Fray Bentos, a classic example of a company trading on it's past history whilst turning it products in to trash to maximise profit. Fray Bentos is a banned product in our house.
I haven't lived in the UK for over 13 years. When I was younger, I always remember they only did the pies. But on a recent trip over, I noticed they do all sorts of things with the name on. Expensive for what it is as well.
@@theocharisstylianou1822 Staple diet for me when on a late shift as a Signalman on B R back in the late 1960s early 1970s....plenty of filling in them back then. Now it's find the meat in one!
Remember when Fray Bentos were a national treasure? All our favourite foods have gone downhill. Inflation, shrinkflation and shtflation. Shtflation meaning the quality of current ingredients.
We used to love a Fray Bentos Pie in our house hold in days gone by (I'm 63); full of meat and tastey. I last bought one agood few years ago and very little eat in it - a couple of wee bits and the rest was glutinous gravy.
Probably because they put profit before taste. Good ingredients cost more. However, their short sighted cost cutting, simply means that once tasted, they will not be purchased again.
@@MrWillyMrBrightside I don't have an 'issue' with them making a profit, it's a business after all. However, many can make the food taste good and STILL make their profit margin. Take M&S for example.
Yep Morrisons have done the same with their sausages they were as close as you could get to a butchers but they changed the recipe and they are bloody horrible
I absolutely love this channel. I was going through depression myself that time you were abit depressed after the injury and when u stopped the drink. Your videos get me through always. You have a very kind loving aura. All the best ❤
This needs to go viral, Fray Bentos used to be great, mince pies, steak pies. They need to see this, maybe buck their ideas up or go bust off the back of what I can only say is the best, most honest review of their products, keep up the great work bud. Your face was a picture. Hehe
As soon as you said "Fray Bentos" I knew this would be a negative review. It amazes me how many supermarkets and small shops stock this brand. It is a gastronomic doo doo! Thanks for making me laugh and have a Happy New Year! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
I remember when Fray Bentos products were nice. I used to love their steak and kidney puddings especially the suet pastry but even those have gone terrible now. Happy New Year to you and your family.
I worked for a famous company years ago and decreasing the quality of the food was a yearly issue, despite every protest they carried on with the "marketing say it's fine" mantra till the inevitable closure.
I always slow down the video to 0.25 speed when Gareth is just about to taste a terrible food product, love seeing the noises and face reactions he makes, which are always hilarious and priceless. On this occasion you took 2 for the team Gareth, so well done buddy and Happy New Year. We could all see you didn't enjoy those gravies one single bit, I don't buy Fray Bentos anymore, but used to get their large beef and chicken pies every once in a while...this was way back in the old days when they were actually decent and worth the money.
I agree, I love it when Gareth shakes his head and then says yeah that good, then the other times when he is nodding his head and throws the stuff away.
Hi Gareth, I knew from the start that these Fray Bentos products would be rubbish 💩 the look on your face was classic when you tasted them. All Fray Bentos products are terrible now, what a letdown I used to enjoy them but not now. Best wishes for the New Year to you and your family. Greetings from Scotland 🏴.
Well you have my vote for an entire Fray Bentos range review. Every single item they make reviewed by you! It can't all be M&S round here, we want to see more rancid tripe.
Love the honesty of these reviews. "No, no, no, no, no...I think my gag reflex was going then...No, no, no...". You won't find brutal honesty like that on the food commercials!
Happy new Year Gareth. Maybe a year or more ago, we were in Home Bargains I think, and my wife spotted some Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies in the tins. She said, do you remember when we first got married (over 50 years ago), you used to like those and I thought they were revolting?! I said, yes I do, and just for the hell of it I'm going to buy one and try it. Big mistake, it was, indeed, revolting. Everything Fray Bentos you have reviewed has been bad Gareth, that's good enough for me, a brand to be avoided.
Agreed. The '80s version. My fave was the steak & kidney pudding with the suet pastry you had in a tin and you boiled for an hour. The modern microwave version in a tiny plastic pot is disgusting. It has that plastic taste which seems to be the same with these gravies.
I had a collapsible water bottle for Christmas. I tried it, and I could taste the plastic it was made from. In the recycling bin 🗑️ it went. I can imagine this muck tasted the same. I loved Fray Bentos as a kid. I couldn’t eat it now due to allergies. Looks like I’m not missing anything.😂 All the best Gareth, Happy New Year to you and your family. 🎉 xx
The kids have been asking me to get them,I’m so glad I watched this first, I made the kids watch as well and it’s put them off ! Job done ! Thanks for this ❤️💋👍
You never learn when it comes to buying Fray Bentos from B&M. But thank you for taking one more for the team. Happy New Year and all the best for next year. Keep up the good work.
I can only think Fray Bentos is being run as some sort of tax loss because in recent years they seem to be doing their upmost not to sell anything. I am so glad you tried that and not me, it is a curry sauce and a gravy for god sake how can you get it so wrong. All the best for the New Year :).
Having tried them myself Gareth, I can honestly wholeheartedly agree 100% with your conclusion, the product is foul beyond belief. I wonder if it's in B & M because it hasn't sold elsewhere, and B & M have bought a job lot.... might be stuck with it now though, anyways, ta for the videos and a Happy New Year
Oh no indeed! I like the Mayflower curry powder as you can make it as thick as you like, and it tastes good of course! These Fray Bentos pots look very watery. I saw Fray Bentos pouches of chilli con carne the other day, I can't remember if it was yourself that reviewed them? But it was apparently rank rotten as well. Well done for not wasting chips. Interestingly laughable enough it is Baxters that own the Fray Bentos brand nowadays. I have a nice steak pie and butter beans for our traditional Scottish dinner. Happy Hogmanay from our family to yours x
This is one of your best reviews yet! That gravy at the half way point looked absolutely rank! Which was then confirmed by your taste test. The curry sauce looked reasonable but going by your reaction to both they are definitely avoid avoid avoid. Cheers for reviewing them. And happy new year to you and your family. Take care and all the best. 👍.
Thanks for not letting me waste my money!!! a nice gravy are the Goldenfry chicken or beef gravy granules you can get from Iceland, cheap as well you might want to try them. Happy New Year to you and yours Gareth!
I really like Aldis Quixo gravy granules. Much nicer than big brand Bisto. Also why on earth is there a pre-made microwavable gravy? It seems much more effort than granules and boiling water from the kettle. Much cheaper too.
I’m so grateful you review this stuff. Something like a curry sauce with some chips is what passes as the sort of thing I class as a great night in these days. Happy new year mate - let’s hope it’s a kinder one
I contacted heck about their bacon sausages after that video because you said lovely so many times I felt compelled to. They thanked me for this. I won't be contacting these people!! 😅😅😅😅 Happy new year mate
Baxters own Fray Bentos at the moment, thier soups are pretty awful nowadays as well. It's a family owned Scottish business but clearly they don't give a damn about the slop they are putting out. It's all about abusing once loved brands and suckering people in with the nostalgia factor. Baxters actually hold a Royal Warrant by the way! There should be an arrest warrant out for them in my opinion! 😂🤣
I was about to mention this. 100% agree, they are vile. Get a cheap rice cooker and buy those 5-10kg sacks of proper rice like Asians do. It is so easy to make, costs 100x less, and tastes 100x better.
@@Drew-Dastardly That's what I do. I've got an Instant Pot so the curry is in the bottom, I put the trivet in with the rice in one of my pot-in-pot inserts above the sauce. Whole meal cooked at the same time - 18 minutes once the IP comes up to pressure. There's just me and my adult son so 1/2 cup rice to 3/4 cup water works well. Also do a type of pilau rice the same way, just with the addition of cloves, cinnamon stick star anise and cardomom pods. So much nicer than anything shop bought - and I know exactly what's in it.
You took one for the team there man! Always go for tinned rather than potted. Sainsbury's do a tinned chicken curry and I thought - this'll be awful. But it was actually quite nice. You and family have a good NYE and a great 2025!!!!
I’m glad it was you and not me 😂Thank you, that Brand has gone (or should go) down the pan. Maybe in the 50’s - 60’s tween there was a bit of meat -and often grizzle in them you at least thought there were chunks. Great review. Rab
Lol I am not quite sure what happened to the Fray Bentos brand . The old tinned pies and pudding were almost edible ... since their meatball efforts , they seem to have gone to hell lol .
The things you taste so we don't have to amazes me. Thank you I expect you have saved lots of people from wasting their money. Happy New Year to you and your family. x
I'm a little confused, the instructions say to remove packaging and pierce lid. However, at 4:12 (also shown earlier) why would Fray Bentos include what looks like vent holes in the lid?
Hahaha- your face says everything we need to know ‼️😇😁😁 Fray bentos- it’s all about the pastry for me with a small exception- wish they’d bring the chicken and bacon one back Happy New Year to you and your family
@@roberthindle5146 Baxter's bought the brand for UK market only and all the products are sourced locally. There's no connection to the original Uruguayan-based factory (now Brazilian-owned). Campbell's Soup has the brand in Australia.
Happy New Year, Gareth, and all your viewers. Thanks for taking the hits for us and I think we all know what we won't be buying. Re the Chinese curry, can I suggest the paste available in most major retailers, or a visit to any of the many Chinese food stores throughout the country where both pastes and powders can be easily and cheaply found, and which are the real thing. Only boiled water is needed. Here's to a good 2025.
Well done Gareth. "You do it , so that others do not have to! Those "others" are probably going to be small in number, I imagine. This is why these are selling in B&M - which started out as a clearance store, just outside Blackpool. Old unwanted stocks - and still "at it".
Omg Gareth! My stomach is churning for you. Hell fire! You deserve a medal and some compensation for this. 😂😂😂Happy New Year to you and your family. ❤️
Crikey Gareth, your poor man having to suffer that disgusting stuff 🤢You were right not to risk the chips 🫣 Fray Bentos have got some nerve selling that stuff, and at that ridiculous price too 😒 Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year 😊
Hi Gaz, oh my gosh I felt for you then 🤢….. "Fray Bentos what are you doing" - I totally agree, they’ve gone to pot. What a shame……. I can safely say we WON’T be buying these!…..Happy New Year to you, your wife and little’uns too, made up your channels are growing, you’ll always get a 👍🏻 from us …… keep warm xx👍🏻🇬🇧xx
I'm not surprised the bin spat it back out I got More Respect for my bin and don't lob trash like that in it I would have taken it to the local waste depot to keep my bin a happy bin
You should be recognised in the New Years Honours list for services above and beyond. An award for tasting the foulest food should be a shoe in. Thanks for sharing, and a Happy New Year from over the pond.
Fray Bentos should stick to improving their pies. Spitting both products down the drain says it all. If you want good chicken gravy? Buy a chicken, cook it, carve off all of the meat and boil up the carcas, strain the liquid and mix in some chicken gravy granules. A good gravy to have. I don't see these being on the store shelf for long. I wouldn't buy either of these sauces after watching Gareths reaction. Again, Fray Bentos should stick to improving their pies, that's their premium product. They also need to get some proper food taster's to check out the product before it goes to market. I love Gareths reviews. When he said that he refused to swallow either one? That's a good reason to steer clear.
Happy New Year to you and family. You are really looking well. Gravy and curry sauce are both simple and cheap to make fresh. Like you say, who tests these before they are released?
I've found the contact point between the liquid and the pot superheats, you see it on Tupperware, the burnt in colour and rough texture created is sign of overheating. This will cause an exchange of materials, affecting the taste. The plastic goes into the food, and the food stains the plastic. Food should always be transferred to ceramic pots before heating.
LOL it is the honesty that makes your channel mate. If it looks bad, you say it straight. If I had a big food company I would get you on ,my team as chief taster
One of the tough parts of being sober. Is quickly finding out how shit everything is.
Thanks for that, I was contemplating quitting for the New Year, but you've talked me out of it. Slainte mhath.
I AM GOING TO GET FUBAR TONIGHT !!!
I'll bezoob focus nite
There is always a reason to drink... 😁
I will just stick to a dooby it's much more safer apart from the munchies everything in the fridge is fair game 👍😆
Fray Bentos, a classic example of a company trading on it's past history whilst turning it products in to trash to maximise profit. Fray Bentos is a banned product in our house.
same dont get the shits much now haha
Twenty years ago when I went back to England when mymy dad' was in hospital I almost was living of fray bentos pies,
They were not to bad,,,
I haven't lived in the UK for over 13 years. When I was younger, I always remember they only did the pies. But on a recent trip over, I noticed they do all sorts of things with the name on. Expensive for what it is as well.
@@theocharisstylianou1822 Staple diet for me when on a late shift as a Signalman on B R back in the late 1960s early 1970s....plenty of filling in them back then.
Now it's find the meat in one!
What a way to end the year! Happy New Year!
Fray BinToss 🤮
Brilliant mate! 😂
Yes!
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👍👍👍💯👏😂😂
What a banger pun
It seems as if someone at Fray Bentos is trying to sabotage the company. Absolutely disgusting
They obviously employ 2TKier as MD!
Fray Bentos isn’t a company, it’s a brand. Owned by a famous Scottish soup manufacturer
@@nitramnitram1966 Maybe someone at Baxter's wants rid of it.
Audrey Baxter ruining it
Remember when Fray Bentos were a national treasure? All our favourite foods have gone downhill. Inflation, shrinkflation and shtflation. Shtflation meaning the quality of current ingredients.
lol they have never been a national treasure, they were better than they are now but not much better.
Always garbage. Not cheap garbage either...but now it's just boiled dog muck in a tin.
We used to love a Fray Bentos Pie in our house hold in days gone by (I'm 63); full of meat and tastey. I last bought one agood few years ago and very little eat in it - a couple of wee bits and the rest was glutinous gravy.
It’s always been the same; we’re just more accustomed to better food these days
@@thecraftylarder6943 Depends on what food you are talking about because plenty has got worse over the decades not better
I never understand how companies allow this to happen. I'd be embarassed watching this if I even worked there as a cleaner.
Probably because they put profit before taste. Good ingredients cost more. However, their short sighted cost cutting, simply means that once tasted, they will not be purchased again.
Profit, profit, profit. That's all that matters when you're in business, simple as!
@@MrWillyMrBrightside I don't have an 'issue' with them making a profit, it's a business after all. However, many can make the food taste good and STILL make their profit margin. Take M&S for example.
Yep Morrisons have done the same with their sausages they were as close as you could get to a butchers but they changed the recipe and they are bloody horrible
@@topquark6919 Easier to do though when your products are M&S food prices!
I absolutely love this channel. I was going through depression myself that time you were abit depressed after the injury and when u stopped the drink.
Your videos get me through always. You have a very kind loving aura. All the best ❤
This needs to go viral, Fray Bentos used to be great, mince pies, steak pies. They need to see this, maybe buck their ideas up or go bust off the back of what I can only say is the best, most honest review of their products, keep up the great work bud. Your face was a picture. Hehe
As soon as you said "Fray Bentos" I knew this would be a negative review. It amazes me how many supermarkets and small shops stock this brand. It is a gastronomic doo doo! Thanks for making me laugh and have a Happy New Year! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Happy New year
I heard of taking one for the team, but two is above and beyond.
Well done, that man!
Your sacrifice has saved many.
Winnie couldn't have put it better sir as Vera's vocals fade in the distance.
@charlesconnaughton7292 as the eskimo said when arriving home for dinner, " Whale meat again."
I remember when Fray Bentos products were nice. I used to love their steak and kidney puddings especially the suet pastry but even those have gone terrible now. Happy New Year to you and your family.
The packaging probably cost more than the contents.
It’s sad how this company has gone so downhill.
Happy New Year to you and family. Xx
Happy new year!
I worked for a famous company years ago and decreasing the quality of the food was a yearly issue, despite every protest they carried on with the "marketing say it's fine" mantra till the inevitable closure.
Cadburys have done the same since Kraft took over their Chocolate is nowhere near as good as it used to be! Aldi,s chocolate is the ones to buy
They say that "the first bite is taken with the eye", and the gravy looked for all the world the same as the sludge at the bottom of my pond
And probably taste better
Check your pond levels, you may have been robbed 🤣
Hey Gareth, Your reaction to the gravy was priceless 😂 ❤ absolutely love your channel and keep up the fantastic reviews & have a great new year 🥳 xxx
Happy New year 🎉
I always slow down the video to 0.25 speed when Gareth is just about to taste a terrible food product, love seeing the noises and face reactions he makes, which are always hilarious and priceless.
On this occasion you took 2 for the team Gareth, so well done buddy and Happy New Year.
We could all see you didn't enjoy those gravies one single bit, I don't buy Fray Bentos anymore, but used to get their large beef and chicken pies every once in a while...this was way back in the old days when they were actually decent and worth the money.
I agree, I love it when Gareth shakes his head and then says yeah that good, then the other times when he is nodding his head and throws the stuff away.
Hi Gareth, I knew from the start that these Fray Bentos products would be rubbish 💩 the look on your face was classic when you tasted them. All Fray Bentos products are terrible now, what a letdown I used to enjoy them but not now.
Best wishes for the New Year to you and your family. Greetings from Scotland 🏴.
Well you have my vote for an entire Fray Bentos range review. Every single item they make reviewed by you! It can't all be M&S round here, we want to see more rancid tripe.
Are you trying to kill BFG? 😱
Love the honesty of these reviews. "No, no, no, no, no...I think my gag reflex was going then...No, no, no...". You won't find brutal honesty like that on the food commercials!
Happy new Year Gareth. Maybe a year or more ago, we were in Home Bargains I think, and my wife spotted some Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies in the tins. She said, do you remember when we first got married (over 50 years ago), you used to like those and I thought they were revolting?! I said, yes I do, and just for the hell of it I'm going to buy one and try it. Big mistake, it was, indeed, revolting. Everything Fray Bentos you have reviewed has been bad Gareth, that's good enough for me, a brand to be avoided.
They best Fray Bentos product is the steak and kidney pie in the old days when it actually had filling in 🥧🥧
Agreed. The '80s version. My fave was the steak & kidney pudding with the suet pastry you had in a tin and you boiled for an hour. The modern microwave version in a tiny plastic pot is disgusting. It has that plastic taste which seems to be the same with these gravies.
@@Captainperfection is your full time job commenting on every RUclips food channel now Shaun? Please get a life in the new year. Get a proper hobby.
@@Drew-DastardlyI haven't had steak and kidney pudding for decades. Wish I could still get it. Seems it was banned by the health police 😄
The filling is definitely less than I remember but I must admit I do still enjoy the steak n kidney pie in the tin
I get a feeling the people in the board room aren’t trying any of their own foods anymore 😭
I think they've already eaten all the products, and now they're selling their, erm, waste
Gareth you deserve the RUclips MBE for the service you provide . Happy New Year xx
Haha happy New year 🎉
Deserves it more than Sir Gareth Southgate
@carolbrand181 Should be Sir Gareth Morgan 👍
@@liam5382and “Genghis” Khan.
LMFAO Gareth, sorry for laughing but that wasn't a food review, it was a bush tucker trial😂😂😂 cheered me right up. Nice one 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Rob, all the best.
I work at b&m and we've had the same frey bentos soup and instant meals for about a year. Can't give it away it's all terrible.
You literally took the words out my mouth...
That gravy looks absolutely grim af 🤢
Happy New Year!!!
😂😂😂
I've got 2 broken ribs and I nearly passed out laughing.
Happy New Year 🎊
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I had a collapsible water bottle for Christmas. I tried it, and I could taste the plastic it was made from. In the recycling bin 🗑️ it went. I can imagine this muck tasted the same.
I loved Fray Bentos as a kid. I couldn’t eat it now due to allergies. Looks like I’m not missing anything.😂
All the best Gareth, Happy New Year to you and your family. 🎉 xx
Happy New year 🎉
Orrybul! Orrybul! 😂 You gave us a good laugh on a grim day, thanks G 👍🏻 Happy New Year
Happy New year
Thank you for taking one for the team mate!
Hi BFG, thanks for taking one (or two) for the team. That’s off my shopping list!
The kids have been asking me to get them,I’m so glad I watched this first, I made the kids watch as well and it’s put them off ! Job done ! Thanks for this ❤️💋👍
Hope you enjoy
“That was not going down the throat, if I’d swallowed that I would have been sick.”
That’s what he always says, ooh er missus. 😂
No thank you.
Ooh Matron!! 🤣
@@therealqueenofeverythingyou know it makes sense, mandingo
Thanks for the laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol 😂😂😂
You never learn when it comes to buying Fray Bentos from B&M. But thank you for taking one more for the team. Happy New Year and all the best for next year. Keep up the good work.
Luckily b&m also have mayflower sauces in stock too, pity the steak and kidney puddings are let down by the gravy too imo
I can only think Fray Bentos is being run as some sort of tax loss because in recent years they seem to be doing their upmost not to sell anything. I am so glad you tried that and not me, it is a curry sauce and a gravy for god sake how can you get it so wrong. All the best for the New Year :).
Having tried them myself Gareth, I can honestly wholeheartedly agree 100% with your conclusion, the product is foul beyond belief. I wonder if it's in B & M because it hasn't sold elsewhere, and B & M have bought a job lot.... might be stuck with it now though, anyways, ta for the videos and a Happy New Year
Oh no indeed! I like the Mayflower curry powder as you can make it as thick as you like, and it tastes good of course! These Fray Bentos pots look very watery. I saw Fray Bentos pouches of chilli con carne the other day, I can't remember if it was yourself that reviewed them? But it was apparently rank rotten as well. Well done for not wasting chips. Interestingly laughable enough it is Baxters that own the Fray Bentos brand nowadays. I have a nice steak pie and butter beans for our traditional Scottish dinner. Happy Hogmanay from our family to yours x
This is one of your best reviews yet! That gravy at the half way point looked absolutely rank! Which was then confirmed by your taste test. The curry sauce looked reasonable but going by your reaction to both they are definitely avoid avoid avoid. Cheers for reviewing them. And happy new year to you and your family. Take care and all the best. 👍.
Cheers Miles, all the best pal 👍 Happy New Year 👍
All the best to You and Yours for the New Year Gareth,Thanks for all the great content.
All the best mate
Fray Bentos have literally put the grey in gravy.
Thanks for not letting me waste my money!!! a nice gravy are the Goldenfry chicken or beef gravy granules you can get from Iceland, cheap as well you might want to try them. Happy New Year to you and yours Gareth!
I really like Aldis Quixo gravy granules. Much nicer than big brand Bisto. Also why on earth is there a pre-made microwavable gravy? It seems much more effort than granules and boiling water from the kettle. Much cheaper too.
I’m so grateful you review this stuff. Something like a curry sauce with some chips is what passes as the sort of thing I class as a great night in these days.
Happy new year mate - let’s hope it’s a kinder one
Hope you enjoy it!
Best laugh I've had in ages ! Brilliant review !
At this stage they'll be feeding us Soylent Green soon if they could get away with it.
Today we saw Soylent Brown and Soylent Yellow. Green is next. 🤣
that would be a step up.
I contacted heck about their bacon sausages after that video because you said lovely so many times I felt compelled to. They thanked me for this. I won't be contacting these people!! 😅😅😅😅 Happy new year mate
Baxters own Fray Bentos at the moment, thier soups are pretty awful nowadays as well. It's a family owned Scottish business but clearly they don't give a damn about the slop they are putting out. It's all about abusing once loved brands and suckering people in with the nostalgia factor.
Baxters actually hold a Royal Warrant by the way! There should be an arrest warrant out for them in my opinion! 😂🤣
Hi I’m glad you said that , I thought it must just be me when I thought Baxter’s were not as good ,
I think the pouches of microwaveable Rice are also ruined by a plastic taste too.
I was about to mention this. 100% agree, they are vile. Get a cheap rice cooker and buy those 5-10kg sacks of proper rice like Asians do. It is so easy to make, costs 100x less, and tastes 100x better.
The plastic taste is getting stronger im sure they have changed the plastic they are using
Microwaved Food must be binned
@@Drew-Dastardly That's what I do. I've got an Instant Pot so the curry is in the bottom, I put the trivet in with the rice in one of my pot-in-pot inserts above the sauce. Whole meal cooked at the same time - 18 minutes once the IP comes up to pressure. There's just me and my adult son so 1/2 cup rice to 3/4 cup water works well. Also do a type of pilau rice the same way, just with the addition of cloves, cinnamon stick star anise and cardomom pods. So much nicer than anything shop bought - and I know exactly what's in it.
Agreed. Mixing some hot sauce in to mask the taste is what I do to use up the last few packets. Won't be buying again.
