Cobram Estate Extra Virgin Light Olive Oil 750ml
Cobram Estate Extra Virgin Rich & Robust Olive Oil 750ml
Cobram Estate Classic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 750ml
Note: These has gone up significantly from $7.50 last year.
Poppin Microwave Popcorn Butter Flavour 100g X4 Pack
Poppin Microwave Popcorn Triple Butter Flavour Explosion 100g X4 Pack
Poppin Microwave Popcorn Sweet & Salty 400g
they are
has it been proven then?
They use carcinogenic chemicals for flavoring, not real butter. Does smoking give you cancer ? probably but not everyone that smokes gets cancer.
Does smoking give you cancer ?
I don't let my kids smoke when watching movies, but I do allow them to eat popcorn…
i don't think the taste will ever be the same knowing this. guess i'll skip on the microwave popcorn.
All you need is popping corn and some butter. You can get a You can still use a microwave. $2 for 400g from Woolies or Coles or larger packs from harris farm. Avoid the chemically flavoured rubbish.
@bargainshooter: I feel like based on your comments you're from albury wodonga region my man!
And in regards to your reply, Can confirm, I just use popping corn from Woolies, tiny bit of spray oil and pop into microwave in my Silicon Bowl with Lid! Easiest Snack ever.
The lining of the microwaveable bag has some nasties in it.
Glad I stocked up last year on the olive oil. How do they justify a 20% price increase in 6 months ?
Hopefully it's this year's vintage. Or is it too early ?
Yes I also recognise their price hike. I now would go for woolworths own brands strong (rich and robust) flavour Australian extra virgin olive oil which is also great taste. It's cheaper than their half price.
it's the same price per litre: $6 for a 500ml bottle.
I'm loving the Jengelli olive oil range atm.
Most fresh produce has gone up by that amount at least. People might say it's a supply chain issue, but I lean towards thinking it's actual inflation at work.
2020 was an absolutely terrible year for olive harvest. There was a nationwide shortage and the 'average bulk' price of EVOO went from around $5.20 to $6++
Just check their harvest date on their bottle. Good chance that it would be new harvest as they started harvesting in late March (from what i was told) and would filter to put in the bottle.
And it is a currently a bumper season for olives so we may see an oversupply in the market later on in the year.
Does Cobram just have normal olive oil and not extra virgin?
I really like their own but their low smoke point is annoying
The smokepoint difference is ~20c with extra virgin olive oil being around 190* and refined olive oil being 210*.
IMO just stick with extra virgin olive oil. It's healthier all around even when baking for long period at 180*. Even if you go past the smoke point for a short while it's still shown to nowhere near as bad for you as seed oils with a high smoke point.
ahh thanks, didn't know that :)
If money isn't an issue, Extra Virgin Olive Oil all the way :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aFHrzSBrM&ab_channel=AdamR…
Thanks, how often do these go on special? $2 for 100ml is a bit expensive
I found it on special 2-3 months ago, at cole or Woolworth I cant remember.
I do wonder if this is a scam or not.
Not to say the it isn't a great EVOO, but is the EVOO high heat any better or just a cash grab.
To be honest, $7.5 to $9 is a huge increasing.
Yet, you gave a plus 😶
For OP posting it :)
Great, thanks for the heads up on the olive oil
This isn't really very good oil, try red island you won't go back. I recently kids my farm source of olive oil so I bought every single brand and taste tested with plain white bread. Yuck, some brands tasted like motor oil, Cobram is ok but free island actually tasted like nice extra virgin olive oil. Grassy, green and peppery.
Plus Cobram kept blocking up my oil sprayer.
Tried both and have to disagree. Cobram also have 3 taste varieties.
What on colour, for me that's always a dead give away for the quality, it should be green not bright yellow.
Where is that free island you are telling about?
