My dad was a huge fan of Kelloggs Cornflakes and when mom started shopping at Aldi, she would buy Harvest Morn Cornflakes. To fool my dad, mom would put the bag of Aldi cornflakes into the Kelloggs box and would recycle the Aldi box - after dad got used to the taste she got rid of the Kelloggs box and just had the Aldi box in the cupboard. The look on dad's face was priceless when mom told him that he had been eating Aldi cornflakes for the prevous 4 months lol.
haha yes it happens like that, its funny how we adapt also saves money. Brand snobbery is to blame, we all do it. I do it to chocolate, got to be Cadbury for me lol
A real bling tasting ! Priceless. My wife tells me that doing a holiday job ,years ago, The manageress of the canteen would put cheap brown sauce in Heinz bottles. No one complained. What a con life is eh?
Good Morning! FYI Here in New York City i can buy Kellogg's Corn Flakes 12 oz box for $7.99 [$0.67/oz] at my local Morton Williams supermarket. Or I can go to Aldi and buy their USA brand called Millville Corn Flakes 18 oz box for $1.65 [$0.09/oz] Your videos are great - keep up the good work!
Another cracking video. Helping folk get by more easily. So. If you're going through a box per week. Switching will save you a very useful £74.88. Knock that off your fuel bill, or maybe two months broadband free! well done fella, nailed it again. 👍.
I've had other brand of cornflakes which never lived up to the original ones but I'm prepared to try these. As for serving I prefer cold milk and I do like them soggy with a little but of sugar.
always had and always will be kelloggs for me when it comes to cornflakes i like cold milk straight from the fridge and chopped banana now but as a child it was always sugar all over thats because my mum worked for tate & lyle in liverpool happy memories .
Been buying these for a while now Gareth and like you say, nothing wrong with them at all. In fact, a lot of the cereals that you get in places like Sainsburys you get pick up in Aldi for a fraction of the price.
I got feed up with the constantly changing price. They seem to vary about 40% in price. Just seemed as if they were ripping me off when the price was high. When it was low would stock up but then they were often sold out.
Yet another helpful and worthwhile review Gareth. Thanks mate. If Aldi can make decent corn flakes for a reasonable price, then obviously Kelloggs can as well if they wanted to. Only reviews like these, let us mugs know who are ripping us off.
@@BaldFoodieGuykeep up your good work on these brand comparisons Gareth just checked out how much the kellogs brand made profit for the last financial year only just over 4 billion dollars its time the british public started to used other manufacturers especially when your saveing nearly 300 % which is frightening .
You carry on like this, you’ll get a big discount card from certain supermarkets & why not, you do us common people proud ✊ way to go B.F.G You Da Man 👍
Hi Marty really appreciate your videos,we are all in a position where we have to think of what we are buying , every where I go lately is upping prices the least price increase is 20p so please keep up the good work your doing ,but I also take into account that you also incurred costs.thank you from me for all the information you give us x
Been getting cereals from Aldi for awhile now, tastes as good as any and the price is amazing. Anybody with a family who wants to save money should go for them
My sister gets the Aldi cereal she was telling me about them the other day, she said they were all really nice,great review to help people to buy cheaper in the current situation we are all in
As im living on my own now, and doing the shopping. I was blown away with the difference between your brands and Aldi/Supermarket own brands. Frosties are £4 and the others are £1-£1.50. It is just crazy when they taste the same
The only cornflakes I've ever had are kellogs x or special K. Glad to see these comparisons, good review Gareth. Till I heard salt in Special K was sky high. My Dad used to tell us there's more nutrition, in the cardboard box, then in the cornflakes lol
I am definitely no brand snob but I can only eat cornflakes Kellogg's branded. I bought Morrisons ones in my shopping last week and they don't taste half as nice to me. Weirdly enough Special K, Kellogg's isn't as nice as supermarket brands.
@@rockinrachel1670 Most other supermarket brand cornflakeses are gross, anyway - more so if you put powdered milk on them, like I had to do living with my family - I wasn’t allowed to do my own breakfast - every day, supermarket cornflakeses with powdered milk on them, which my sister refused to make in accordance with the instructions on the tin - a couple of teaspoonfuls of milk powder to two pints of water, is how she made it - the actual amount should have been about six tablespoonfuls of milk powder to one pint of water - but my sister thought that it was too expensive that way! We did buy proper milk - semi-skimmed - there was, at the time, 1p difference between skimmed and semi-skimmed and another 1p difference between semi-skimmed and proper milk - that was the only concession that was made between the lack of flavour in the skimmed and the “expensiveness” of proper milk - that went into hot beverages - I drink my tea and coffee black, so I never benefited from it! Compare Kellogg’s cornflakeses with something like Asda’s or Sainsbury’s or Tesco’s or maybe Morrison’s!
Yet again your spot on. Next i challenge you to do porridge oats. Mornflakes are my fave and tried lidl porridge and thought the lidl were slightly less smoother.
Be sneaky about it though Heather (Mum of Gareth)... Take the pack out of the box from the Harvest Morn Corn Flakes... And place it in the empty Kellogg's Corn Flakes box... If there's no comment about them not tasting right... Then you're onto a winner... 👍
All bran ... a product that the manufacturers thought . what can we do with this waste product? ... Let's market it as a health cereal to the punters. Stated with wit in mind ... trying not to be too serious. Wheat bran is useful as feed for poultry and other livestock, as part of a balanced ration with other inputs. Wheatings, a milling byproduct comprising mostly bran with some pieces of endosperm also left over, are included in this category. Bran was found to be the most successful slug deterrent by BBC's TV programme Gardeners' World. It is a common substrate and food source used for feeder insects, such as mealworms and waxworms. Wheat bran has also been used for tanning leather since at least the 16th century
You mention about switching to blue top full cream milk, well three months ago I switched to blue top and I have to say I have noticed two interesting differences, one... I use less milk in my tea, and two..... blue top will last considerably longer than semi-skimmed, semi-skimmed would very rarely go beyond the sell by date, whereas I have noticed blue top will go 4 or even 5 days beyond the sell by date as a norm, I even had one bottle that went 7 days and was fine ! that would never happen with green top, well not in my experience anyway !
