Purchase three Leggos Paste items at Coles and receive a free Cookbook, Volume 3.
Looks like a very well presented book and a bargain at $6 minimum purchase if you buy three or the 4 satchels of tomato past ($1.99 each).
When i got to the checkout the checkout person also said it was a bargain.
I haven't seen it in WA.
Its in WA, saw it the other day, but the leggo sauces were $2.70 (iirc) not $1.99….anyway, yes we have them in WA :)
Let's play "spot the savings".
$1.29 500 gram Remano Tomato Paste (MADE IN CHINA) at Aldi
$1.99 200 gram Leggo's Tomato Paste Sachets (at Coles)
$3.30 375 gram Leggo's Tomato Paste (at Coles)
$3.49 500 gram Leggo's Tomato Paste (at Coles)
Difference between Leggo's Tomato Paste 500 gram and Remano Tomato Paste (Aldi) 500 gram
$2.20
Difference in taste?
Aldi has no salt. Leggos has salt. Aldi's is MADE IN CHINA.
Similar differences can probably be found with Coles' own home brands versus Leggo's.
If its made in China it may not have the same nutritional profile as a western product due to soil differences.
How does Remano tomato paste taste? I find Leggo's is a very tasty and quality product.
I fid leggos very tasty too, perhaps due to the salt.
At one stage the Aldi product was identical to my tastebuds. That's when they had salt. Now with the product moving to no salt, it's hard to compare since they are so different.
Texture seems the same. Taste is obviously different due to lack of salt. If you add it already when cooking, it's a non-issue. Nutrition? Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know where or how they grow them in China. Nor do I know where or how they grow them here. I'd argue that the processing would be similar if not identical.
I'm extremely reluctant to buy food made/grown in China as I do not believe they have the same standards for pesticide use and I worry that there are not the same checks and balances for ingredient labelling etc (such as the melamine baby milk scandal)
Do you remember the Garibaldi meat scandal in Australia?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-03-30/garibaldi-victim-still…
There are probably many other cases since I don't even read or watch the mainstream news most of the time. Most of us kill ourselves with junk foods, so it's a slower death (and even more burdensome for everyone who pays for it). Our food (and food labelling) in this country is a big joke in and of itself. I don't trust ANY country taking care of its citizens through food laws, let alone enforcement. Every one of them takes bribes and is doing the bare minimum to keep their jobs.
The only good food you can 100% trust is the stuff you grow yourself and even then only if you know the soil and water hasn't been poisoned. Everyone will screw you to save a dollar, especially when doing high volumes. Everyone. Plus so much of the stuff we get here is imported as it is, and you wouldn't even know it by looking at the label.
Nor would you know what you're eating if it's below a certain threshold percentage. It will be listed generically as "flavour", assuming ingredients are listed to begin with. Local foods get this "higher standard" opinion which I think is unjustified. We are poisoning the land globally and it's all justified by looking at the profit margin.
The only guarantees are foods which you 100% control.
I don't disagree, but China seems worse than most and the fact that we hear about so many incidents despite their lack of transparency makes you wonder how many are unreported
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_safety_incidents_in_the_Pe…
I was in Adelaide at the time Garibaldi meat scandal, and was told by someone in the food industry that a company was selling meat that was green in colour for a cheap price. This is bound to occur in the small goods/meat industry.
If you are worried about health, the pharmacutical companies are far worse than the food industry, they are able to kill consumers and still remain in business. Garibaldi killed one person and was out of business.
The food standards are a concern as the companies involved in regulation also have interests in the production of food that is a direct conflict of interest.
I started making my own passata, and once you do that it's very hard to go back to store bought. For anyone curious sites like this one give a good intro:
They've had this offer for at least a couple of weeks now.
The recipe book is very ordinary.
Not worth getting unless you normally buy these Leggos items…