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Old 13-01-2014, 21:38
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Do you love them? do you think supermarket own brands are as good as the McVitie ones? I don't
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Old 13-01-2014, 22:17
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Do you love them? do you think supermarket own brands are as good as the McVitie ones? I don't
I don't think the own-brand are as good - no, they are much better than McVities.
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Old 13-01-2014, 22:31
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I don't think the own-brand are as good - no, they are much better than McVities.
No way

btw check out these videos of Americans eating them lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1FtQY_egsM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhxf7MO4Js

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wce5mGSjSc8
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Old 14-01-2014, 08:23
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No Jaffa cakes in the states? wow, they are missing something

Sainsburys own are pretty good to be honest, and their basic version is ok if you tight on money.

I love Jaffa cakes, but I have cut down on sweet stuff at the moment, so only yo yo Bear fruit rolls for me
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Old 14-01-2014, 09:34
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Aldi Jaffa Cakes are better than McVities!
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Old 14-01-2014, 14:09
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Prefer Asda own brand to McVities. The sponge has a bit of a crunch to it
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Old 14-01-2014, 20:10
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I don't eat them enough to notice. I've not found any problems with other/non brands
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Old 14-01-2014, 20:22
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I know I'm weird, but Jaffa Cakes have never floated my boat. The whole 'like a biscuit but a cake' thing really doesn't sit right with me - always expecting more of a crunch than I get.

M&S do similar but with a biscuit base which is perfect.
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Old 14-01-2014, 20:27
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I always laugh at that company called 'Graze'? You order boxes off nibbles from them apparently. They have a mixture that tastes like Jaffa cakes they say on their advert. I mean why not buy a packet of actual jaffa cakes
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Old 14-01-2014, 20:34
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No Jaffa cakes in the states? wow, they are missing something

Sainsburys own are pretty good to be honest
, and their basic version is ok if you tight on money.

I love Jaffa cakes, but I have cut down on sweet stuff at the moment, so only yo yo Bear fruit rolls for me
My little granddaughter has a dairy allergy so can't eat McVitie's Jaffa Cakes but can some of the supermarket own brand ones ( which just so happen to be dairy free). These include Sainsbury's variety which she loves.

My daughter, her auntie, being a lifelong McVitie's Jaffa Cake lover, thought she'd try one recently just to see what they were like and immediately announced she thought them as good as, if not better than, McVitie's. Believe me, that is praise indeed!
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Old 14-01-2014, 23:29
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M&S do similar but with a biscuit base which is perfect.
Asda's are like that as well. The whole spongy (stale imo) cake base idea is crap.
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Old 15-01-2014, 08:45
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My little granddaughter has a dairy allergy so can't eat McVitie's Jaffa Cakes but can some of the supermarket own brand ones ( which just so happen to be dairy free). These include Sainsbury's variety which she loves.
I am surprised, but they are produced in a factory that handles milk products, so you got to be careful that way. a warning on the package says so

Not suitable for customers with allergy to milk due to the manufacturing methods.

A friend of mine daughter can't eat anything with wheat in, so she have buy stuff which is over the top in price and Jaffa cakes for her cost about £1.80 for a small box and even that can have traces of milk in.

My daughter, her auntie, being a lifelong McVitie's Jaffa Cake lover, thought she'd try one recently just to see what they were like and immediately announced she thought them as good as, if not better than, McVitie's. Believe me, that is praise indeed!
they are nice, also the basic ones are not bad, if you are short on cash.
Jaffa cakes are also not that bad for you if you don't go over the top, the problem is once i started eating them, I can't stop.
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Old 15-01-2014, 13:12
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Jaffa Cakes, another putrid confect from that well-known purveyor of inedible dreck, McShitties. Why not try the real thing, Bahlsen's Messino...real chocolate, more flavoursome orange, better sponge...er nicer box.
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Old 15-01-2014, 13:20
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I know I'm weird, but Jaffa Cakes have never floated my boat. The whole 'like a biscuit but a cake' thing really doesn't sit right with me - always expecting more of a crunch than I get.

M&S do similar but with a biscuit base which is perfect.
Then I'm weird too. I like chocolate, I like orange, I like cake/biscuit. But somehow for me it's all wrong on a Jaffa Cake. Actually it's more that I find the separate layers absolutely hideously made.
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Old 15-01-2014, 15:44
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I prefer ALDI'S to any others, also cheaper
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Old 15-01-2014, 20:36
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Then I'm weird too. I like chocolate, I like orange, I like cake/biscuit. But somehow for me it's all wrong on a Jaffa Cake. Actually it's more that I find the separate layers absolutely hideously made.
Admittedly, I think the chocolate is shoddy and the jelly orange layer makes me gag a bit with the texture.

So it's probably more than the cake-y issue which bothers me
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Old 15-01-2014, 20:57
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I loved the cadburys milk chocolate ones that were sold in pound land and poundworld. The were 100% free type ones so u got 2 strips. Not seen them for ages though.
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Old 15-01-2014, 21:58
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Prefer Asda own brand to McVities. The sponge has a bit of a crunch to it
Stale comes to my mind, my wife bought some once and I hope never again.
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Old 16-01-2014, 08:22
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I used to work with a Polish girl and she brought some Polish ones in one day and they had a wide variety of flavours including a vanilla flavour one which was absolutely lovely.
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Old 16-01-2014, 08:55
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They're all good with a cup of coffee - probably all made in the same factory anyway.
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Old 17-01-2014, 21:50
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They're all good with a cup of coffee - probably all made in the same factory anyway.
I sincerely doubt it.
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Old 18-01-2014, 00:14
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They're all good with a cup of coffee
i like to dunk them in the coffee
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Old 18-01-2014, 10:35
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I sincerely doubt it.
You'd be surprised. Lots of own brand stuff is made in the same factory as the branded stuff. There was an issue with Patak's factory for example and they recalled own brand sauces from nearly every supermarket.
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Old 18-01-2014, 10:49
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Jaffa Cakes, another putrid confect from that well-known purveyor of inedible dreck, McShitties. Why not try the real thing, Bahlsen's Messino...real chocolate, more flavoursome orange, better sponge...er nicer box.
I like them as well, but they are more expensive. i get them when they are on offer sometimes. cutting back to sweet things, so will not have them so often now.
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Old 18-01-2014, 11:05
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I prefer genuine McVitie's Jaffa Cakes.

I like a soft sponge base.
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