Tastes that have gone to sh1t

Sky King

Inspired by a post in another thread giving out about today's Lucozade (It's pure manky whatever they did to it in recent years, I used to love the stuff) as well as my own recent experience with the new yellow snack:

Has anyoone tried it? I used to love yellow snacks. The new ones are smaller (Ok its a bummer but I can get over this) but they also have a new taste which recalls a synthetic approximation of sugar mixed with cooking chocolate mixed with sh1t. Revolting.

Galaxy bars are manky now as well. As are yorkies. And don't get me started about the dairy milk.

Is nothing safe?? What's going on?

CinemaGuy45

Lucozade now has an artificial sweetener to avoid the sugar tax.

Sky King

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Lucozade now has an artificial sweetener to avoid the sugar tax.

This predates it.

Sky King

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Airline peanuts.

What's the deal with them?

Afaik no change there but as it happens I'm getting a flight tomorrow and I will let you know 'the deal' then.

McMurphy

Spicebags.

What the actual fook is the fascination with these ? Even heard Ivan Yates inform us today that they had been voted Ireland's favourite takeaway food.

Go and ask the back of my balls.

I've only had the one spice bag granted, but it was fcuk all to write home about. Bag of your typical Chinese fake chips, some meat textured stuff and a few bits of chilli and onion covered in a salty/spice mix, which I didn't find appealing I the slightest- and left me wondering what exactly the big fuss is on them any way

It's certainly no chicken Saag, pilau rice, garlic onion and coriander naan/ or even a battered sausage/burger and real chipper chips.

freshpopcorn

Cadbury's Roses!

artanevilla

All fizzy pop is gone to shîte.

893bet

Smarties. All natural and taste like soap now.

Littlehorny

Tayto Snax, they improved the recipe to make them more natural, now they taste like crap. Give me back my chemicals!

Noveight

Mighty Munch. They used be addictive, very bland now.

bobwilliams

Wispa bars...close ur eyes and u could swear it's some sort of cardboard

Captain Obvious

Eddie Rockets

bucketybuck

I cry when I think of what they did to Creme eggs.

The Rape of Lucretia

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Cadbury's Roses!

Which to be fair, were nice when they were made with chocolate.

Degag

Noveight wrote: »

Mighty Munch. They used be addictive, very bland now.

Yup, and Chipsticks. Basically all crisps really.


Cadbury Dairy Milk not the same as it was either.

CinemaGuy45

Mint flavoured Durex have really gone to cr*p.

recyclebin

I had Mighty Munch lately and they were pretty spicey. I think they were very mild for a few years but are back like they used to be.

punisher5112

I've said it before but Gateux swiss rolls...... Pure sh1t.

I emailed the vulture funds company and guess what no reply.

TiGeR KiNgS

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Eddie Rockets

Eddie Rockets on parnell street smells like sweaty feet.

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freshpopcorn wrote: »

Cadbury's Roses!

All cadbury chocolate since the Americans bought it out. Mank.

CinemaGuy45

recyclebin wrote: »

I had Mighty Munch lately and they were pretty spicey. I think they were very mild for a few years but are back like they used to be.

Did they not use to be called Monster Munch years ago?

EPAndlee

Since the less sugar and making bars smaller thing happened all chocolate bars are gone to sh!te

Zebra3

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Mint flavoured Durex have really gone to cr*p.

Wrong hole?

DanMurphy

Sorry to drag this off topic but in the '60s the Lucozade bottles came in yellowish plastic wrapping.
Motorists discovered that if they taped this wrapper around the car-headlamps, you had brilliant fog-lamps. Nearly every car and tractor had Lucozade wrapper attached to the lights!
Some Hospitals banned Lucozade if I remember correctly. I had a bottle confiscated when I went to visit a patient in Mullingar Hosp in the 70s. It was returned as I left by the Matron, with a lecture not to bring 'anymore of that stuff here in future!'

Your Face

Nostalgia.

ablelocks

the common denominator for the majority of posts in this thread is the fact that American Multinational, Mondelez (formerly Kraft) bought Cadbury a number of years ago and to increase customer satisfaction shareholder profits, went about enhancing the recipes across the majority of products by using less cocoa with cheaper "filler" ingredients and using more sweeteners rather than sugar.

emo72

as you get older your taste buds degrade? has anyone thought of this as a possibility? would explain a lot. even though its quite sad.

Captain Obvious

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Mint flavoured Durex have really gone to cr*p.

Are you tasting them after they've been in an ass?

