Heinz just launched a £25 advent calendar — but it’s missing an iconic sauce

There’s plentifulness to emotion astir the tally up to Christmas, but getting to unfastened an advent calendar doorway each time and bask a small dainty is up determination for me. 

And this year, a fig of brands person launched weird and fantastic advent calendars – from M&S’ fabulous Chocolate Shop, to Walkers’ arguable crisp calendar, and 1 that costs an eye-watering £180.

If you similar savoury to sweet, past don’t panic arsenic Heinz has you covered. 

The condiment marque is the latest to leap connected the bandwagon, launching a limited-edition 12 Days of Saucemas Calendar, packed with a fig of fan-favourites.

The product, which costs £25, features 12 full-size bottles of Heinz sauces – everything from the classical Tomato Ketchup, to Truffle Mayonnaise.

For those wanting to get their hands connected a calendar, they’re presently disposable connected the heinztohome.co.uk website with escaped delivery, but determination are lone 2,000 connected merchantability – truthful you’ll person to beryllium speedy to nab one.

Warning: Spoilers for the wrong of the advent calendar ahead…

Heinz fans online person been near somewhat divided implicit the festive item, with immoderate claiming it was their thought of ‘heaven’ and it had near them ‘speechless’, but others wishing they could alteration a fewer things astir it. 

On Instagram @UKNewestFoods shared a reappraisal for the advent calendar, filming themselves opening up the doors. In the clip, they gave it a 0/10 for festiveness, arsenic the wrong of the doors weren’t peculiarly Christmassy nor were determination immoderate festive flavours, but their wide verdict was that it was worthy it for the price, arsenic buying the idiosyncratic sauces would adhd up to a akin total.

People successful the comments weren’t excessively fussed astir the plan of the box, arsenic it was the contents that they were much acrophobic with.

@jess93_xo said: ‘They person specified a immense assortment of sauces this was kinda disappointing, but worthy the money. You request a owe for Heinz herb condiment these days lol.’ Similarly, @simongallagher13 replied: ‘Have to say, putting successful mayo and airy mayo feels similar cheating.’

However, @ams34567 disagreed with this verdict and was upset that determination were lone 2 bottles of ketchup, adding: ‘There should beryllium more.’

While @yelle1383 was outraged that 1 fashionable condiment was notably missing from the advent calendar: Salad Cream.

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Others thought a akin merchandise but filled with Heinz tins of crockery would besides beryllium a bully idea. We tin spot the vision…

Thiago Rapp, Director of Taste Elevation astatine Kraft Heinz, added: ‘We’re truthful excited to beryllium launching the Heinz 12 Days of Saucemas Calendar for each our loyal, sauce-loving fans.

‘We cognize galore of you volition lone person our sauces connected the meal array this festive season, truthful we anticipation our limited-edition calendar volition beryllium the cleanable acquisition for anyone wanting to adhd adjacent much festive cheer this twelvemonth – 1 sauce-filled time astatine a time!’

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