You took one for the team there man! Always go for tinned rather than potted. Sainsbury's do a tinned chicken curry and I thought - this'll be awful. But it was actually quite nice.
You and family have a good NYE and a great 2025!!!!
Thank you for trying these so we dont have too! Happy New Year Gareth.
Happy New year
How can anyone get away with selling that garbage? Trading standards should be fining these companies for selling inedible products
If it don't smell right... It aint right ! Happy New Year mate !
Happy New year
I’m glad it was you and not me 😂Thank you, that Brand has gone (or should go) down the pan. Maybe in the 50’s - 60’s tween there was a bit of meat -and often grizzle in them you at least thought there were chunks. Great review. Rab
Happy new year Gareth and family, and viewers, all the best
Happy new year!
I really appreciate you taking one for the team mate, merry xmas and hope it dont give you the shits!
Lol I am not quite sure what happened to the Fray Bentos brand . The old tinned pies and pudding were almost edible ... since their meatball efforts , they seem to have gone to hell lol .
The things you taste so we don't have to amazes me. Thank you I expect you have saved lots of people from wasting their money. Happy New Year to you and your family. x
Glad I could help!
Happy new year gaz...been watching for a few years now mate...love your reactions when somethings horrible 😂😂😂
Happy New year 🎉
Good honest review. Thank you. Does anyone at Fray Bentos ever try their own products?
At least they passed the seal/peel test - I'll be able to sleep tonight. Happy New Year, Gareth! Here's to better days in 2025👍👍👍
Happy New year
I'm a little confused, the instructions say to remove packaging and pierce lid. However, at 4:12 (also shown earlier) why would Fray Bentos include what looks like vent holes in the lid?
Find a good food, employ a scientist to destroy it, then use it to fill the hospitals in which you have an investment! You did well Gareth!
Happy new year ❤keep these videos coming
Happy new year!!
Happy New Year to you and your family Gaz.
Happy new year
You’re so brave to try all these things. Happy New Year to you and your family.🥳🍾🥂
You didn’t waste £2.50 mate you saved a lot of people £2.50 and I for one appreciate it! Happy new year!
Happy new year!
I had a Fray Bentos steak pie in a tin in 1991. It was sh*te. Never again.
Apparently, they've actually managed to make their products even worserer.
But did you it it upside-down?
@@kyranmccourt7265, it was 33 years ago. I don't remember. I don't want to remember.
Hahaha- your face says everything we need to know ‼️😇😁😁
Fray bentos- it’s all about the pastry for me with a small exception- wish they’d bring the chicken and bacon one back
Happy New Year to you and your family
Fray Bentos is now owned by Baxters, going by their stellar reputation you would think they would have improved the various products
I always thought it came from Uruguay!
yes originally but purely in connection with the meat trade
Baxters soups were good once,but now they're trash like Heinz.
@@roberthindle5146 Baxter's bought the brand for UK market only and all the products are sourced locally. There's no connection to the original Uruguayan-based factory (now Brazilian-owned). Campbell's Soup has the brand in Australia.
@@roberthindle5146 That's the name of the Town in Uruguay, which the products are named after.
Happy New Year, Gareth, and all your viewers.
Thanks for taking the hits for us and I think we all know what we won't be buying.
Re the Chinese curry, can I suggest the paste available in most major retailers, or a visit to any of the many Chinese food stores throughout the country where both pastes and powders can be easily and cheaply found, and which are the real thing. Only boiled water is needed.
Here's to a good 2025.
Oh Gareth I don't understand how they can go so wrong, I mean making gravy isn't rocket science 🤮
Well done Gareth.
"You do it , so that others do not have to!
Those "others" are probably going to be small in number, I imagine.
This is why these are selling in B&M - which started out as a clearance store, just outside Blackpool. Old unwanted stocks - and still "at it".
Happy New year
🤣🤣reminded me of the pre made toastie. cheers happy new year Gareth. much obliged.
Happy new year!
Bless you mate 🤣 I did try some (I think it was FB beef) gravy a few weeks back, and thought the same thing. Nice to know it's not just me!
That must be bad.😁. Happy New Year !! Gareth And Family.👍
Happy new year!
Omg Gareth!
My stomach is churning for you.
Hell fire!
You deserve a medal and some compensation for this.
