Standard of food in supermarkets.

[Kingfisher101]

Hi, I dont know if its just me but I think a lot of food is now completely tasteless and inedible. I buy things/make myself my lunch/tea, then take a bite and just cant eat it. I try to get the freshest fruit and veg and refuse to shop at places like Iceland etc. But I still struggle because I think a lot of things are poor quality and tasteless. Does anyone else have this problem?

 

[numbnuts]

The food, or are you loosing your taste it can happen

 

[vickster]

Hi, I dont know if its just me but I think a lot of food is now completely tasteless and inedible. I buy things/make myself my lunch/tea, then take a bite and just cant eat it. I try to get the freshest fruit and veg and refuse to shop at places like Iceland etc. But I still struggle because I think a lot of things are poor quality and tasteless. Does anyone else have this problem?

Fruit and veg are seasonal? Are you buying stuff that’s come a long way? Do you eat fruit cold or room temperature, more taste the latter, bit like cheese.
Organic can taste better, carrots a prime example

 

[Kingfisher101]

A few years ago I stayed in a smallholding in the south of France. The owners grew all their own fruit and vegetables, I couldnt belive the difference they actually tasted nice and had a good flavour.

 

[fossyant]

Non seasonal produce doesn't taste as good - thinking back at tomatoes not being in stock - they aren't seasonal in winter and force grown, so aren't as nice.

 

[vickster]

A few years ago I stayed in a smallholding in the south of France. The owners grew all their own fruit and vegetables, I couldnt belive the difference they actually tasted nice and had a good flavour.

Can you grow your own? Get an allotment?
we don’t get the sunny weather of the south of France for quite a lot of fruit obviously but most veg should be feasible

 

[Kingfisher101]

Can you grow your own? Get an allotment?
we don’t get the sunny weather of the south of France for quite a lot of fruit obviously but most veg should be feasible

I've got my own meadow at the back of my garden.

 

[vickster]

I've got my own meadow at the back of my garden.

Get growing then if it’s your land

 

[Oldhippy]

Shop locally grown. The difference is astounding between factory grown and local producer grown. You may pay few pence more but tasteless sh*te is the normal of mass produced food shiny, looks the same but tastes like the wrapper it's encased in.

 

[gbb]

While supermarket food is doubtless less tasty or good for you, I havnt noticed a blandness in it.
Ready meals, processed foods will probably have less salt and sugar in now and while that's a good thing, taste will be compromised on stuff that is made with fewer fresh ingredients.
I worked in S America some years ago and found the food bland and boring ,so much so on my return journey, the desire to even eat in a well regarded hotel passed me by, I'd lost my appetite based on the previous 2 weeks food.

No doubt your taste can become unknowingly dulled or even tricked by eating supermarket fruit and veg, but I buy it 90% of the time and find the taste perfectly acceptable..so perhaps its you

 

[youngoldbloke]

Are you losing you sense of smell and taste? It can creep up on you very slowly - for me it wasn't until I commented on how mild the kippers we were eating were - much to the amazement of my wife - that I realised.

 

[Grant Fondo]

A few years ago I stayed in a smallholding in the south of France. The owners grew all their own fruit and vegetables, I couldnt belive the difference they actually tasted nice and had a good flavour.

I totally agree. And why are lemons you buy abroad the size of rugby balls compared to the golf ball ones i got in Morrisons the other day? Don't get me started on tomatoes ....

 

[Kingfisher101]

Are you losing you sense of smell and taste? It can creep up on you very slowly - for me it wasn't until I commented on how mild the kippers we were eating were - much to the amazement of my wife - that I realised.

Could be but I'm not old, I'm 53.

 

[Cycleops]

I think it may be worth trying some organic products . Haven't usually bought them but we some Heinz organic tomato ketchup the other day. The taste was very noticeable better but I can't vouch for other products.
Stuff that's been frozen for a long time is best avoided.

 

[vickster]

Could be but I'm not old, I'm 53.

Did you have Covid, lose smell and taste, still not quite back?