Sneaky Fentimans Reformulation
Discussion
Be careful ladies and gentlemen - Fentimans have reformulated (everything?) to halve the sugar and replace with steviol. With the obvious result that what were delicious flavourful drinks, the pride of the north east, are now a pointless sham. Why pay a premium for junk? You may as well buy pepsi instead... except they've reformulated that too!
Still some of the original stuff available in supermarkets if you're quick.
Still some of the original stuff available in supermarkets if you're quick.
Absolutely.
Fortunately I am able to source alternative products, but losing Fentimans makes me genuinely sad. It would have been worse had I not been somewhat toughened up for this by the loss of Irn Bru. Can only hope Fentimans eventually see sense like Barr did and enable a proper version of their product to be bought.
Fortunately I am able to source alternative products, but losing Fentimans makes me genuinely sad. It would have been worse had I not been somewhat toughened up for this by the loss of Irn Bru. Can only hope Fentimans eventually see sense like Barr did and enable a proper version of their product to be bought.
I did let them know, although in truth I let myself down a bit in the terms in which I expressed myself. I'm sure it won't be the worst though.
Spent the afternoon buying out the remaining drinkable stuff from various local supermarkets. In some that was only a couple of bottles, but in Morrisons I struck gold.
Spent the afternoon buying out the remaining drinkable stuff from various local supermarkets. In some that was only a couple of bottles, but in Morrisons I struck gold.
markiii said:
is the label; making obvious the difference between new and old?
No, this is what annoyed me the most tbh, hence the "sneaky" in the title. You can read it to tell whether it's new or old, and once you've done this a few times you will recognize the ingredient list by "word shape" without having to read it - but you wouldn't notice it if you weren't looking out for it.
^so... every company then?
I dont get the hate for diet drinks or ones using sweeteners. for years i always drank the normal sugary stuff. past 10years i moved towards the diet/zero stuff. After a while you get used to it. When sugar tax came in i thought the change in Irn Bru tasted like crap... but recently i tried their Irn Bru 101... and was not overwhelmed with taste in the same way as one would drink regular coke vs diet/coke zero.
i still do like regular coke (or other fizzy drinks), but i dont get it as often, but when I do I enjoy and appreciate it much more.
I dont get the hate for diet drinks or ones using sweeteners. for years i always drank the normal sugary stuff. past 10years i moved towards the diet/zero stuff. After a while you get used to it. When sugar tax came in i thought the change in Irn Bru tasted like crap... but recently i tried their Irn Bru 101... and was not overwhelmed with taste in the same way as one would drink regular coke vs diet/coke zero.
i still do like regular coke (or other fizzy drinks), but i dont get it as often, but when I do I enjoy and appreciate it much more.
I don't want Fentimans to go bust. I want them to realise and rescind their mistake and offer a decent product and if that means the price is another 50p a bottle so be it. I am not impecunious and frankly, if anyone drinking them is then unless terminally ill they need to stop entirely and put the money towards building a better life.
You could treble the price of it and it would still be much cheaper than drinking beer (when quantities are taken into consideration), which is the sensible comparison.
Irn Bru 1901 is not quite the _same_ as where Irn Bru was before they destroyed it because the caffeine (missing in 1901) made it an excellent hangover cure and the fizziness is a bit different - I think there's less of it making it less acidic but I'm not great at tasting words. But it's 95% of the way there and it's an acceptable compromise given what the alternative appeared to be, where truely as a nation scotland was looking into the abyss.
I have never been a huge lucozade fan but should mention https://toddsdrinks.co.uk/enerzaid/ - I was a beta tester and they managed to replicate it when they ruined that too.
Other destroyed drinks include ribeina, 7 up, fanta, pepsi as I mentioned above (haven't seen the ruined version yet but am aware it's coming) yada yada but in all those cases I've managed to find nicer solutions eventually. Indeed, there are alternatives to Fentimans and the way things are looking I guess I'm going to have to switch. It would be nice to support a local family owned company though.
You could treble the price of it and it would still be much cheaper than drinking beer (when quantities are taken into consideration), which is the sensible comparison.
Irn Bru 1901 is not quite the _same_ as where Irn Bru was before they destroyed it because the caffeine (missing in 1901) made it an excellent hangover cure and the fizziness is a bit different - I think there's less of it making it less acidic but I'm not great at tasting words. But it's 95% of the way there and it's an acceptable compromise given what the alternative appeared to be, where truely as a nation scotland was looking into the abyss.
I have never been a huge lucozade fan but should mention https://toddsdrinks.co.uk/enerzaid/ - I was a beta tester and they managed to replicate it when they ruined that too.
Other destroyed drinks include ribeina, 7 up, fanta, pepsi as I mentioned above (haven't seen the ruined version yet but am aware it's coming) yada yada but in all those cases I've managed to find nicer solutions eventually. Indeed, there are alternatives to Fentimans and the way things are looking I guess I'm going to have to switch. It would be nice to support a local family owned company though.
the lower sugar in lucozade genuinely pisses me off. im the type who will have it when ill/feeling weak, and i have always noticed an improvement for afew hours vs drinking something else. However the low sugar content has ruined it.. its useless now as a drinking aid when ill. it has no purpose. th whole reason you bought lucozade was becasue of all the sugar.
ambuletz said:
the lower sugar in lucozade genuinely pisses me off. im the type who will have it when ill/feeling weak, and i have always noticed an improvement for afew hours vs drinking something else. However the low sugar content has ruined it.. its useless now as a drinking aid when ill. it has no purpose. th whole reason you bought lucozade was becasue of all the sugar.
Take a look at my link - it's indistinguishable from the original. I got involved with it as a beta tester as at the time the guy making it's plan was to do the three main lucozade flavours then irn bru (which was what I was actually interested in). It didn't work out that way - he only ever made the original flavour afaik and Barr brought in 1901 - so I haven't bought it since but if you liked original lucozade you will want what he sells. Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff