Tesco’s Aldi price-matched products are not like for like, report says

Dozens of items at UK’s largest supermarket chain contain lower proportions of key ingredients than rival, BBC claims

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Dozens of Tesco food products contain lower proportions of key ingredients than “price-matched” equivalents at Aldi, according to a report that raises questions over value for money at the UK’s largest supermarket chain.

BBC Panorama said that 38 out of 122 Tesco products it surveyed contained at least five percentage points less of the main ingredient than the Aldi items they had been matched to.

Tesco chicken kievs – 44% chicken; Aldi – 57%;

Tesco cottage pie – 18% beef; Aldi Inspired Cuisine cottage pie – 25%;

Tesco Hearty Food Co chicken nuggets – 39% chicken; Aldi Roosters chicken Nuggets – 60%;

Tesco Stockwell & Co chilli con carne – 15% beef; Aldi Bramwells chilli con carne – 27%; and

Tesco No Added Sugar DS apple blackcurrant squash – 6% fruit juices from concentrate; Aldi Sun Quench Double Strength apple and blackcurrant squash – 20%.

Hearty Food Co 10 fish fingers – 64% Alaska pollack; Aldi’s Everyday Essentials fish fingers – 58%;

Tesco’s Eastmans coleslaw – 57% cabbage; Aldi’s The Deli creamy coleslaw – 47%; and

Tesco Eastmans reduced fat houmous – 62% cooked chickpeas; Aldi’s The Deli reduced fat houmous – 55%.

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