Food Products You Can't Skimp on.

[Reynard]

Hellmans mayonnaise. Alternatives just don't match it

I dunno, Hellmans tastes sweet to me. Home made if possible, if not, then the Majonez Kielecki (green lid, yellow label on jar) from the Polish aisle.

As a Marmite aficionado of many decades I have to agree. At some point Unilever seems to have altered the recipe. The Aldi own brand is now head and shoulders above Marmite and tastes more like marmite than marmite if you see what I mean.

Tesco's own brand version for me. And it's actually spreadable.

 

[Reynard]

Brands don't matter as much, but the things I will spend more money on for a better quality product; cheese, chocolate, dried pasta, wine, bread, olive oil.

Heinz tomato ketchup is the only possible ketchup, all other alternatives should be banned. As a kid I actually avoided ever having tea round one mate's house as his Mom bought Daddies ketchup!

Yep. Muchly so.

I tend to buy ingredients rather than ready made, but for the most part, it doesn't mater how cheap something is, or how expensive, I buy what I like. I'm neither a pinchmark nor a food snob, but sometimes quality can be found in the most surprising of places.