With Easter fast approaching, Australian consumer experts have put popular hot cross buns to the test to find which tastes best.
As supermarkets and bakeries sell their own versions of the spiced sweet rolls, ranging from traditional and chocolate to apple and cinnamon, shoppers can be so spoilt for choice.
But to help you make the right choice, a panel of food experts from CHOICE have offered their verdict following a blind tasting after sampling varieties from Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and Bakers Delight.
The buns were rated on flavour, appearance, aroma and texture.
Of the 21 hot cross buns tested, Coles chocolate-flavoured variety ($3.50 for a pack of six) came out on top after scoring a credible 84 per cent, beating rivals on flavour and value, which costs just 58 cents per roll.
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Sainsbury’s last week joined Tesco in claiming to match Aldi prices on hundreds of products
Sainsbury’s raised the price of some products in its campaign to ‘match’ Aldi for value, The Grocer can reveal.
Sainsbury’s ‘Aldi Price Match’ campaign saw it claim last week that about 250 products were now priced the same as a comparable one at the discounter.
But analysis by The Grocer has revealed eight of the 250 Sainsbury’s products went up in price as it launched the campaign. They consisted of seven own label products plus a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale.
All went up between 3 and 17 February this year, having been consistently cheaper since at least November 2020, analysis of pricing data from Edge by Ascential found. The average price rise was 11p, or 9.4%.