Aldi and Kellogg's have a production relationship going back years. Aldi also used to sell their own version of Shredded Wheat, which was even tastier than Nestle's brand, but looked exactly the same.
All of the own brand cornflakes are likely made in the same factory but to the customer's recipe. Sugar is an expensive ingredient so it's the first thing to go but the lower sugar recipes might actually suit modern tastes more.
We buy all our cereals aldi harvest morn, porridge oats, cornflakes, red berries benefit, malt wheaties, rice crispies and wheat bisks. Theyre all really nice.
I love these vids. Greg Wallace did a TV programme a couple of years ago about helping families eat better within budget, using mostly supermarket own brands. This lead to the Mickey Flanagan sketch, "It costs the same but it tastes less." I've been doing these comparisons for years, but never thought to produce vids about them. Spot on!
We’ve been buying Supermarket own brand cereals for a few years now. Sometimes it’s trial & error but Aldi cereals have consistently impressed for taste and value for money.
Brand products are for mugs (mostly but not always). You can usually add a touch of sugar or salt to any cheap product and amazingly get the same flavour.
Another great review Gareth, the prices are so different and with less money in our purses lately more people will opt for the cheaper one! I hope the big brands bring there prices down if they dont eventually they wont be viable in this post virus recession where people have to fork out more money on everything we buy!
@Sandra Davey - I just bought Aldi's cornflakes (500g @ .55p - April 2022). I have always bought Kellogg's... Just halved the salt content (which will please my doctor - LOL !) and saved a huge amount - And let me take this opportunity to say; "I just tried the Harvest Morn, Aldi brand and I cannot taste any difference!". 😃👍
Thanks to your videos i've switched over to Aldi and Farmfoods own brands for a lot of my regular provisions. In the past i've always just chose the big brands, but now i'm saving a fortune every week and i'm noticing very little to no difference in the quality, happy days 👍
I have been using own brands for years with the family and love that you point out that they are near on like for like (except brand and cost). The savings all add up and especially now more than ever, every little saved is good. Great video and keep up the good work
Hi as I said yesterday I changed to Aldi cereal ages ago. I find them all fine and maybe some people find the branded slightly better which is fair enough but the branded is not slightly more expensive it is ridiculous more expensive so will stick with Aldi. Love these comparison vlogs xx🙂❤💯
4:00 Growing up, we used to get our milk from a local dairy, the milk was like 1/3 cream by the morning, used to pour that on my corn flakes! Now days I have "lite" milk.
Eh up Gazza hows tha doin. Wow it's hard to believe the price difference between brands. Similar quality. Makes you wonder why one brand charges more ? Where will end. Will Rice Krispies be safe. Maybe you could make your own "serial" on breakfasts lol. Great video. Have a good one mate.
Garath, I watched yesterday, as you say mate your spot on , great video and keep saving people money, funny how the value options are more healthy, take care, Dave
Hello mate, since I've been watching you I've saved a lot of money and buying cheaper foods that you say are good and everyone is, so everyday day you help us out, a brilliant review and i will switch to aldi for cornflakes, 🍻🙏
So important that you do these videos as there are so many people who still think branded foods are worth paying for. Such a big saving in days where we need to tighten our belts. Well done again. 😁
Definitely going to give the Aldi's a go. You're right about UHT milk. You get used to it but one of the first things I wanted to do after a stint at MPA was neck a proper pint of full fat proper milk. Thanks for this.
Well I love corn flakes and have only ever bought Kellogg. Well not again and the Aldi ones are less salt and sugar. Great review and what a savings. Thanks everso! 💙🤩🙏🏽👍🏼
Great review! 👍😁 I’ve been buying cereals from Aldi for a long time now and there absolutely fine, there’s no difference between the more expensive Kelloggs brand and Aldi’s own, and the price difference is massive too!..
I shop in aldi all the time and I actually got kellogs cornflakes in there last week. I have to agree and disagree. I use harvest moon brand in some things and yes they are fine. But sorry there is no real substitute for the original corn flake I'm afraid its just not the same.
I used to buy the really cheep tescos corn flakes the ones they had in just a sealed bag as they added malt with made them taste way better. It was the same with thire really cheap hot chocolate they had also had malt in it, it a pitty they got rid of it and changed the recipe. I love UHT milk
The man does it again, excellent review Gareth! The ‘blind test’ (including swapping the box) seems a great idea, see if any seasoned main brand users spot the difference? It’s just crazy how much people are being overcharged, as we keep saying . . . ‘What’s in a label?’. Cornflakes in bowl, sprinkle with sugar, add milk, allow cornflakes to get soggy, consume! Keep this excellent work up pal, invaluable.
Cheers John, yes it's marketing in the end fancy names and adverts win people over. There was no difference if any certainly not enough for me to pay 4 times more for a brand. Thank you pal.
@@hesterwright3674 Hi Hester, from a dietary point of view you are absolutely correct, however; my love of soggy cornflakes come from when I was small and my parents would use hot milk in the winter times before we went to school. All the best to you.
I’ve tried all the own brand cereal and I have to buy Kelloggs as they are far nicer. I always think the other cereals taste stale. Anyway I’m thinking is kelloggs nicer because there is more sugar and salt. The porridge oats, weetabix and Hot oak cereal which is the same as Ready Brekvi don’t see any difference and half the price so I do buy it. Also the stores own brand of porridge ready pots are fine as well 45p verses £1.20 for the branded porridge pots. Anyway love your reviews .
Just goes to show you that Kelloggs try to con you with a bigger box to make it look more appealing to buy, when it's just extra packaging and no extra content. Great video as always Gareth. Keep up the good work.
