You've lost your way !

Paparazzo · 03-01-2012 02:18PM

krudler wrote: »

chipsticks, not nearly salty enough these days.

roses as well since they started using soya in them.

So that's what they did! Had them over christmas and they were rubbish. Horrible texture to them now.

LisaLee wrote: »

Pringles sour cream and onion. The flavour doesn't taste the same, its milder and I'm pretty sure the Pringles have got smaller.

Remember they had little bits of green on them?

kfallon · 03-01-2012 02:21PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Wham! bars. They kept reducing the amount of fizz lumps in them. Last one I bought had literally one single lump at one end and the rest of the bar was lump free. Never bought one again. I know companies reduce things to cut costs, including the size of the product - hoping no one will notice - but they must really think us dumb to reduce it that much and act like nothing happened.

Had one last night - thought it was as good as ever tbh!

scrubber72 · 03-01-2012 02:26PM

No one has mentioned Curley wurleys, not only different taste but so much smaller too

lucylu · 03-01-2012 02:35PM

cadburys chocolate is gone downhill it is now gritty

HB icecream is more watery than creamy.

du Maurier · 03-01-2012 02:35PM

Griffin1988 wrote: »

Roy of the Rovers bars. They dissapeared off the face of the earth and some blonde haired imposter returned.

Damn him to hell

Haha. True. Same with Monster Munch, if not just for taste, they also did away with the accompanying story of the primordial race of giant, the Cyclops.

Club Milk bars are a shadow of their former selves too. They really scrimped on the chocolate. Once there was a wonderful chunk of chocolate surrounding the biscuit inside, only a mere sliver now. Far from the nibbling delight it once was, but still good for tea dipping.

03-01-2012 02:42PM

kfallon wrote: »

thought it was as good as ever tbh!

Well somebody must - otherwise they would not be getting away with it.

du Maurier · 03-01-2012 02:48PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

As well as changing the recipe, they've also cut down on the variety of sweets.
I remember as a kid there was, among others, marzipan, noisette whirl, bournville, montelimar and the infamous coffee creme (which I liked, though I knew it wasn't at the level of the others).

Now they have three or four very similar caramel sweets; the dairy milk and the hazelnut whirl which are basically the same as latter has so little nut; then you've just got the orange one (meh) and the strawberry one to provide a little variety. And the fudge and toffee ones, but they're similar to the caramel sweets. And this year there was only two of the great brazil nut sweets in the tin! I thought it was a fluke but it was the same in a friends' tin. I guess they're fazing it out.

I guess they're playing it safe and not having too many potentially divisive flavours. But the problem is that they all taste the same now, and you need the coffee cremes of this world to appreciate the better things.

A very incisive post! How can they do that to the wonderful Brazil nut? It had character in spades and a uniqueness that divided many when perusing the contents of the sweetie tin. Hence there was always a few knocking about, which was good for me. Shame on them to consider phasing them out. I think I'm taking this way too seriously:pac:

Eroticfishcake · 03-01-2012 02:50PM

du Maurier wrote: »

Club Milk bars are a shadow of their former selves too. They really scrimped on the chocolate. Once there was a wonderful chunk of chocolate surrounding the biscuit inside, only a mere sliver now. Far from the nibbling delight it once was, but still good for tea dipping.

Club milks are the poor mans purple snack

cocoshovel · 03-01-2012 02:54PM

Quick Lunch curry noodles.
They used to be absolutely lovey, and came in this big tray. Then they changed it to a "new improved recipe" and it tasted like dirt after that, as bad pot noodle tastes.

Nothingbetter2d · 03-01-2012 02:57PM

keithb93 wrote: »

Magnums. The ones you get in LIDL are much nicer now.

damn right... aldi/lidl clone versions of magnums are cheaper and better tasting.

The Uninvited Guest · 03-01-2012 03:03PM

cocoshovel wrote: »

Quick Lunch curry noodles.
They used to be absolutely lovey, and came in this big tray. Then they changed it to a "new improved recipe" and it tasted like dirt after that, as bad pot noodle tastes.

+1, they were the dogs bollocks man, used to love the curry noddles slapped on a slice of bread. Top quality.

cocoshovel · 03-01-2012 03:05PM

The Uninvited Guest wrote: »

+1, they were the dogs bollocks man, used to love the curry noddles slapped on a slice of bread. Top quality.

Christ you got my mouth watering now, loved a bit of butter on the bread too.

Adyx · 03-01-2012 03:13PM

Eroticfishcake wrote: »

Club milks are the poor mans purple snack

Yes but they were good for eating then re-folding the wrapper to fool the family. :pac:

previous user · 03-01-2012 03:53PM

LisaLee wrote: »

Pringles sour cream and onion. The flavour doesn't taste the same, its milder and I'm pretty sure the Pringles have got smaller.

yeh WTF's up with that, and don't DENY that they're smaller, when Pringles first came out they touched the side of the fu*king can now they don't and theres a good two bloody inches of space at the top, disgraceful.

impr0v · 03-01-2012 04:16PM

The-Rigger wrote: »

Banshee bones - a shadow of their former selves.

I imagine that they had to change the amount of chemical salt applied to Banshee Bones or risk serious genetic damage to the population of the country. Either that, or the factory reached its quota for toxic waste emissions for this century.

garv123 · 03-01-2012 04:21PM

Score orange and cola. all healthy now and almost a clear colour.
Capri sun for the same reason.

Monster munch were way nicer than mighty munch.

Chip sticks taste like they are always stale now and lacking salt.

44leto · 03-01-2012 04:29PM

Kentucky fried chicken is now rotten. The chicken they use is flavourless and even looks different. The gravy is also terrible.

Paparazzo · 03-01-2012 04:54PM

Eroticfishcake wrote: »

Club milks are the poor mans purple snack

I always thought that, and did a taste test. The club milk won!

Temptamperu · 03-01-2012 04:58PM

Got a pack of Fig Rolls stating "best taste ever" It was a damn lie I tells you.

mattjack · 03-01-2012 05:02PM

Tippex, just doesn't for me anymore.

Eroticfishcake · 03-01-2012 05:22PM

Paparazzo wrote: »

I always thought that, and did a taste test. The club milk won!

:eek: Nah that's just shameful. Your taste buds must be shot :pac: I don't even think they taste similar, the Cadbury chocolate is a dead giveaway..Now go practice harder and don't be spreading your lies around here.

old hippy · 03-01-2012 06:13PM

paddyandy wrote: »

When i saw them dipping chips into little bowls i knew the days of good food are near the end. I remember new potatoes that did'nt need ANYTHING on them . ..Health Food is dull but the rubbish is at least interesting .Any ideas .?

People have been dipping for generations... which "health food" is dull, out of curiosity?

paddyandy · 03-01-2012 06:50PM

old hippy wrote: »

People have been dipping for generations... which "health food" is dull, out of curiosity?

People have not been dipping chips for generations it's a very recent idea . Ask others about heath food ..

paddyandy · 03-01-2012 06:58PM

The food is produced with a calculator now.... the nonsense would not have been tolerated forty years ago and todays generations know nothing better...even the junk is'nt as interesting and i'm aware of other's opinions .The Industry get's away with it because this generation does not complain about anything .

Dan Chipowski · 03-01-2012 07:02PM

Used to love KitKats up until a few years ago when the chocolate changed. Taste absolutely rotten now.

Jesus Wept · 03-01-2012 07:05PM

paddyandy wrote: »

Very few food items sell without a blouse on it nowadays .When i saw them dipping chips into little bowls i knew the days of good food are near the end. I remember new potatoes that did'nt need ANYTHING on them . Meat fat , dairy and salt and sugars and one or two other items and if removed ...eating would be a chore without them . The Food Industry is very clever these days . Fresh Corn on the Cob from usa is nice on it's own but difficult to find . Health Food is dull but the rubbish is at least interesting .Any ideas .?

blouse?

impr0v wrote: »

I imagine that they had to change the amount of chemical salt applied to Banshee Bones or risk serious genetic damage to the population of the country. Either that, or the factory reached its quota for toxic waste emissions for this century.

Is it worth it? My taste buds say no.

Larianne · 03-01-2012 07:08PM

du Maurier wrote: »

Club Milk bars are a shadow of their former selves too. They really scrimped on the chocolate. Once there was a wonderful chunk of chocolate surrounding the biscuit inside, only a mere sliver now. Far from the nibbling delight it once was, but still good for tea dipping.

The chocolate tastes gross now.

Icebergers - the biscuit part doesn't taste nice any more. :cool:

wandatowell · 03-01-2012 07:09PM

I used to enjoy a cheap little bar called "A Milky Lunch" they died but were savage.

+1 for whoever mentioned a Lion Bar, the chocy they use for them nowadays is mank!!!

coolbeans · 03-01-2012 07:20PM

Fruit Gums. They were hard and teeth wrenching, just the way I used ta likes 'em. Now...well, they're mushy and horrid. Shame(sniff).

CrazyFish · 03-01-2012 07:21PM

Used to love a good Moro bar. But they taste terrible now. And lion bars are also terrible. The caramel is so chewy it takes for ever to eat which is not good considering it tastes ****.

You've lost your way !

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