😂😂😂Happy New Year to you and your family. ❤️
Happy new year!!
I've tried the Fray Bentos soups they were disgusting it's makes you realise how good Heinz soups are Happy New Year to you and your family
All the best
Lidl soups are fantastic
Crikey Gareth, your poor man having to suffer that disgusting stuff 🤢You were right not to risk the chips 🫣
Fray Bentos have got some nerve selling that stuff, and at that ridiculous price too 😒
Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year 😊
fray Bentos used to be so good what a shame they have gone down hill so far, poor management i would guess.
You reminded me of my late wife when you said "That is not going down the throat" and "If I swallowed that I'd be sick".😂Happy new year Gareth
“Claggy pastry” - magic description!
Hi Gaz, oh my gosh I felt for you then 🤢….. "Fray Bentos what are you doing" - I totally agree, they’ve gone to pot. What a shame……. I can safely say we WON’T be buying these!…..Happy New Year to you, your wife and little’uns too, made up your channels are growing, you’ll always get a 👍🏻 from us …… keep warm xx👍🏻🇬🇧xx
I tried Princes chicken curry in a tin disgusting I chucked it in the bin even the bin spat it out
I'm not surprised the bin spat it back out I got More Respect for my bin and don't lob trash like that in it I would have taken it to the local waste depot to keep my bin a happy bin
You should be recognised in the New Years Honours list for services above and beyond. An award for tasting the foulest food should be a shoe in. Thanks for sharing, and a Happy New Year from over the pond.
Haha
how can ya get gravy so wrong 🤣🤣 happy new year
The things you go through for our benefit!! Wishing you and yours a very happy New Year!
Happy New year 🎉
Thanks for all your videos in 2024 Gareth. All the best for 2025 mate!
Happy new year!
@@BaldFoodieGuythanks mate. Shame the year ended with this one🤮
Cheers for the heads up Gaz, I find mayflower and maykway hard to beat! Well done on your healthier Journey!
No problem 👍 all the best mate.
6:58 That’s what she said…
I think it is called "Taking one for the team" I will give both these a wide berth and thanks for your bravery in saving us all this horror.
Fray Bentos should stick to improving their pies.
Spitting both products down the drain says it all.
If you want good chicken gravy? Buy a chicken, cook it, carve off all of the meat and boil up the carcas, strain the liquid and mix in some chicken gravy granules. A good gravy to have. I don't see these being on the store shelf for long. I wouldn't buy either of these sauces after watching Gareths reaction.
Again, Fray Bentos should stick to improving their pies, that's their premium product. They also need to get some proper food taster's to check out the product before it goes to market.
I love Gareths reviews. When he said that he refused to swallow either one? That's a good reason to steer clear.
All the best mate.
Thanks for taking one for the team 🤣🤣🤣
They both looked rank rotten will steer clear of them.
Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉
Bro....that was hilarious. "I might lose me job if I say it's horrible" lol....my jaw hurts. Happy new year.
Happy new year!
Happy New Year to you and family. You are really looking well.
Gravy and curry sauce are both simple and cheap to make fresh. Like you say, who tests these before they are released?
At least the drain got a good cleaning out with that muck 😂😂 ,happy new year Gaz,hope it's a great one !! 👍
Happy new year
"No, no, no, no, no." 🤣
The look on your face was priceless!
I've found the contact point between the liquid and the pot superheats, you see it on Tupperware, the burnt in colour and rough texture created is sign of overheating. This will cause an exchange of materials, affecting the taste. The plastic goes into the food, and the food stains the plastic. Food should always be transferred to ceramic pots before heating.
Hi mate thanks for all your content U did this year happy new year 🎉
Happy new year!
LOL it is the honesty that makes your channel mate. If it looks bad, you say it straight. If I had a big food company I would get you on ,my team as chief taster
thanks for the review as i saw these in tesco and was going to buy Saved me a couple of quid Have a great New Year to you all
Happy new year!
Good evening Mr Morgan. I work for the marketing department at Fray Bentos, and I need to have a serious talk with you!!!🤣
Happy new year to you Gaz.
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😂😂 brilliant review Gareth. No No No No No 🤣🤣❤️ Happy New Year 🤣 Love the rant 🤣👌👍
Happy new year!