I’ve had Kellogg’s crunchy nut cornflakes for years until I tried Aldi’s crunchy nut flakes and I’ve had them ever since, as you say there is a very small taste difference for the branded product, at the end of the day it’s all down to price, and you can save quite a lot of money by not buying branded and quite honestly most people don’t know the difference. We also buy Aldi’s weetabix again no difference. I like. Your videos they are very informing, keep up the good work, all the best. To you and your family
Hi, Gareth. Thanks for another insightful review. As you say, it's exactly like the weetabix. Don't be fooled by big brands and fancy packaging. Let the buyer beware. Lol. Keep up the spot on work. Best wishes from Scotland.
Not sure if you are aware, when you look at the list of ingredients on products. They are listed in the order of quantity. So if sugar is first on the list, that means that there is more sugar than other ingredients. So if you compare the ingredients of the two boxes you can see different quantities.
When I was a kid I stayed at my grandma’s when she was on a diet. For breakfast she gave me some Special K, with “steri” (UHT, which was warm) and sprinkled some artificial sweetener on them. I can still remember how much I gagged on that to this day. PS, my missus worked in a development kitchen for a firm that made stuff for supermarkets, they spend a fortune getting their own brands right. We don’t buy any brands in our house. Save your money.
A lot of people are moaning about food costs going up about £5 a week. If they are not buying store brand from Aldi, Asda or Lidl, they should start. Will soon save at least a fiver and discover that the “generic” versions are as good as, if not better than, name brands. Thanks to this channel for proving this point. Glad I found you.
attaboy! expose expose expose! bigger packaging, bigger picture, bigger price. regarding full fat milk, some of us cant cope with it, tummy issues. each to their own i say. great review sunbeam, keep them coming.
Good reviews ! I like weetabix protein with some granola and semi skimmed milk however ALDI now do harvest morn own brand weetabix protein and I think they are better !
Another brilliant review Gareth and can I just say a massive thankyou for doing these basic vs named brands reviews as you are literally helping people spread there money a little further what with the huge price hikes on every day essentials , So Thankyou 👏👏👏😀😃😄😁
Nice vid yet again!!! Regarding milk......I remember when local farmers delivered milk......it was sooo good the birds used to nick the cream through the foil top....... unlike the milk nowadays where they take the cream out of the milk to make.........You've guessed it...... CREAM !!!!
I have just started to shop at ALDI i used to shop a Morrison and LIDL but after my stoke I have been shopping local and go Tesco and Sainsburys but the prices are bad so I mix and match.
hi new subscriber! love your straight to the point approach, giving the facts and taste test, i like to try cheaper brands to make the money go further, lovely smile by the way!
I was quite shocked by the price difference, the packaging waste and the (double) amount of salt !!! Just goes to show and I WILL be switching to Aldi for money saving, environment saving and better health issues... LOL ! 🤔😎👍👍👍
Please do Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and shop brand ones! They're the only cereal I'm unable to find a cheaper brand that tastes as good. Just something unique about that flavour! All the other cereals I'm not bothered about but those, gotta be Kellogg's every time!
The Tesco/asda/aldi cornflakes are all pretty much the exact same. The only thing that makes the Kellog's ones a bit nicer is they don't seem to get soggy as fast. How ever, as the 750g pack is £2 less I'll take the slightly soggy ones. Great video, nice to see some one point it out. 🙂
I did a comparison with Tesco own brand and Kelloggs. They were acceptable but not quite as thin and crispy. I had them for a few weeks but then went back to Kelloggs and I did find them nicer. I haven't got to the point yet when I really have to save huge amounts of money on my groceries but would definitely be able to if needed to. Your comparison videos are very interesting, thank you.
Great review, I always have Kellogg's corn flakes, as a kid I remember having cheap corn flakes on holidays in b&b's that were horrible but I am going to try the Aldi ones now. Thanks again 👌
@@darrenwilliams118 - I just bought the Aldi corn flakes, which taste good; but also have a Tesco's Clubcard, so will give them a go too! I've always bought Kellogg's, because I grew up with them (now I'm 64!). But the cost of everything is going through the roof, so any less costly (but with no taste compromise) alternative is worth trying.
@@darrenwilliams118 I tried the Tesco flakes a few years ago but prefer the lidl own brand which are currently 55p for 500g. No Aldi near me so can not try them.
For many years I have had to check the sugar and carbohydrate content of food, and I have to say more often than not I ended up buying the store's own-brand cereals. Well done for keeping us healthy and adding weight to our purses 😀
No point in check the carb content of cereal ... it's 100% carb .. just a question of how much sugars within the body... and that will always be high. If you're avoiding sugar (eg diabetes.. or excess weight gain due to poor insulin).. cereal is bad news and always has been. Probably why there's so much of it on the shelves. This vid demonstrates the profit margin in it.. same stuff but 3 times more expensive.
Nice one mate. Exactly what i said yesterday about the cheaper cornflakes from Tesco. £1 for a 750g box. Taste just as good. Their crunchy nut tastes the same as well but thats only a quid a box instead of £2.75. Keep up the good reviews mate. Always appreciated.
Hi Gaz You've convinced me to try the cheaper ones Always all my life iv bought brand names, mainly because that's what I was brought up with, But as you say everything is getting dearer,,thanks for all your videos they certainly contain a lot of big difference in food Love from Scotland 💜
Excellent, yet again Gareth! We can't buy either here in Belarus but we can buy Nestle corn flakes ... But ... They are disgusting and in any case we can't buy fresh milk here either 🙂. Be home in Wales next week! I'll be trying out some of your epic suggestions over the coming weeks! 👏
Good shout on the packaging. It drives me nuts when you buy a bag of crisps and most of it is air and it is half full. Kelloggs are definately trying to get people to think they are getting more with the larger pack. Love your channel btw.
