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There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.

I am referring to Branston Smooth.

Branston Smooth image

I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?

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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Marmite. I had the displeasure as a child to mistake this for jelly when visiting relatives. It was a nasty surprise.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm hoping this is an American. I can't even imagine taking a huge spoonful thinking it's blackcurrant jelly.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It looks like "stoop" and I'm Dutch. So I expected high octane sugar... It was not. To this day I'm convinced it it made from the gunk thats left after refining oil.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

They call it yeast extract.

What they don't admit is. Yeast it the nickname of an incontinent factory worker.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How do you mistake Marmite for jelly?

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

In the Netherlands we have something called stroop and this looks similar. I was very young 85 to 8 maybe) and did not know any better.