Sorry red island
Just when I thought there was a free island…
Red island and Cobram is owned by the same company; Boundary Bend
Cobram is their 'flagship' brand so gets their best quality oil
FYI Red Island is owned by the same company as Cobram. https://www.boundarybend.com/about/brands-2/
IIRC Red Island is actually positioned as their more budget offering.
I've personally found them very similar, and both quite good. Though usually find better value on Red Island.
If Choice is to be believed, then generally getting Olive Oil made in or close to Australia will be better. Mostly this is due to the age of the EVOO and the difficulties of shipping it and retaining it's qualities from far away. https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/nuts-and-oils/oils/…
Correct, Cobram (and the identical looking Aldi bottles - exactly same oil, different label) are their premium/higher graded olives.
Red Island are their lower grade, but still very good, olives.
Sorry can't agree.
I purchase both brands (same owners) depending what's on sale.
Red Island is cheaper, but I prefer Cobram (could be psychological).
For some reason I feel like Coles gonna run a half price promo of this olive oil next week.
You can leave till next Monday evening to buy it. I remember Coles has it on half price in March / April this year
When spanish, greek or italian olive oil shipped across half of the world costs less than australian made with 50% discount..
My concern with imported stuff is that it's not pure
I think that giants like Aldi actually do test stuff they order and sell under their own brand. Whether it's the best quality or not is debatable but chances that it'd be fake are pretty low.
They are 'better' at using migrant labour over there than we are:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/24/h…
I have noticed a few Woolies price hikes. Eg 1 kg Mayfields middle bacon was $9 a pack for all of last year and the year before? and is now $11.
22% hike!
Also British Sausage Company packs used to be 2 for $12 on sale, now $2 for $14
The spring rolls any good?
Obligatory reminder that Aldi still sells Cobram Estate made Aldi-branded oil at $9/L and made in Spain oil at 6.70/L
Out of curiosity, how can U tell it's from Cobram?
It was mentioned here quite a few times and Cobram has some distinctive packaging, like only Cobram makes 225g olive oil spray cans and that's exactly what sold at Aldi under The Olive Tree brand.
that's good to know !
Aldi also sell Australian made Olive Oil for $9/l.
I'm not going to confirm either way if Aldi still sells Cobram Estate made Aldi-branded oil but Aldi scored poorly against Cobram
https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/nuts-and-oils/oils/…
Cobram Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil Classic Flavour
Show judging score: 85%
Red Island Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Show judging score: 79%
The Olive Tree (Aldi) Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil Fruity
Show judging score: 55%
Note that Cobram Estate and Red Island have the same parent company.
Makes sense that Cobram reserve its best oils for its own brands.
You comparing $9/L oil from Aldi vs $24/L Cobram not on special in Woolies.
While I agree that quality might be different, but whether it's almost 3 times different.. not sure. The other consideration here is how long that $24/L oil is sitting on the shelves in Woolies vs very fast turnaround in Aldi and age of oil apparently matters too.
So.. you decide, no one is forcing you to buy one or another.
Chill.
I'm not comparing prices.
I'm just stating the fact that Aldi-branded oil scored poorly against Cobram.
No one on OZB is paying $24/L.
They only harvest Olives once a year and unopened, 12 month old Olive oil is still fresh.
FYI, you can buy Red Island for ~$8/L on sale. So cheaper and better than Aldi.
Coles & Woolies both currently selling 3L Cobram for $36 / $9 discount which is 0.012 per ml vs 0.048 per ml for the 750ml.
Umm. No. Please check your calculations.
9 / 750 * 1000 = 12/L
12/1000 = 0.012/ml
woops. yep
One benefit of the bottles is that it can stay fresher longer as it may take you a long time to finish 3L.
Not to mention the free bottle.
Do you reuse the bottle for something else? I always bin them..
I keep a couple.
I refill a couple with Rice Bran oil for frying.
Thanks OP.
Thanks OP. Rolled in just in time as my stocks are low from the last deal. Now if Aldi brought back their $10 sun-dried tomatoes, salads will be back on the menu.
I remember reading somewhere that these were carcinogenic ???