Taste Test: Chef Boyardee Beefaroni -- Throwback Recipe vs. Current Recipe!!
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Here's Chefboyardee's website for the Throwback recipes:
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Chef Boyardee recently introduced "Throwback Recipe" versions of Beef Ravioli, Beefaroni and Lasagna. They promise "More Meat, More Cheese and More Goodness"! I decided to try out the Beefaroni (my favorite Chef Boyardee variety) and compare it to the current recipe that you usually find in the stores. It was quite interesting and--Spoiler Alert--the Throwback one is a LOT better than the regular one!
Throwback Recipe should just replace the Current Recipe all together.
#MakeChefBoyardeeGreatAgain
I wouldn't argue with that. I think they might end up with a problem producing it on a regular basis due to the trans fats and the more "complicated" process that must be needed to make it. The recipe must have been streamlined over the years to make it as cheap, simple and quick to produce as possible. I wish they'd at least take some of the good things from the Throwback and apply them to the new recipe (especially the spices and the Romano cheese!).
To make it truly throwback they should make you open it with a can opener.
@CharlieRavens Plus it's easy for an idiot to get sliced open on can lids.
@CharlieRavens actually it's useful for people with motor difficulties, while I don't struggle to much with cans (I have to use a fork as a leaver) I absolutely struggle with pouring milk and not spilling it and often ask for help
I'm glad you did that review. I don't eat them anymore because of what they became. It made my tummy feel ick. The throwback is totally what I remember. I'm happy to pay a bit more for real food. Tks!
1 can = 1 serving :)
Yup, pretty much! Even as a kid I would eat a whole can. It was a lot more filling to the smaller version of me, but I still couldn't imagine eating half-a-can!
So true
Mr. Krabs. I want Beefaroni!
Will probably try the throwback now. A bit pricier, but like you said, a bit of a disappointment when eating the regular stuff. My preference is ravioli.
After trying it out I definitely feel it's worth the extra cost (at least for trying it out anyway). I may have to try out the Ravioli and Lasagna too now!
I add some extra tomato sauce to current Beefaroni. Throwback recipe is what I get when I add more sauce to regular version. I ate canned foods growing up...my parents cooked traditional meals in my Chinese-Filipino home. Sometimes, I ate burgers, pizza, deli sandwiches, hotdogs & good Chef Boyardee canned stuff too back in NJ✌🏼🍲🍝
A man after my own heart. (Beefaroni is also my favorite chef boyardee)
I can relate to this!
Man, I'm bummed I didn't know about these. Totally missed out!
I haven't seen these throwback here in Canada even if Chef Boyardee's is a popular brand here. I hope we do eventually get them. When I was growing up, I think raviolis were the best sellers, but like you, I prefer the Beefaroni. I would pay more for a more tasty product.
Not that anyone SHOULD be eating Chef Boyardee, but I hope you get a chance to try some out at some point!
Throwback is always better all the time in anything
Ah yes, back in the seats before HFCS was in everything. Old school Beefaroni for the win!!! 😉😉😉
I was a bit surprised by just how much better the Throwback actually was. And it kind of took a little time to really appreciate it too--which is why there's the little part at the end. I actually finished up the review kind of saying that there was a slight difference, but nothing major. Then after turning the camera off I had a little more and realized it REALLY was more different than I originally thought. While I don't eat this stuff regularly, if I DO pick up some more Chef Boyardee, when I do I'll definitely get the Throwback if it's still around!
I had the Throwback Beef Ravioli, Iiked it more.
I might have to try the others.
@@gschultz9Its worth it.
I've tested the beef ravioli, the beefaroni and the lasagna. All three Throwbacks beat their current versions. I also liked the ravioli. Compared to the throwbacks, the regular/current recipes lack flavor and complexity. You do have to wonder why they thought a lousier recipe would be a step up.
I've tried all three varieties of the Throwback and they are all very good. The real cheese really stood out for me. Plus the Throwback doesn't have a metallic taste like the new stuff does.
Excellent review. I hope the throwbacks catch on in popularity and Buitoni starts making toaster pizzas again. THAT'S a taste from my youth I remember well.
I want to salute Conagra for giving the consumer a choice. Usually, these companies just keep foisting crappier and crappier ingredients on customers to keep the price down. With this, you can pay more and get better; or pay less and get lesser. Your choice. I know I prefer to spend a couple of quarters more and get the good stuff.
That's an excellent way of looking at it, and pretty much exactly how I feel about the Throwbacks. since they're available right along with the standard ones, nobody HAS to spend the additional price for the luxury of the Throwback.
Cool vid man, do more of theses
And doctors wonder why cancer and other terrible health issues is on the rise. Look at the garbage we eat nowadays. When you did this, it shows the difference in what we eat nowadays, to what we used to eat. We used to eat real food, like you said the throwback looked more like real natural food. The current recipe is to artificial, and way more processed. I think the throwback recipe should completely replace the current recipe, even if they have to charge a little more, most people would pay for it if the product is genuinely better, and less processed.
Throwback recipe looks more appetizing. Bring back the throwback!
I miss them already!
I opened the can of throwback beefaroni and it was like a time machine to the early 90's. That shiny sheen of grease and the little bits of meat in the sauce. Exactly how I remembered beefaroni as a kid. I hope these stick around for a bit. They are only 1.49 where I live. Seems like your store jacks up it's prices. Shop around a bit.
Great comparison video. 2 thumbs up!
Thanks a lot!
If they have the throwback can at that price, I think it's well worth it for the more natural ingredients!! Taste buds change with age I think, because some things just aren't the same compared to childhood.. loved this review
I definitely don't mind paying a little more for the Throwback now that I've tried it! I had kind of chalked my adult experiences with Chef Boyardee to taste buds/taste changing with age, and figured I just didn't realize how "bad" the stuff actually was. But now I think it really WAS better back then, and the Throwbacks are the proof I needed!
I miss the heck out of chef boyardee meat tortellini. That was my all time favorite canned pasta.
I had completely forgotten about the Tortellini! Have they stopped making it? I wonder if maybe it's only in certain markets? I seem to remember really liking that one!
@@gschultz9 Chef Boyardee discontinued the tortellini because the pasta wasn't hold up as much as the pasta used to make their ravioli. The tortellini pasta is more delicate and can't always surviving the canning and shelving/stocking process. They made a meat tortellini and cheese tortellini, meat was always my favorite. Maybe one day they will bring it back.
I mean, no one wants to admit they ate 9 cans of ravioli..
Ya know, I like 'em better out of the can, cold, rather than heated.
Real throwback was eaten with white bread lol.... ahh the memories
I don't eat Chef Boyardee very often, but when I do I LOVE to have some buttered bread to go along with it!
is it really a throwback if you don't have to use a can-opener?
That's a good point!
@@gschultz9 When they're talking " throwback " exactly how far back do they mean ? I was wild about this stuff as a 5yr old in 1966. Or is this something from the 80s because they changed it from the 60s to the 80s do you know ??
i tried the ravioli .. price difference for me was a dime ($1.09 todays $1.19 throwback) and was excited, to get back to the days of when Ettore and Ettore Boiardi owned the company. as a child i LOVED the ravioli.. so when i tried the throwback it was very disappointing .. it tasted like nothing i remember, it was horrible. i too did a side by side and although i don't eat Chef Boyardee today all that much, due to the high fructose corn syrup level in it, the throwback one of course just said 'sugar' .. but the taste was horrible. i gave my other cans away to food charities..throwback recipes.. how far are they throwing back i wonder because these were not the tastes of my childhood...
That's very interesting. I wonder exactly WHEN they are throwing back to as well. For timing sake I edited out a part where I mentioned that I wasn't sure if this recipe would appeal to my nostalgia taste buds because I didn't know if it was a throwback to the time of my youth--or earlier or later. They don't seem to mention anywhere if this is the ORIGINAL recipe, or if it isn't, when the recipe is from. Wither way this definitely tasted a lot better to me than the current recipe--whether it was "my" childhood recipe or not. I may have to try out the Ravioli and the Lasagna at some point.
The throwback is so delicious! I couldn't find it in the store the last time I went. The current one is runny and blah.I am eating the current one as I type lol The throwback is hearty and flavorful. I hope I can find it again.
I had a feeling that the throwbacks would be a "limited time" thing, and apparently they were. I no longer see them on shelves around here at all anymore. :(
@@gschultz9 no fair lol
Interesting, I'm gonna have to check my stores here in Kansas and do a taste test. I surely remember those days. 😆
Off topic. Getting the feeling you were an officer or instructor in the day.
I guess that should be no surprise, right? Today's products tend to be cheaper and lower quality compared to the way that things used to be made back in the day. The throwback definitely looks more like the one I used to eat as a kid.
Great job, sir! The food cans looks not bad
The new Chef Boyardee is absolute garbage. I used to put cheese on the ravioli with garlic bread. When the company removed all the flavor, I stopped buying. Why would anyone buy it now? It's gross.
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I’ve long noticed the current product is bland and watery, and I swear it was different than when I grew up. Now I know for sure, thanks to you. Great video idea! I’m going to go get some right now and relive my childhood memories!
I jut sprinkle romano and param after I stop top heat the food. Extra cheese makes it look and taste just like the grand ma's. I wouldn't want to save 1/2 for later.
the pasta might be enriched ,like with more vitamins and such.
The ingredients seem to have the same stuff listed for the pasta, but if everything else is different based on the "Throwback" recipe it WOULD make sense for the pasta to be different as well.
I am eating the chef boyardee one not the throw back one but it’s still yummy but it’s smells weird
I told you, I would watch this, so, here I am , LOL. Imagine, price increase, for, something that is new, and, older. That friend, is the American way! Hard to tell from my side of the camera, which is better. I understand, difference, on the nutritionals. I may try, something like this myself G. ! Changes the pace up at least friend. I stayed around, for , one final thought. LOL. Great food , and review friend, Peace, John. Need me, just yell.
Thanks as usual John! I know it's a different kind of video so I definitely appreciate you checking it out. I was kind of surprised at how much different (and better!) the Throwback was. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't eat canned pasta-type stuff in general, but for anyone who does (or did as a kid) eat it, even just once in a while, it's an interesting thing to compare. I'm glad that Chef Boyardee decided to do this. It would be easy enough to just throw on a Throwback label, but to actually change to the recipe to closer match an earlier one is pretty impressive!
Remember King Vitamin? Quisp? Libby Land Dinners? Wow!
You know it is funny with Chefboyardee everyone has a different favorite flavor. Mine is the Ravioli I always thought that the beefaroni tasted and smelled to me like wagon wheel dog food (Don't ask how I know how it tastes LOL) Oh and BTW the title says you are reviewing the Ravioli instead of the beefaroni. I find the current recipes are so runny and it seems to have more sugar in it, they are too sweet. Yeah but the throwback recipe has the trans fats because it has real meat in it. Thanks for the great review and comparison.
Thanks for the tip on the title. I have no idea how I managed to do that, since the ONLY think I dealt with for this video was the Beefaroni! There's always something that slips by unnoticed. At least it was easy to change. It IS interesting about people's different taste preferences. It would SEEM like they're all pretty much the same thing, just in different shapes and combinations of pasta, meat, sauce and cheese. But I guess you can see why they continue to produce multiple varieties instead of just one. There will always be people who prefer one over the others!
Trans fats are not natural. They are the result of hydrogenation. So apparently, these throwbacks contain some hydrogenated oils.
10/24/2022 currently eating a can to myself 😁
Yup. "New and Unimproved!" I note that the sodium and potassium levels switched, likely due to changing nitrate/nitrite compounds from old to new. Both are horribly high if you eat the whole can, of course. (And you ate two!) The Chef is meant to appeal to five-year-olds, which is part of the portion sizing, but they also do that to fool us into thinking their foods aren't so terribly unhealthy. They aren't fooling us.
The portion size thing is always such a sneaky trick!
I vividly recall seeing a package of cookies once that touted "One Third Less Fat and Sugar!" and a closer reading divulged that they had changed the serving size from six to four cookies! No other changes.
I think I'm going to try to find one of these throwback cans, it does look more appetizing then the standard version
I think you'll enjoy it! especially if you like Chef Boyardee in general.
