I tried supermarkets’ pigs in blankets for Christmas – the moreish winner is half the price of Waitrose

MOST of america emotion a pig successful broad astatine Christmas… but which ones are the champion worth for money?

The Sun has tested the accepted treats from large supermarkets Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Lidl – and compared them with ones from posh supermarket Waitrose.

This year, for the archetypal time, we’ve besides included Amazon’s caller “by Amazon” scope successful the tests.

We cooked the pigs successful blankets according to their packet instructions and gave them a people retired of 10 for taste.

We besides rated them retired of 10 for value, based connected their terms per 100g.

Here’s however the pigs successful blankets scored retired of 20 overall:

Waitrose Pigs successful Blankets, £5.25 for 12, 252g

We were expecting Waitrose’s pigs successful blankets to beryllium apical notch, arsenic they were much than doubly the terms of different supermarket brands – but we weren’t hugely impressed. 

The nutrient looked pink and pale, which wasn’t appetising. And the sausage had a mushy texture and tasted unusually sweet. Although the bacon was heavy and meaty, it tasty much similar gammon than accepted crispy bacon.

We didn’t deliberation these were worthy the other cost.

Taste: 6/10

Value: 4/10

Total: 10/20

WINNER

Tesco Pigs successful Blankets, £2.50 for 12, 222g

We were pleased to spot Tesco has brought backmost its modular caller pigs successful blankets this year, which were astir mid-range connected price, astatine £1.13 per 100g.

These were decent cocktail sausages which came wrapped successful a smoky, crispy bacon. Although they were a spot salty, they were precise moreish. 

For fractional the terms of the Waitrose version, these would beryllium cleanable for a festive feast.

Taste: 8/10

Value: 7/10

Total: 15/20

Asda Pigs successful Blankets, £2.40 for 12, 222g 

The Asda pigs successful blankets were disappointing. The sausage was mushy and precise inexpensive tasting, portion the bacon was tasteless – and near a greasy feeling successful the rima aft eating.

These were 1 of the cheaper ones we tried, astatine £1.08 per 100g, but it would beryllium worthy spending a fewer pennies much connected different supermarket version.

Taste: 3/10

Value: 6/10

Total: 9/20

Morrisons Pigs successful Blankets, £2.75 for 12, 210g

These Morrisons pigs successful blankets crisped up nicely successful the oven and had a decent texture but didn’t person a beardown taste. Both the sausage and bacon tasted akin – it was hard to archer the quality betwixt them – truthful the full happening was rather bland. It was besides precise salty.

We besides weren’t impressed by however small nutrient you get for your money. This was the smallest mentation we tried, with a battalion size of conscionable 210g. It outgo much arsenic a result, astatine £1.31 per 100g.

Taste: 5/10

Value: 5/10

Total: 10/20

Sainsbury’s Pigs successful Blankets, £3.25 for 12, 260g

These pigs successful blankets from Sainsbury’s were 1 of the champion ones we tasted. The sausage had a herby, sage taste, conscionable similar accepted sausage. And the bacon was precise bladed truthful crisped up nicely – though it besides burnt easily. 

At £1.25 per 100g, these were cheaper than fancier brands but conscionable arsenic good.

Taste: 6/10

Value: 6/10

Total: 12/20

Aldi Ashfields Pigs successful Blankets, £1.99 for 12, 222g

Aldi’s pigs successful blankets looked a spot unusual arsenic the sausages were agelong and thin, with a tiny spot of bacon wrapped astir the mediate similar a napkin ring. 

The bacon was crispy and had a rich, smoky bacon sensation – but unluckily the sausage was bland and lacking successful seasoning. 

At conscionable 90p per 100g, these were the cheapest caller pigs successful blankets we tried. They weren’t astonishing but they were beauteous bully for the price.

Taste: 4/10

Value: 8/10

Total: 12/20

Lidl Party Time Pigs successful Blankets, £1.99 for 12, 240g (frozen)

This year, Lidl hasn’t yet released immoderate modular scope caller pigs successful blankets – truthful we tested its frozen Party Time version. Although these were the cheapest we tried, astatine conscionable 83p per 100g, they were disappointing. 

The bacon unpeeled from the sausages during cooking, truthful they fell apart. The bacon tasted a spot similar plastic, portion the sausages were bland and cardboard-like successful taste. We wouldn’t urge these.

Taste: 3/10

Value: 7/10

Total: 10/20

By Amazon Pigs successful Blankets, £4 for 12, 252g

By Amazon’s pigs successful blankets had truly large sausages, which were packed with meaty flavour and accepted herbs similar sage. But the bacon was a disappointment – we could hardly sensation it, truthful it acted much similar a crispy tegument connected the sausage than an other furniture of taste.

These were besides much costly than the supermarket brands, astatine £1.59 per 100g. 

Taste: 6/10

Value: 6/10

Total: 12/20

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