Cheers Gareth great review. Yeah very similar to the Weetabix review , another no brainier. You could buy a box of each and still a lot cheaper than the Branded makes . You on a winner with these two Gareth. You are really giving foodies something to think about & saving people money well done . OBE in the horizon I’m sure . Thanks again Gareth. See you tomorrow. 👍
In Ottawa Canada, we preferred the cheaper Canadian Corn Flakes. Taste Special K? Loaded with sugar. You are surprised. For us, its old hat. We mostly prefer Store brands. In USA: Shoprite, Pathmark, Trader Joe's. Canada: do not remember. Ireland: SuperValu, Tesco. India: Reliance, etc.
Well said, brands don't always mean that they are better, far from it, unfortunately the advertising often makes people conditioned without realising, but you've proven the point that spending less can give more, keep it up showing the differences from names and so called lesser one's. GREAT VIDEOS bty
Bang on mate yr vids r boss got on the Asda Wheat Bisks yesterday no difference. I’ve been on Tesco’s own cornflakes for years cost about 80 p again very little difference especially with sugar on Will defo go for the Aldi ones and give them a go. You gotta do more of these comparisons mate .Love to see one on Lurpak Butter it’s costs a fortune ha .Good look with the vids ,thanks Phil
Morrison cornflakes are like the decayed husks of cockroaches. Will look at those harvest morn ones! New subscriber, loving the channel chap! Thanks for your service btw! 👍🇬🇧
Found this channel about a week ago, how refreshing it is to see somebody that's always smiling and happy. God bless
You are so kind cheers pal
@@BaldFoodieGuy no worries, thank u for the videos and more importantly for ur service to the country. All the best
Cheers Scott, I appreciate it 👌👌
He brilliant Scott 👏
@@robertansell4538 videos are class mate, the happiest guy in any video I have seen, he also served our country so even more respect
These cereal comparisons are really useful Gareth , thank you 🙏🏻
you're welcome Sue.
My dad was a huge fan of Kelloggs Cornflakes and when mom started shopping at Aldi, she would buy Harvest Morn Cornflakes. To fool my dad, mom would put the bag of Aldi cornflakes into the Kelloggs box and would recycle the Aldi box - after dad got used to the taste she got rid of the Kelloggs box and just had the Aldi box in the cupboard. The look on dad's face was priceless when mom told him that he had been eating Aldi cornflakes for the prevous 4 months lol.
haha yes it happens like that, its funny how we adapt also saves money. Brand snobbery is to blame, we all do it. I do it to chocolate, got to be Cadbury for me lol
@@BaldFoodieGuy Try Aldi Dairyfine chocolate, it tastes like Cadbury.
A real bling tasting ! Priceless. My wife tells me that doing a holiday job ,years ago, The manageress of the canteen would put cheap brown sauce in Heinz bottles. No one complained. What a con life is eh?
"After he got used to the taste" ... So there IS a difference, and your Dad KNEW there was a difference ...what is your point?
Good Morning! FYI Here in New York City i can buy Kellogg's Corn Flakes 12 oz box for $7.99 [$0.67/oz] at my local Morton Williams supermarket. Or I can go to Aldi and buy their USA brand called Millville Corn Flakes 18 oz box for $1.65 [$0.09/oz] Your videos are great - keep up the good work!
Cheers Gini thank you for the information all the best to yourself in the big apple 🍏👍👍👍
Another cracking video. Helping folk get by more easily.
So. If you're going through a box per week. Switching will save you a very useful
£74.88. Knock that off your fuel bill, or maybe two months broadband free! well done fella, nailed it again. 👍.
Exactly Mick real no difference not a difference to make me keep buying expensive brands that's for sure.
I've had other brand of cornflakes which never lived up to the original ones but I'm prepared to try these. As for serving I prefer cold milk and I do like them soggy with a little but of sugar.
Go for it mate save yourself a few quid. Can go towards the fuel hike.
That’s how i like mine John. Also agree that none lived up to Kelloggs. Will give these a bash though.
always had and always will be kelloggs for me when it comes to cornflakes i like cold milk straight from the fridge and chopped banana now but as a child it was always sugar all over thats because my mum worked for tate & lyle in liverpool happy memories .
Been buying these for a while now Gareth and like you say, nothing wrong with them at all. In fact, a lot of the cereals that you get in places like Sainsburys you get pick up in Aldi for a fraction of the price.
yes big savings to be had. Can go towards the rising cost of our fuel bills.
Your spot on , I stopped buying Kellogs years ago, there is a little difference, but like with the milk , you get used to it. Nice work.
Exactly! cheers Ray.
I got feed up with the constantly changing price. They seem to vary about 40% in price. Just seemed as if they were ripping me off when the price was high. When it was low would stock up but then they were often sold out.
Yet another helpful and worthwhile review Gareth. Thanks mate. If Aldi can make decent corn flakes for a reasonable price, then obviously Kelloggs can as well if they wanted to. Only reviews like these, let us mugs know who are ripping us off.
Yes just trying for a comparison. I don't want to be a mug that is for sure.
@@BaldFoodieGuykeep up your good work on these brand comparisons Gareth just checked out how much the kellogs brand made profit for the last financial year only just over 4 billion dollars its time the british public started to used other manufacturers especially when your saveing nearly 300 % which is frightening .
You carry on like this, you’ll get a big discount card from certain supermarkets & why not, you do us common people proud ✊ way to go B.F.G You Da Man 👍
haha will keep you posted.
Hi Marty really appreciate your videos,we are all in a position where we have to think of what we are buying , every where I go lately is upping prices the least price increase is 20p so please keep up the good work your doing ,but I also take into account that you also incurred costs.thank you from me for all the information you give us x
no worries thankyou x
Well done Gareth! Another excellent video that should help people save money.
We certainly need that in the present situation !
Yes I hope it does Betty thanks 😋👍👍
Been getting cereals from Aldi for awhile now, tastes as good as any and the price is amazing. Anybody with a family who wants to save money should go for them
Yes absolutely. If I was on my own, I still would buy the Aldi ones. They are not worth 4 times the price.
