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Old 13-02-2014, 19:25
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Just bought Tesco Profiterole dessert (2 small pots)...was eating it and tasted a bit weird, like alcohol, checked the ingredients and alcohol was one of the ingredients.

Why? Is it supposed to make them taste better?
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Old 13-02-2014, 19:39
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When I make my own, I add a little Cointreau to the cream filling before I whip it and dip them in melted Chocolate Orange.
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Old 14-02-2014, 08:54
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Alcohol often enhances and brings out flavours. It's not exactly an unusual thing, spirits are often used in desserts, wines in sauces etc. I'd never go out for a meal and not drink alcohol with it, wines or beers to compliment different courses and a spirit/digestif to compliment dessert.
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Old 14-02-2014, 09:26
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Just bought Tesco Profiterole dessert (2 small pots)...was eating it and tasted a bit weird, like alcohol, checked the ingredients and alcohol was one of the ingredients.

Why? Is it supposed to make them taste better?
Irish coffee, sherry trifle, rum and raisin, brandy in the Christmas cake etc etc
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Old 14-02-2014, 13:15
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Just bought Tesco Profiterole dessert (2 small pots)...was eating it and tasted a bit weird, like alcohol, checked the ingredients and alcohol was one of the ingredients.

Why? Is it supposed to make them taste better?
What sort of alcohol, did it say?
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Old 15-02-2014, 08:44
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Stout or Guinness in the Christmas pudding/cake used to be popular with the Edwardians.
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Old 16-02-2014, 19:34
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Must say I wouldn't expect there to be alcohol in profiteroles, maybe they've done it as tiramisu is so popular these days?
They are taking a risk though, I can see the Daily Mail sadfaces as an unsuspecting Tee Total family have their dinner RUINED by Tesco!
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Old 16-02-2014, 20:05
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What sort of alcohol, did it say?
It said "Alcohol" !
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Old 16-02-2014, 20:07
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Must say I wouldn't expect there to be alcohol in profiteroles, maybe they've done it as tiramisu is so popular these days?
They are taking a risk though, I can see the Daily Mail sadfaces as an unsuspecting Tee Total family have their dinner RUINED by Tesco!
Maybe cheer them up a bit
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Old 16-02-2014, 20:08
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What sort of alcohol, did it say?
Moonshine?
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Old 17-02-2014, 13:02
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Interesting that they don't even say what it is!
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Old 17-02-2014, 14:54
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Interesting that they don't even say what it is!
"alcohol" would surely mean pure alcohol?!
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Old 17-02-2014, 14:57
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Here it is

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=264574365


Ingredients

Water,Glucose Syrup ,Coconut Oil ,Dried Skimmed Milk ,Sugar ,Egg ,Wheat Flour ,Chocolate (2.5%) ,Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder ,Whipping Cream (Milk) (1.5%) ,Maize Starch ,Alcohol ,Stabilisers (Sodium Alginate, Pectin, Agar, Tara Gum, Xanthan Gum) ,Milk Proteins ,Emulsifier (Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids) ,Flavouring ,Thickeners (Tapioca Starch) ,Caramelised Sugar ,Salt ,Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate) ,Potato Starch ,Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids ,Chocolate contains: Cocoa ,Sugar ,Cocoa Butter ,Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)
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Old 17-02-2014, 15:03
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Here it is

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=264574365


Ingredients

Water,Glucose Syrup ,Coconut Oil ,Dried Skimmed Milk ,Sugar ,Egg ,Wheat Flour ,Chocolate (2.5%) ,Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder ,Whipping Cream (Milk) (1.5%) ,Maize Starch ,Alcohol ,Stabilisers (Sodium Alginate, Pectin, Agar, Tara Gum, Xanthan Gum) ,Milk Proteins ,Emulsifier (Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids) ,Flavouring ,Thickeners (Tapioca Starch) ,Caramelised Sugar ,Salt ,Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate) ,Potato Starch ,Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids ,Chocolate contains: Cocoa ,Sugar ,Cocoa Butter ,Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)
In this context, wouldn't the alcohol be just part of the preserving process? You shouldn't be able to taste it.
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Old 17-02-2014, 15:58
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Funny that you should have posted about this as I had a similar thing happen about profiteroles that I bought from One Stop shop.

My daughter said she could taste alcohol in them but I told her it doesn't as surely it would have a label mentioning it on the packaging. Checked the ingredients and she was correct, it did indeed contain alcohol.
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Old 17-02-2014, 16:13
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Here it is

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=264574365


Ingredients

Water,Glucose Syrup ,Coconut Oil ,Dried Skimmed Milk ,Sugar ,Egg ,Wheat Flour ,Chocolate (2.5%) ,Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder ,Whipping Cream (Milk) (1.5%) ,Maize Starch ,Alcohol ,Stabilisers (Sodium Alginate, Pectin, Agar, Tara Gum, Xanthan Gum) ,Milk Proteins ,Emulsifier (Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids) ,Flavouring ,Thickeners (Tapioca Starch) ,Caramelised Sugar ,Salt ,Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate) ,Potato Starch ,Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids ,Chocolate contains: Cocoa ,Sugar ,Cocoa Butter ,Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)
OK as we all know, the ingredients lists are written to correspond with the amounts used in the product, with the major ingredient listed first.
In this case alcohol is two ingredients lower than the 1.5% whipping cream, so unless you have alcohol addiction problems its not really important.

What is more important healthwise is that the second and third largest ingredients are glucose syrup and coconut oil!!

Added to that theres caramelised sugar and also more sugar in the not very generous 2.5% of chocolate!

Sounds a pretty ropey product to me
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Old 17-02-2014, 16:20
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It looks like a recipe for spewiness to me.
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