Roll?? Go wan" And you have to eat something of it. Luckiest person at the party is in the box

Mysterypunter

buried wrote: »

Funeral wake food along with them sandwiches with only tinned fish and butter as the filling.
"are ye alright for tea? are ya alright for sardine salmon sandwich? Swiss Roll?? Go wan" And you have to eat something of it. Luckiest person at the party is in the box

Some username. Swiss rolls have deteriorated down the years

biko

I'm sure a strongly worded letter will set things right, old chap.

punisher5112

biko wrote: »

I'm sure a strongly worded letter will set things right, old chap.

Whos old.....¿

Gatling

Make your own ,

If it's out of a box it's going to be muck in the first place ,

Billy86

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I had a neighbour who died eating a slice of Pineapple Log.

The coward, taking the easy way out.

the_pen_turner

pinaple log is gone to **** now too. you wouldnt mind giving someone the end slice now

Billy86

I've always liked pastries and I really like pineapple, but pineapple log (and battenberg while we're at it) should go back to whatever level of hell they came from.

demanufactured

punisher5112 wrote: »

I got a chocolate gateaux Swiss roll earlier and said yes this will do nicely later...

To my surprise the sponge is extremely dry and the cream filling tasting like sugar and really cheap ingredients.

This was a new package also the pictures and writing are slightly different.

It's put me right off....

Anyone else notice their Swiss been off and yes I said it their Swiss.... ;-)

You also said been, you meant being.

I'd have thought with all the supermarket bakeries about no one would be tempted to go gateaux these days.... utter sh1te.... wouldn't give one to the mother in law

mad muffin

Valeria Low Blackberry wrote: »

They were always dry as old sawdust.

Sawdust! Yes! That’s it to a tea.

splinter65

punisher5112 wrote: »

No it's after getting very tasteless.

The new package seems to be the end of previous flavour which was much nicer.
The new one is terrible.

All of these things were full of flavorings and stuff they’re not allowed to bung in any more.
This is what Gateux tastes like without the stuff that made it edible.

padd b1975

buried wrote: »

Funeral wake food along with them sandwiches with only tinned fish and butter as the filling.
"are ye alright for tea? are ya alright for sardine salmon sandwich? Swiss Roll?? Go wan" And you have to eat something of it. Luckiest person at the party is in the box

Don't forget the loons going around offering cigarettes off a dinner plate.

punisher5112

splinter65 wrote: »

All of these things were full of flavorings and stuff they’re not allowed to bung in any more.
This is what Gateux tastes like without the stuff that made it edible.

Is this something of very recent???

Grandeeod

Got to get a Gateaux, gotta get a Gateaux Cake........FOOK OFF!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiloczbQvuo

buried

padd b1975 wrote: »

Don't forget the loons going around offering cigarettes off a dinner plate.

Tzardine

My wife is Spanish. Apparently in Spain the Swiss roll is called a gypsy's arm.

Capt'n Midnight

The Gateaux Guarantee
We want you to enjoy this cake at its best, just as it left the bakery. If it is not in perfect condition please return it to us, with the carton, and please state when and where it was purchased. We will gladly replace the product and refund the postage. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Customer Care Manager,
Gateaux,
79 Broomhill Road,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24.
T: 01-4047300
www.gateaux.ie


just as it left the bakery.... :pac:



Valeo Foods Group own the brand now and lots of your old favourites.

storker

Harry Palmr wrote: »

If someone tells us that Ferrero Rocher isn't what it used to I'll be very disappointed.

Well the way they've been spoiling us couldn't last forever.

FREDNISMO

Love a bit of swiss roll to wash down the tomato sangwich.

flossy1

The Gateaux ,Silvermints Fruitfield are names that were bought.The goods are made elsewhere

Sofiztikated

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

I think I have gateux cake PTSD from being force fed them and sugary tea when visiting the granmother.

That'd be diabetes, not PTSD.

punisher5112

I've emailed valeo foods so will see what answer I get.

I feel there is near zero cocoa in the new recipe.

Tastes like paper to be honest.

Chancer3001

Been shocking bad for years.

Pike eating plastic and sugar

Graces7

I never liked the look of those. Prefer the LIDl foil wrapped etc.. That artificial gunk looks very yukk

whisky_galore

flossy1 wrote: »

The Gateaux ,Silvermints Fruitfield are names that were bought.The goods are made elsewhere

Fake Irish brands, 'Old Time Irish Marmalade' not made here. Some joke.

gerrybbadd

I used to love the Raspberry (or was it strawberry?) swizz roll, but now, all I ever see is those ones with a layer of that mank, disgusting cream included.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

I bought one of their jam swiss rolls recently and was really disappointed. Not like I remember them at all.

The M&S ones are much nicer.

Ubbquittious

Every decade or so the parent company behind these types of foods gets gobbled up by an even bigger supermassive pensions and investment conglohommerate or gets new management that send out their suited henchmen to factory floor in order to look for cost savings.

The problem with this mass production is that there is too much to be gained by tiny per-unit cost savings. 0.1 of a cent saved over millions of units = thousands of quids saved for the owners to shove into their pockets instead.

I was thinking of making cinnamon rolls lately but maybe I'll just make a swiss roll...

Ubbquittious

whisky_galore wrote: »

Fake Irish brands, 'Old Time Irish Marmalade' not made here. Some joke.

Ah but that's the way things are now. The global economy and all of that, we should embrace it because it creates a few jobs for tech hipsters to put everyone else out of a job.

So a few multinationals with skyscrapers can suck all the money out of the rest of the world as if it were a bag of capri sun.

Cee-Jay-Cee

It went to sh many years ago...haven't bought it in a long time and not likely to ever buy it again either.

freshpopcorn

They've being like that for well over a decade now!

punisher5112

freshpopcorn wrote: »

They've being like that for well over a decade now!

You want to try it now it's lost any closenes to the original.

I understand what everyone has said but I couldn't believe the difference in a very bad way the other day from the original packaging to the new font and style on box.

seachto7

palm oil in everything. stop eating food with palm oil.