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There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.

I am referring to Branston Smooth.

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I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm hoping this is an American. I can't even imagine taking a huge spoonful thinking it's blackcurrant jelly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It looks like "stoop" and I'm Dutch. So I expected high octane sugar... It was not. To this day I'm convinced it it made from the gunk thats left after refining oil.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They call it yeast extract.

What they don't admit is. Yeast it the nickname of an incontinent factory worker.