Asda essential range are cheaper,from an OA,P
My sister gets the Aldi cereal she was telling me about them the other day, she said they were all really nice,great review to help people to buy cheaper in the current situation we are all in
Yes pretty good it is.
As im living on my own now, and doing the shopping. I was blown away with the difference between your brands and Aldi/Supermarket own brands. Frosties are £4 and the others are £1-£1.50. It is just crazy when they taste the same
I'm loving these reviews as every penny counts at the moment so thank you so much 🌸🌸🌸🌸
You are so welcome!
The only cornflakes I've ever had are kellogs x or special K. Glad to see these comparisons, good review Gareth. Till I heard salt in Special K was sky high. My Dad used to tell us there's more nutrition, in the cardboard box, then in the cornflakes lol
Yes always good to look and they are expensive 👍👍
I am definitely no brand snob but I can only eat cornflakes Kellogg's branded. I bought Morrisons ones in my shopping last week and they don't taste half as nice to me. Weirdly enough Special K, Kellogg's isn't as nice as supermarket brands.
@@rockinrachel1670 Most other supermarket brand cornflakeses are gross, anyway - more so if you put powdered milk on them, like I had to do living with my family - I wasn’t allowed to do my own breakfast - every day, supermarket cornflakeses with powdered milk on them, which my sister refused to make in accordance with the instructions on the tin - a couple of teaspoonfuls of milk powder to two pints of water, is how she made it - the actual amount should have been about six tablespoonfuls of milk powder to one pint of water - but my sister thought that it was too expensive that way!
We did buy proper milk - semi-skimmed - there was, at the time, 1p difference between skimmed and semi-skimmed and another 1p difference between semi-skimmed and proper milk - that was the only concession that was made between the lack of flavour in the skimmed and the “expensiveness” of proper milk - that went into hot beverages - I drink my tea and coffee black, so I never benefited from it!
Compare Kellogg’s cornflakeses with something like Asda’s or Sainsbury’s or Tesco’s or maybe Morrison’s!
Another great review Gareth, these are helping us all regardless of budget, it's a win win situation for everyone thanks.👍
Cheers Brian, yes big savings to be had. All the best pal 👍👍
Yet again your spot on. Next i challenge you to do porridge oats. Mornflakes are my fave and tried lidl porridge and thought the lidl were slightly less smoother.
I think your on to something here Gareth
Brand comparison testing is the future
thanks 😊
Your one off "cornflakes" had us in stitches! Keep up the good work!
Haha cheers Will do
The Bald Babbler Guy 😂😂 love these comparison videos… minimal difference, I can put up with that 😁😁😘
Glad you enjoyed it Diane x
Yep, agree the Aldi cornflakes are much the same as Kelloggs. I use gold top…Jersey full cream…… milk though Gareth!
Wonder if Dad would taste the difference as he's had Kellogg's all his life, will let you know!!! Great review on cereals Gaz 👍x
perfect try it ma xx
Be sneaky about it though Heather (Mum of Gareth)... Take the pack out of the box from the Harvest Morn Corn Flakes... And place it in the empty Kellogg's Corn Flakes box... If there's no comment about them not tasting right... Then you're onto a winner... 👍
He won't know lol
@@BaldFoodieGuy 😆
@@BaldFoodieGuy He will if he checks YT though as it's now public knowledge 😉
Well done again Gareth. I am saving on my weekly shop due to your reviews. Keep up with the great content your putting out.
im glad im helping thanks 😊
I used to buy branded cereals but now I mostly eat supermarket own brands, I love Asda and Morrisons versions of all bran. Great review as always
Thanks for sharing!
I’ve used Kellogg All Bran for years Are the two you mention the same stick like version and do they taste similar thank you
All bran ... a product that the manufacturers thought . what can we do with this waste product? ... Let's market it as a health cereal to the punters.
Stated with wit in mind ... trying not to be too serious.
Wheat bran is useful as feed for poultry and other livestock, as part of a balanced ration with other inputs. Wheatings, a milling byproduct comprising mostly bran with some pieces of endosperm also left over, are included in this category.
Bran was found to be the most successful slug deterrent by BBC's TV programme Gardeners' World. It is a common substrate and food source used for feeder insects, such as mealworms and waxworms. Wheat bran has also been used for tanning leather since at least the 16th century
You mention about switching to blue top full cream milk, well three months ago I switched to blue top and I have to say I have noticed two interesting differences, one... I use less milk in my tea, and two..... blue top will last considerably longer than semi-skimmed, semi-skimmed would very rarely go beyond the sell by date, whereas I have noticed blue top will go 4 or even 5 days beyond the sell by date as a norm, I even had one bottle that went 7 days and was fine ! that would never happen with green top, well not in my experience anyway !
Cheers Colin yes will start buying it from now on 👍👍
Aldi and Kellogg's have a production relationship going back years. Aldi also used to sell their own version of Shredded Wheat, which was even tastier than Nestle's brand, but looked exactly the same.
cheers for the info pal.
All of the own brand cornflakes are likely made in the same factory but to the customer's recipe. Sugar is an expensive ingredient so it's the first thing to go but the lower sugar recipes might actually suit modern tastes more.
Glad I found you, binge watching and loving the advice, cheers 👍👍👍
Thanks and welcome to the channel, glad you like the videos
Tried Lidl cornflakes just found them a bit spongy ,must try Aldis . If as nice as Kellogs a massive saving.
Yes over the year savings add upp. Offset the fuel bills 👍👍
We buy all our cereals aldi harvest morn, porridge oats, cornflakes, red berries benefit, malt wheaties, rice crispies and wheat bisks. Theyre all really nice.
yes true we do too.
I love these vids.
Greg Wallace did a TV programme a couple of years ago about helping families eat better within budget, using mostly supermarket own brands. This lead to the Mickey Flanagan sketch, "It costs the same but it tastes less."