Good review Gary, I don’t eat these anymore, but I will have to try one or maybe two. This brings back childhood memories
Thank you Doug! I always thought that I didn't really like it as much anymore because I'd "grown up" or something. Getting a can every once in a while to kind of recreate a little "taste of the past" always ended up being disappointing. But tasting the throwback one DID kind of take me back a bit--certainly moreso than the newer recipe does! Oh, and my name isn't Gary, by the way.
they should do spaghetti and meatballs- with BEEF meatballs.
I'd like to see another review by your daughters
A video that even my wife was interested in. Thanks!
Not a big enough difference for twice the price. Let's face it, we don't like Beefaroni because we feel like we are at a fine Italian restaurant.
I thought the throwback was alot better than the other one.
Wish these would come back!
I think part of the difference, is that in the times of the throwback recipe, the product had to compete with better home-cooking versus the relative lack of better home-cooking today. It would be interesting if Swanson did throwbacks of their TV dinners, using the original packaging.
That is an interesting point, and I wouldn't be surprised if that did have something to do with it. I remember a while back that there was some sort of throwback design on TV Dinners (I think it was for the 50th anniversary of the invention of TV dinners or something like that). Don't think they changed the recipes back or anything, just a retro box--which I think I remember being kind of cool!
Really enjoyed this type of video. Of course we love the rations but these things are interesting also. I grew up eating these too. Spaghettios was the big one but all the others were good. I work in a bulk grocery store and we are selling the throw backs by the case cuz we are bulk :) i think i want to check them out:)
Thanks Sharon! Wow, I wouldn't want to buy a case of them...but I wonder if it might be too hard to resist if the opportunity came up! If you grew up on the stuff it's definitely worth trying a can out just to see what you think!
@@gschultz9 Well i dont mean a case as in twenty four we sell in bulk so i think there is like six or eight cans to a box. im sure i can get them in single cans from another store. we are just a bulk store:)
OMG I never knew how much I needed this video.
I totally get your "retro" preference, me too!
I have to say, I don't remember eating much of the beefaroni back in the day, but I did like the ravioli. But every time I'm feeling nostalgic & want to indulge in a can of ravioli to reminisce of a childhood favorite, I am ALWAYS disappointed! I think to myself, BOY, my taste buds sure have changed over the years!
And that's with alot of foods I remember from the past!
It seems to be all so flavorless now?
:o(
Throwback wins.
I was very confused until you started talking and I realsed this was not Wolfe Pit reiterating or reuploading
Are they safe for the mailbox?
$1.09 for a can is steep your way. They are under a dollar where I am.
It almost seems like they price it at $1.09 so they can put it on sale for a buck (Ten for $10.00). From the comments I've seen it's kind of surprising how much the price varies around the country!
I am a sucker for the throw-back label too.
Yup! Even if it was the exact same thing I'd still be likely to buy it JUST because of the label (as long as the price was the same anyway)!
Great comparison gschultz! I tried all the throwback versions last month and i still like the ravioli the best. Shame they add so much generic crap to processed foods these days just to make an extra buck. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Yeah, I'm probably going to have to try out the others as well at some point. I've heard a lot of good things about the Throwback Ravioli. If they can't make the Throwbacks a regular thing it would be cool if they could at least take some of the good things about them to make a better "current" recipe.
It's garbage either way
At 52 I am certain I would've preferred the throwback over the new Beefaroni, but I won't eat either now, no matter the deep nostalgia.
I didn’t like the throwback’s taste at first, but it grew on me and now I prefer it to the regular Beefaroni!
The sheer amount of canned food products available in the US boggles the mind. In my country we have SPAM, two or three types of beans, and vienna sausages. Nothing else. Nowhere. Not a single company bothers to make or sell anything canned here. I've traveled up and down the country, from 100K towns to 10M metropolises, not a single supermarket bothers with those. Also we only have like 4 flavours of soda. I don't know if this is a good or a bad thing, I tend to think it's bad because our people just don't demand any variety and thus immense monopolies eat up the entire market...
Sounds like a very boring place to live... wherever it is!!
