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| Fruitjuice | Fruit Juice | Aldi | Aldi's Be Light Rio D'oro No Added Sugar Tropical Juice Drink with Multi-Vitamins and Sweeteners,1L. Found on the aisle shelf, not the chilled section. This fruit drink contains a harmonious blend of orange, apple, grape, pear, lime, pineapple, passionfruit, peach, lemon, banana, guava mango and papaya. Put a carton in the trolley. Competing Brand: Del Monte | 9 | £0.56 | Yes | Sugar: Amber
Contains: Sweeteners | No | No | |||||||||||
| Fruitjuice | Fruit Juice | Aldi | Aldi's Be Light Apple and Banana Fruit Juice Drink with Sweeteners,1L. Found on the aisle shelf, not the chilled section. This fruit drink is the colour of a cloudy apple juice and dominated by sweet banana flavours. It does not have that 'I want another mouthful' quality. Competing Brand: Del Monte | 5 | £0.56 | Yes | Sugar: Amber
Contains: Sweeteners | No | No | |||||||||||
| Fruitjuice | Fruit Juice | Aldi | Aldi's Be Light Pineapple and Passionfruit Fruit Juice Drink with Sweeteners,1L. Found on the aisle shelf, not the chilled section. This fruit drink is the colour of a cloudy apple juice and delivers tastes similar to the juice from tinned pineapples. Competing Brand: Del Monte | 6 | £0.56 | Yes | Sugar: Amber
Contains: Sweeteners | No | No | |||||||||||
| Sweets | Sweets | Aldi | Aldi's Daminion Milk Chocolate Eclairs, Dairy Toffee with Milk Chocolate Centre, 170g. A cheaper alternative to the brand, but the toffee does not have that 'I must have another one' quality. Competing Brand: Cadbury's | 7 | £0.39 | No | Salt: Red
Saturated Fat: Red Contains: Soya & Milk May Contains: Nut traces | No | No | |||||||||||
| Sweets | Sweets | Aldi | Aldi's Daminion Jelly Babies, 260g. Not as good as the leading brands. Competing Brands: Chewitts, Basset's and Haribo | 5 | £0.55 | No | Sugars: Red
Contains: Beef Gelatine, No artificial colours | No | No | |||||||||||
| Sweets | Sweets | Aldi | Aldi's Daminion Strawberry Laces, 260g. Sweet strawberry flavoured stringy jelly like laces. It would be a real challenge to eat more than one piece of strawberry lace. Competing Brands: Chewitts, Basset's and Haribo | 4 | £0.39 | Yes | Sugars: Red
Contains: Gluten | No | No | |||||||||||
| Bathroom | Cleaner | Aldi | Aldi's Powerforce Bathroom Cleaner, Pine, 500ml. Waiting to test Competing Brand: Mr Muscle | 0 | £0.69 | Warning: Keep out of reach of babies and small children | No | No | ||||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2004 Ramon Lopez Murillo Rioja Reserva, Rioja, Spain, Alc. 13.5%. There are many drinkable red wines from Rioja on the shelves, but this is not one of them. Competing Brands: Faustino, La Torla and Campo Viejo | 4 | £5.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.1 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2005 Vina Decana Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon Crianza, Utiel - Requena, Spain, Alc. 12.5%. Want an easy drinking full bodied red wine? Put a bottle or two of this wine in the trolley. Competing Brands: Faustino, La Torla and Campo Viejo | 8 | £3.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.4 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2006 Bereich Nierstein Spatlese, Premium Quality Late Harvest, Rheinhessen, Germany Alc. 9.5%. An off dry German white wine that's good quality for the price point. Competing Brands: Black Tower and Blue Nun | 7 | £3.49 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 6.6 units per bottle or 1.1 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2006 Oak Aged Claret, Bordeaux, France, Alc 12.5%. This like all red wine around this price point will improve with aeration (decant it or splash it into a big glass). It delivers black fruits, tannin and acidity, and it's better than most pub wines. However, in quality and price, it is merely on the first rung of a very long claret ladder. Competing Brand: Calvet Delia's recipe: Oven Baked Pork Chops in Maple Barbecue Sauce | 5 | £3.49 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.4 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Budvar Pinot Blanc, Tolna, Hungary, Alc.12%. Closed with a screwcap. This wine lacks that 'I must have another glass' quality. Leave it on the shelf | 4 | £3.49 | Yes | Alcohol Units 9.0 units per bottle, or 1.5 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Budvar Pinot Grigio, Felso-Magyarorszag, Hungary, Alc.11.5%. Closed with a screwcap. This dry white wine presents flavours of ripe apples and pears threaded with mouthwatering acidity. Put a bottle in the trolley | 8 | £3.59 | Yes | Alcohol Units 8.6 units per bottle, or 1.4 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Grape Selection, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, S . E. Australia, Alc.14%. Closed with a screwcap. Want an easy drinking Aussie red? Put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek | 8 | £3.