I've been doing these comparisons for years, but never thought to produce vids about them. Spot on!
cheers pal, I appreciate it 👍
We’ve been buying Supermarket own brand cereals for a few years now.
Sometimes it’s trial & error but Aldi cereals have consistently impressed for taste and value for money.
Brand products are for mugs (mostly but not always). You can usually add a touch of sugar or salt to any cheap product and amazingly get the same flavour.
Yes definitely pal
Another great review Gareth, the prices are so different and with less money in our purses lately more people will opt for the cheaper one! I hope the big brands bring there prices down if they dont eventually they wont be viable in this post virus recession where people have to fork out more money on everything we buy!
@Sandra Davey - I just bought Aldi's cornflakes (500g @ .55p - April 2022). I have always bought Kellogg's... Just halved the salt content (which will please my doctor - LOL !) and saved a huge amount - And let me take this opportunity to say; "I just tried the Harvest Morn, Aldi brand and I cannot taste any difference!". 😃👍
Another great honest video!!!
Have u ever thought about doing biscuits cheap vs Large brand while having a cuppa…
Great idea! yes coming mate
@@BaldFoodieGuy That’s great because ur showing the way for some people to save money…. Thanks so much for ur reply 👍🏻
Thanks to your videos i've switched over to Aldi and Farmfoods own brands for a lot of my regular provisions.
In the past i've always just chose the big brands, but now i'm saving a fortune every week and i'm noticing very little to no difference in the quality, happy days 👍
Cheers pal you're welcome mate, have a good super Sunday. 🍻🍻👍
@@BaldFoodieGuy And you mate
I have been using own brands for years with the family and love that you point out that they are near on like for like (except brand and cost). The savings all add up and especially now more than ever, every little saved is good. Great video and keep up the good work
Thanks for sharing!! will do.
Hi as I said yesterday I changed to Aldi cereal ages ago. I find them all fine and maybe some people find the branded slightly better which is fair enough but the branded is not slightly more expensive it is ridiculous more expensive so will stick with Aldi. Love these comparison vlogs xx🙂❤💯
Cheers Janice glad you like them. Yes branded is expensive isn't it. Xx
4:00 Growing up, we used to get our milk from a local dairy, the milk was like 1/3 cream by the morning, used to pour that on my corn flakes!
Now days I have "lite" milk.
Eh up Gazza hows tha doin. Wow it's hard to believe the price difference between brands. Similar quality. Makes you wonder why one brand charges more ? Where will end. Will Rice Krispies be safe. Maybe you could make your own "serial" on breakfasts lol. Great video. Have a good one mate.
Yes your right mate, massive difference in price with next to know difference in taste. Crazy.
Garath, I watched yesterday, as you say mate your spot on , great video and keep saving people money, funny how the value options are more healthy, take care, Dave
cheers David, just food for thought as they say.
Hi BFG did you cook them both in air fryer ?
semi and skimmed milk can aggrevate some skin complaints.
Hello mate, since I've been watching you I've saved a lot of money and buying cheaper foods that you say are good and everyone is, so everyday day you help us out, a brilliant review and i will switch to aldi for cornflakes, 🍻🙏
glad I can help Shaun
Love your channel and so right I use Aldi quiet a lot and Tesco’s I never buy name brands anymore thanks
You are so welcome!
So important that you do these videos as there are so many people who still think branded foods are worth paying for. Such a big saving in days where we need to tighten our belts. Well done again. 😁
Absolutely!! cheers Peter
Definitely going to give the Aldi's a go. You're right about UHT milk. You get used to it but one of the first things I wanted to do after a stint at MPA was neck a proper pint of full fat proper milk. Thanks for this.
you're welcome
Well I love corn flakes and have only ever bought Kellogg. Well not again and the Aldi ones are less salt and sugar. Great review and what a savings. Thanks everso! 💙🤩🙏🏽👍🏼
Thanks for watching! x
Exactly. Especially as times are tough.
The Young Ones cornflakes cornflakes cornflakes. When you said cornflakes thats all I could think of Gaz , give it a watch on here mate
haha the young ones were brilliant 🤣🤣
Great review! 👍😁 I’ve been buying cereals from Aldi for a long time now and there absolutely fine, there’s no difference between the more expensive Kelloggs brand and Aldi’s own, and the price difference is massive too!..
Yes it's crazy isn't it how much more money the band brands are for very little difference in taste. Save your money. Thank you 😋😋👌👌
There is a big difference in taste!
I remember when I was a kid we started shopping at Aldi and I liked these better than kellogs 👍
Can't beat aldi there spot on
I shop in aldi all the time and I actually got kellogs cornflakes in there last week. I have to agree and disagree. I use harvest moon brand in some things and yes they are fine. But sorry there is no real substitute for the original corn flake I'm afraid its just not the same.
I used to buy the really cheep tescos corn flakes the ones they had in just a sealed bag as they added malt with made them taste way better. It was the same with thire really cheap hot chocolate they had also had malt in it, it a pitty they got rid of it and changed the recipe. I love UHT milk
Thank you
The man does it again, excellent review Gareth! The ‘blind test’ (including swapping the box) seems a great idea, see if any seasoned main brand users spot the difference? It’s just crazy how much people are being overcharged, as we keep saying . . . ‘What’s in a label?’. Cornflakes in bowl, sprinkle with sugar, add milk, allow cornflakes to get soggy, consume! Keep this excellent work up pal, invaluable.
Cheers John, yes it's marketing in the end fancy names and adverts win people over. There was no difference if any certainly not enough for me to pay 4 times more for a brand. Thank you pal.
Yup tyvm , just keep them coming !
Never allow them to go soggy.
@@hesterwright3674 Hi Hester, from a dietary point of view you are absolutely correct, however; my love of soggy cornflakes come from when I was small and my parents would use hot milk in the winter times before we went to school. All the best to you.