MORE SALT
I bought my local meijer out of the throwback beefaroni after trying it, it's so good!
People other than my wife can eat this stuff hot? I can't stand it any other way but right out of the can cold.
I've never been one to eat it cold out of the can, but have a friend who does that. I should try it some time!
Yum, I'd use a spoon so I could throw it back. Interesting review.
yeah I've noticed a difference in the throwback stuff and it is more expensive they've done it with mountain dew and they've done it with Pepsi all because they had put the original sugar back in. it should they all the same price I can't see any reason why not.
high fructose corn syrup saves tons of $$$$ over real sugar.. it's the bottom line, make the best product for the least amount of money
I've never eaten this, uncle Al sent me here.
If yo like Chef Boyardee I'd recommend trying it out! If you DON'T like Chef Boyardee I WOULDN'T recommend it!
Cool! I’d be trying the ravioli.😁
Great video! I haven’t even seen the throwback on the shelves. I’ll look for it. Did you notice any difference with the 2 cheeses??
There was definitely a difference in taste. I'm not exactly sure what caused the difference, but I'm guessing that a lot of it had to do with the different cheeses!
I don’t know what state you live but where I am in Tennessee it’s $1.99 and with tax it’s $2.17. Lucky.
Wow, that IS expensive. I've seen other videos where people say they are getting it for .99. Not sure where they're from. Strange how much it fluxuates from state to state. I believe they sell it online at Target (regular recipe) for 99 cents. Who knows how much tax and shipping charges would add to it, but at least it's there!
Add a can of chili to a can of that.
Now THAT would probably be VERY tasty!
I remember the change. I used to love chef Bogarde ravioli. And then suddenly we bought the new red can and it was so gross and flavourless
I think the change must have happened at a time when I wasn't really eating the stuff anymore (kind of like a period between childhood and a point in adulthood when I got nostalgic for stuff from my childhood). By the time I tried it out as an adult the taste didn't really live up to my memory. I always figured it was because my tastes had changed or my childhood memory was faulty, but it turns out that it really DIDN'T taste the same because they changed the recipe for the worse!
I wish we had beefaroni here in the UK
They look almost the same
They are the same product basically, just a little different. Not like two completely different dishes or anything like that. That's why it was interesting to se what was the same and what was different between the two.
Great video G. Love the idea.
Thanks Marilyn, I appreciate it!
Thank you for posting this video
:o)
It'd be interesting to see what your kids and wife think if you gave them a blind taste test. Especially your kids since they probably haven't had the original version.
It would be interesting. Unfortunately the wife definitely wouldn't be interested and the kids haven't actually had much of this kind of stuff in their lives, so wouldn't really have anything to compare it too. How lucky (and unlucky at the same time) they are! I know this stuff isn't "good" for you, but I definitely remember eating it as kind of a "special" thing as a kid--definitely not a regular meal kind of a thing. But since they don't have a lot of experience with Chef Boyardee it WOULD be interesting to see which one the kids prefer!
@@gschultz9I feel the same way about Kraft Mac and Cheese - nothing like "real" Mac and Cheese, but that's what a lot of people think of when asked what it is.
It's BEEFARONI NOT RAVIOLI
Why a fork?
You didn't hear the explanation in the video? It was to get a good idea of how thick (or thin for that matter) the sauce was. A spoon would probably show the sauce better, but if there was a difference of thickness between the two I figured the fork would show it better.
The reason throw back is better is because they cared about their customers before now they just give us artificial garbage...
Dolphchu they never cared about us, ppl just knew what real food tasted like and took less shit capitalism is always as evil as it can be
do you know whats up with @KiwiDude
I don't really know. Last time I talked to him was quite a while ago. I know he was very busy with family, work and life and that kind of had to come first before the videos. At the time I believe all was well with him, but not sure what's happened since then. The longer it takes the less likely it seems, but I'm hoping we'll hear from him again soon!
First to watch, comment, and first to finish. Lo Chef Boyardee esisteva nel 1897 questo è un buon cibo economico.
I used to down those chef Boyardee beefaroni when i was little
Does the throwback still leave that waxy feeling in your mouth?