S_D

Captain Obvious wrote: »

Eddie Rockets

This is bang on.

iamwhoiam

DanMurphy wrote: »

Sorry to drag this off topic but in the '60s the Lucozade bottles came in yellowish plastic wrapping.
Motorists discovered that if they taped this wrapper around the car-headlamps, you had brilliant fog-lamps. Nearly every car and tractor had Lucozade wrapper attached to the lights!
Some Hospitals banned Lucozade if I remember correctly. I had a bottle confiscated when I went to visit a patient in Mullingar Hosp in the 70s. It was returned as I left by the Matron, with a lecture not to bring 'anymore of that stuff here in future!'

Very surprised to hear that . Hospitals usually have Lucozade in the fridge to use to raise low blood sugar quickly
Mind you the blessed change in the amount of glucose now in Lucozade has caused problems for diabetics who use it for a low episode

OldMrBrennan83

Not a taste as such but Nik Naks used to be so much better years ago. Too light and puffy now.

WoollyRedHat

Since Kraft took over Cadbury it's gone to the dogs.

mad muffin

As far as I’m concerned… and don’t correct me if I’m wrong. Lucazade has always tasted like shïte.

bobwilliams

mad muffin wrote:

As far as I’m concerned… and don’t correct me if I’m wrong. Lucazade has always tasted like shïte.

Can't agree..the old school bottle with the foily golden wrap was top notch

Jimbob1977

I've noticed that Coca Cola has become flatter.

I thought it was just a bad bottle in one shop, but the new taste is like the concentrate you get in McDonald's

AndyBoBandy

Loop d Loops, gone to sh1te!! The green bit isn’t even green it’s just a yellowy colour!!

Tangle Twisters seem great again now despite them being changed years ago!!

Seems like my 17 year campaign to “Make Tangle Twisters Great Again” finally got somewhere!!

bassy

burger bites are gone to piss now,used to have a lovely flavour.

miezekatze

emo72 wrote: »

as you get older your taste buds degrade? has anyone thought of this as a possibility? would explain a lot. even though its quite sad.

I think it's probably the other way around. As you get older you taste more and more different things and your tastebuds get more refined. A lot of the examples in this thread are junk food you would have mainly eaten as teenagers. Then you try it again years later and don't understand how you could ever like that stuff so much. That's my theory anyway. Most of the food/drinks I liked as a teenager I don't like anymore now. I guess a lot of recipes were changed over time though, and I really dislike the taste of most artificial sweeteners.

tedpan

Food in general, even fruit and veg tastes fake these days..

punisher5112

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

I've noticed that Coca Cola has become flatter.

I thought it was just a bad bottle in one shop, but the new taste is like the concentrate you get in McDonald's

A lot is coming from the UK

Sephiroth_dude

Salt 'n' vinegar crisps

_Kaiser_

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

I've noticed that Coca Cola has become flatter.

I thought it was just a bad bottle in one shop, but the new taste is like the concentrate you get in McDonald's

I buy the slabs of 20 cans myself.. Refrigerate better, tastes better and a lot better value than the rip-off 1.5L bottles they're selling these days (which yes go flat very quickly)

Mister Vain

Roast spuds aint the same anymore. Most minced meat aint great now either. 7up tastes like water.

Vita nova

Tomatoes definitely seem to have lost their flavour, and yet, they look better than ever.

mojesius

Vienetta. Not enough chocolate crisp anymore and the ice cream is watery ****e

mordeith

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Go and ask the back of my balls.

For the record the above will now be my go to reply to anyone asking me even the most slightly annoying question

Greyfox

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Spicebags.

What the actual fook is the fascination with these ? Even heard Ivan Yates inform us today that they had been voted Ireland's favourite..

A good one tastes absolutely amazing, particularly with curry sauce. One of the best tasting dishes in the world.. I love them more than alcohol

Greyfox

Degag wrote: »

Cadbury Dairy Milk not the same as it was either.

they still taste amazing, almost as good as sex

Greyfox

For all those complaining there can't be that huge of a difference as were still buying tonnes of sugary stuff every week.

punisher5112

Greyfox wrote: »

For all those complaining there can't be that huge of a difference as were still buying tonnes of sugary stuff every week.

Cause sugar is extremely addictive.

It's like saying coke is full of rat poison, faeces, baking soda etc.... But I can't get me enough of the hookers and coke.....

Feisar

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Lucozade now has an artificial sweetener to avoid the sugar tax.

why would an energy drink remove the glucose?

Bit like the zero calorie "energy" drinks, like cals are energy!!! Retarded.