@@johnwhyte1488 oh, that's a sweet story 🙂 Still, soggy sounds kinda gross to me
I’ve tried all the own brand cereal and I have to buy Kelloggs as they are far nicer. I always think the other cereals taste stale. Anyway I’m thinking is kelloggs nicer because there is more sugar and salt. The porridge oats, weetabix and Hot oak cereal which is the same as Ready Brekvi don’t see any difference and half the price so I do buy it. Also the stores own brand of porridge ready pots are fine as well 45p verses £1.20 for the branded porridge pots. Anyway love your reviews .
They going to be nicer more sugar and salt in them.
Just goes to show you that Kelloggs try to con you with a bigger box to make it look more appealing to buy, when it's just extra packaging and no extra content.
Great video as always Gareth. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely pal. Not right is it.
I’ve had Kellogg’s crunchy nut cornflakes for years until I tried Aldi’s crunchy nut flakes and I’ve had them ever since, as you say there is a very small taste difference for the branded product, at the end of the day it’s all down to price, and you can save quite a lot of money by not buying branded and quite honestly most people don’t know the difference. We also buy Aldi’s weetabix again no difference. I like. Your videos they are very informing, keep up the good work, all the best. To you and your family
cheers Michael yes the imitation brands have caught up from years ago, not much difference but big savings.
Hi, Gareth. Thanks for another insightful review. As you say, it's exactly like the weetabix. Don't be fooled by big brands and fancy packaging. Let the buyer beware. Lol. Keep up the spot on work. Best wishes from Scotland.
Very true! big savings to be had.
Not sure if you are aware, when you look at the list of ingredients on products. They are listed in the order of quantity. So if sugar is first on the list, that means that there is more sugar than other ingredients. So if you compare the ingredients of the two boxes you can see different quantities.
yes cheers Helen
Good morning Gareth, every little helps these days hope, you're all well
Yes it does!
Love corn flakes really cold full fat milk and a spinkling of sugar. Have you tried weeabix with rice krispies
ive not Andy any good?
When I was a kid I stayed at my grandma’s when she was on a diet. For breakfast she gave me some Special K, with “steri” (UHT, which was warm) and sprinkled some artificial sweetener on them. I can still remember how much I gagged on that to this day. PS, my missus worked in a development kitchen for a firm that made stuff for supermarkets, they spend a fortune getting their own brands right. We don’t buy any brands in our house. Save your money.
exactly pal savings to be had.
A lot of people are moaning about food costs going up about £5 a week. If they are not buying store brand from Aldi, Asda or Lidl, they should start. Will soon save at least a fiver and discover that the “generic” versions are as good as, if not better than, name brands. Thanks to this channel for proving this point. Glad I found you.
good point Tim.
attaboy! expose expose expose! bigger packaging, bigger picture, bigger price. regarding full fat milk, some of us cant cope with it, tummy issues. each to their own i say. great review sunbeam, keep them coming.
absolutely pal, horses for courses
Good reviews ! I like weetabix protein with some granola and semi skimmed milk however ALDI now do harvest morn own brand weetabix protein and I think they are better !
Sounds great!
Another brilliant review Gareth and can I just say a massive thankyou for doing these basic vs named brands reviews as you are literally helping people spread there money a little further what with the huge price hikes on every day essentials , So Thankyou 👏👏👏😀😃😄😁
cheers hope it helps
Nice vid yet again!!! Regarding milk......I remember when local farmers delivered milk......it was sooo good the birds used to nick the cream through the foil top....... unlike the milk nowadays where they take the cream out of the milk to make.........You've guessed it...... CREAM !!!!
yes and sometimes the birds would take their share.
Brilliant! Thanks Gareth. Maybe conduct the taste test *before* you know the salt/ sugar content in case it psychologically sways you? atb snack
Yes good idea that, I will next time 😋👍👍
I have just started to shop at ALDI i used to shop a Morrison and LIDL but after my stoke I have been shopping local and go Tesco and Sainsburys but the prices are bad so I mix and match.
thanks 😊
Great video as always. Good to see someone helping out the smaller companies and showing what the bigger companies are all about. Ie money makers 👍
Yes just goes to show, savings to be made.
What about *comparing*.... *mineral water* ?
Evian versus highlands versus tesco versus _tap water_
Thank you
Aldi cornflakes have improved, they use to be smaller flakes and thicker, not a nice taste. But now , your correct , you can’t tell the difference.
cheers James
hi new subscriber! love your straight to the point approach, giving the facts and taste test, i like to try cheaper brands to make the money go further, lovely smile by the way!
thanks Sandra, I appreciate your kind comment. 🙏
I was quite shocked by the price difference, the packaging waste and the (double) amount of salt !!! Just goes to show and I WILL be switching to Aldi for money saving, environment saving and better health issues... LOL ! 🤔😎👍👍👍
Yes absolutely pal. Its crazy how people waste money. Marketing wins most of the time.
Yes I mean it’s ok for us because there are only the two of us now. However if you are on a very tight budget , it makes sense.
Please do Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and shop brand ones! They're the only cereal I'm unable to find a cheaper brand that tastes as good. Just something unique about that flavour! All the other cereals I'm not bothered about but those, gotta be Kellogg's every time!
Good one that
Asda version taste better than Kellogg if you ask me! 🤯🤯🤯👍👍👍👍
The Tesco/asda/aldi cornflakes are all pretty much the exact same. The only thing that makes the Kellog's ones a bit nicer is they don't seem to get soggy as fast. How ever, as the 750g pack is £2 less I'll take the slightly soggy ones. Great video, nice to see some one point it out. 🙂
good point thankyou ☺
Back in the day it was corn flakes with cream off the top of the bottled Milk
I did a comparison with Tesco own brand and Kelloggs. They were acceptable but not quite as thin and crispy. I had them for a few weeks but then went back to Kelloggs and I did find them nicer. I haven't got to the point yet when I really have to save huge amounts of money on my groceries but would definitely be able to if needed to. Your comparison videos are very interesting, thank you.