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.2 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites & Egg | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Grape Selection, Semillon and Chardonnay, S E Australia, Alc.12%. Closed with a screwcap. This blend of Semillon and Chardonnay presents a dry white wine with rounded flavours of lanolin and spiky notes of citrus. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek | 7 | £3.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9 units per bottle or 1.5units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites & Egg | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Grape Selection, Shiraz and Cabernet, S . E. Australia, Alc.13.5%. Closed with a screwcap. Want an easy drinking Aussie red? Put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek | 8 | £3.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.2 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Reserve Chardonnay, Hunter Valley, Australia, Alc.13%. An Aussie white that delivers mouth-filling fruit flavours, spiked with acidity and peppered with oak. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek Delia's recipe: Chicken Basque | 7 | £3.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.8 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Single Estate Shiraz, Hunter Valley, Australia, Alc.13.5%. Closed with a screwcap. This big Aussie wine delivers plenty of juicy fruit backed by serious mouth-cleansing acidity. Works best with food. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek | 7 | £4.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.2 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Winemakers Selection Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Gewurztraminer,Clare Valley, Australia, Alc.13.5%. If you enjoy floral and lemony smells and tastes - then put a bottle of this moreish dry white wine in the trolley. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek Delia's recipe: Chicken Basque | 9 | £5.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.1 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites & Milk | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Bushland Winemakers Selection, Cabernet Shiraz and Merlot , S Australia, Alc.14.5%. Closed with a screwcap. This is a well crafted Aussie wine that's worth double the shelf price. Put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brand: Jacob's Creek | 10 | £5.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.9 units per bottle or 1.8 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites & Egg | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Collezione Italiana Soave, Veneto, Italy, Alc.11.5%. Closed with a screwcap. Drinkable dry white wine, but you have to pay double to get one that sings of the flavours of Soave. Midweek wine. Competing Brands: Canti, Melini and Connubio | 6 | £3.29 | Yes | Alcohol Units 8.6 units per bottle, or 1.4 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites & Milk traces | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Ile La Forge Vignes de Pioch, Merlot, Vin de Pays D'Oc, S France, Alc. 13.5%. An easy drinking red wine that's well worth it's shelf price. Put a bottle in the trolley. Competing Brands: French Connection | 8 | £4.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.1 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Liebfraumilch, Rheinhessen, Germany Alc. 10%. Closed with a screwcap. Leave it on the shelf. Buy the Anything Goes Riesling - It's three times the quality of this. Competing Brands: Black Tower and Blue Nun | 4 | £2.78 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 7.5 units per bottle or 1.2 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | White Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Macon Blanc Villages, Chardonnay, Henri de Lorgere, White Burgundy, France, Alc.13%. Closed with a screwcap. This has improved big time since I last tasted it. Not a great Macon, but as a five pound bottle of Chardonnay it's well worth a punt! Competing Brands: Blason de Bourgogne and Louis Jadot Tesco's latest wine deals | 7 | £4.99 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 9.6 units per bottle or 1.6 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
| Wine | Red Wine | Aldi | Aldi's 2008 Tierra del Sol Chile Cabernet Sauvignon, Central Valley, Chile, Alc. 13.5%. Closed with a screwcap. This is a poor example of Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile. Leave it on the shelf. Competing Brand: Cono Sur | 4 | £3.29 | Yes | Alcohol Units: 10.1 units per bottle or 1.7 units for 125ml glass of wine Contains: Sulphites | No | No | |||||||||||
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