Thank you 👌👌
The own brand Asda corn flakes are my go to.
Great review, I always have Kellogg's corn flakes, as a kid I remember having cheap corn flakes on holidays in b&b's that were horrible but I am going to try the Aldi ones now. Thanks again 👌
cheers pal.
Tesco's corn flakes at 60p for 500g are spot on as well
@@darrenwilliams118 - I just bought the Aldi corn flakes, which taste good; but also have a Tesco's Clubcard, so will give them a go too! I've always bought Kellogg's, because I grew up with them (now I'm 64!). But the cost of everything is going through the roof, so any less costly (but with no taste compromise) alternative is worth trying.
@@darrenwilliams118 I tried the Tesco flakes a few years ago but prefer the lidl own brand which are currently 55p for 500g. No Aldi near me so can not try them.
The key is to eat the cheaper ones ALL the time. You eventually won't notice.
I did hear a woman in ALDI she was on the ‘phone saying she was shopping at Waitrose. 😂😂😂😂😂
For many years I have had to check the sugar and carbohydrate content of food, and I have to say more often than not I ended up buying the store's own-brand cereals. Well done for keeping us healthy and adding weight to our purses 😀
thanks 😊
No point in check the carb content of cereal ... it's 100% carb .. just a question of how much sugars within the body... and that will always be high. If you're avoiding sugar (eg diabetes.. or excess weight gain due to poor insulin).. cereal is bad news and always has been. Probably why there's so much of it on the shelves. This vid demonstrates the profit margin in it.. same stuff but 3 times more expensive.
Went on holiday to Jersey breakfast time the cereals were served with jjugs of creamy yellow Jersey milk gorgeous. Great money saving video 👍
sounds delicious Brian yum 😋
The history of the Kellogg family and how the cornflake came about is quite interesting. It is a high carb, low nutrition stomach filler.
They knew back then...
It's the same with the Aldi equiv to ready brek,exactly the same ingredients but very very much cheaper,probably made at the same factory?
Nice one mate. Exactly what i said yesterday about the cheaper cornflakes from Tesco. £1 for a 750g box. Taste just as good. Their crunchy nut tastes the same as well but thats only a quid a box instead of £2.75. Keep up the good reviews mate. Always appreciated.
cheers Trevor.
I prefer Tesco’s cornflakes to any other , very crisp and nutty
Tesco crunchy nut cereal is insanely good 😋
You are changing myself and my wife's buying habits, the savings soon add up. Thanks buddy.
glad I can help Kevin. Thanks 😊
Hi Gaz
You've convinced me to try the cheaper ones
Always all my life iv bought brand names, mainly because that's what I was brought up with,
But as you say everything is getting dearer,,thanks for all your videos they certainly contain a lot of big difference in food
Love from Scotland 💜
yes go for it Alexis not much in it at all but big savings.
@@BaldFoodieGuy yeah that’s what it’s all about Gaz, savings
Excellent, yet again Gareth! We can't buy either here in Belarus but we can buy Nestle corn flakes ... But ... They are disgusting and in any case we can't buy fresh milk here either 🙂. Be home in Wales next week! I'll be trying out some of your epic suggestions over the coming weeks! 👏
cheers pal 👍
Another excellent comparison. This is where families can really make savings.
thanks pal 👍
Grocery prices through the roof here. Maybe I should do a few more head to head videos. Great comparisons, nice detailed descriptions! 👍
yes go for it, going up here also. Thanks 😊
The both of them are probably made in the same factory !
Good shout on the packaging. It drives me nuts when you buy a bag of crisps and most of it is air and it is half full. Kelloggs are definately trying to get people to think they are getting more with the larger pack. Love your channel btw.
cheers Mathew yes me too.
Cheers Gareth great review. Yeah very similar to the Weetabix review , another no brainier. You could buy a box of each and still a lot cheaper than the Branded makes . You on a winner with these two Gareth. You are really giving foodies something to think about & saving people money well done . OBE in the horizon I’m sure . Thanks again Gareth. See you tomorrow. 👍
hey thanks Steve, I appreciate it, big savings to be had.
I always drink UHT skimmed milk Gareth... I love it on it's own.
Cheers David. Yes not had in since 04 in the forces.
@@BaldFoodieGuy Very good Gareth.
Lidl and Aldi didn't get where they are by selling crap. Let the snobs waste their money. Another great and not unexpected review.
In Ottawa Canada, we preferred the cheaper Canadian Corn Flakes. Taste Special K? Loaded with sugar. You are surprised. For us, its old hat. We mostly prefer Store brands. In USA: Shoprite, Pathmark, Trader Joe's. Canada: do not remember. Ireland: SuperValu, Tesco. India: Reliance, etc.
Well said, brands don't always mean that they are better, far from it, unfortunately the advertising often makes people conditioned without realising, but you've proven the point that spending less can give more, keep it up showing the differences from names and so called lesser one's. GREAT VIDEOS bty
thanks, yes marketing plays a big part on what we buy.
Bang on mate yr vids r boss got on the Asda Wheat Bisks yesterday no difference. I’ve been on Tesco’s own cornflakes for years cost about 80 p again very little difference especially with sugar on Will defo go for the Aldi ones and give them a go. You gotta do more of these comparisons mate .Love to see one on Lurpak Butter it’s costs a fortune ha .Good look with the vids ,thanks Phil
cheers Phil, yes big difference in price. Big davings to be had. Thanks 😊 will look at butter.
Thanks I’ll keep a look out for it
I’ve just done the same swop over to Aldis shreddies and my daughters can’t tell the difference. And they were on special so saved even more! 🥰
haha brilliant x
Morrison cornflakes are like the decayed husks of cockroaches.
Will look at those harvest morn ones!
New subscriber, loving the channel chap! Thanks for your service btw!
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Thanks for the sub! all the best pal