I can’t believe it’s not 250 g of butter!

250 not 350 - that would have been better!

Sounds wonderful. Yes you’re right on shrinkage

Yep RosiesMaw2 this lark has been going on for at least a year now.
You really have to examine things when shopping now AND those spreadables too, they have re+jigged the recipe /ingredients so that the ratio of butter to ..erm other junk has altered to more junk than butter (really don’t like rapeseed oil)
‘‘Tis the way of the world 🫤 sneaky gits

Yes!

Some packs are still 250g eg Waitrose own brand but I wanted Lurpak for a change and most of thd branded ones are now 200g.

The price remains the same of course.
Shrinkage.

It sounds delicious btw

"Shrinkflation" has to be the manufacturers and retailers blatantly putting two fingers up to the customers and implying "so what suckers?"
Or maybe they think we're too thick to notice, which is an outright insult, but to scale down from the standard 250g to 200g (and same price, I assume) is customer contempt at an Olympic level.
And the big supermarkets operate a cosy cartel, though they swear on their Mother's grave that they never have and never will...........spivs!

Allira

Yes!

Some packs are still 250g eg Waitrose own brand but I wanted Lurpak for a change and most of thd branded ones are now 200g.

The price remains the same of course.
Shrinkage.

It sounds delicious btw

Not as far as Lurpak goes. The size of the packets went down when Brexit became a reality - as far as I know, because we (Denmark) assumed we would loose the British market, and other markets US, China etc. preferred 200 g packets.

I use a slightly salted butter for spreading and the packs are 250g.
The unsalted, for cooking, Sainsbury's own brand, also 250g.

Anchor butter is now only 200gms.

We used to use Sainsbury Organic or Kerrygold depending on price at the time.

Just after lockdown we got caught like you RosiesMaw as Sainsbury Organic had been reduced to 200g. Kerrygold is still 250g and we use that all the time now.

I use olive oil spread no one can tell it's not butter and it's cheaper than butter. 500g and 1kg tubs. Gives all my baking a lighter texture than butter.

I would never attempt to make frangipane with any of those spreads and I’m not convinced they’re really any healthier but that’s for another day!

Never mind all that - what's your address? I'm on my way for some of those tarts!

Müller, standard at the Co-op, haven't shrunk yet and it's very nice butter. Usually the cheapest too.

I disabused Minibaggs of the idea that she'd been brought up on Lurpak. Nope, I said, Co-op cheapest always. Co-op used to do their "own brand" which was fine but now it's Müller. Both just as good as Lurpak, which I was brought up on as it happens.

grandtanteJE65

Allira

Yes!

Some packs are still 250g eg Waitrose own brand but I wanted Lurpak for a change and most of thd branded ones are now 200g.

The price remains the same of course.
Shrinkage.

It sounds delicious btw

Not as far as Lurpak goes. The size of the packets went down when Brexit became a reality - as far as I know, because we (Denmark) assumed we would loose the British market, and other markets US, China etc. preferred 200 g packets.

Well, that's interesting!

It can't be that long since I bought it, surely? My mother loved Lurpak butter.

RosiesMaw2

I would never attempt to make frangipane with any of those spreads and I’m not convinced they’re really any healthier but that’s for another day!

Cakes are the true test of "spreads". They always taste better if made with proper butter.

I saw a test on twtr recently. Someone smeared butter on one leaf and "spread" on another and left them out to see which ants would prefer. The ants went straight for the butter. They know what real food is.

Whiff

I use olive oil spread no one can tell it's not butter and it's cheaper than butter. 500g and 1kg tubs. Gives all my baking a lighter texture than butter.

I think I’d be able to tell! At least on toast or a crumpet. 😋
But I don’t use butter for cakes or pastry - I actually prefer them made with Stork for Cakes, and a hard version for pastry.

I can definitely tell the difference between all those 'spreads' and actual butter. My inlaws used to get the olive oil one and you could taste the difference right away.

aldi and lidle are still 250gms

Kerrygold do make a 200 gram pack - bought it in the Spar. Was a ‘special offer’. Not seen it again though.

Tesco’s own brand is 250, hadn’t noticed until now as I never bake.

Granmarderby10

Yep RosiesMaw2 this lark has been going on for at least a year now.
You really have to examine things when shopping now AND those spreadables too, they have re+jigged the recipe /ingredients so that the ratio of butter to ..erm other junk has altered to more junk than butter (really don’t like rapeseed oil)
‘‘Tis the way of the world 🫤 sneaky gits

A few months ago I compared the ingredients of Lurpak and Tesco's Butterpak. They were almost identical - the 250g pack of Lurpak had 52% butter and 24% rapeseed oil (plus water etc)

When I read this thread, I checked on the Tesco website and and both still have 52/23 split.

What was more interesting is the prices -

250g Lurpak £3.10, (Tesco 250g seems unavailable)
400g Lurpak £3.75 , but Tesco 500g £2.09 !! (Aldi Price Match)

With Tesco's the same proportions as Lurpak at considerably less, it is worth nipping to Tesco and stocking up with 500g packs. It freezes well, BTW.

I think the 250g must be out of stock at my nearest Tesco. Last time i bought it, it was considerably cheaper than Lurpak, but almost identical ingredients/proportions.

Yes, I nearly got caught out with this a couple of months ago. I am now getting very good at doing maths when buying butter.

If it is 200gr divide by 4, if 250 gr divide by 5 and you have comparable prices. The result can sometimes be quie surprising.

I made Bakewell tart for my craft group 2 weeks ago after making sure no one was allergic to nuts. One of my friends said it looked lovely but wouldn't have a piece as she doesn't like cherries. I asked why she thought there where cherries in it. Turned out she thought Bakewell tart was what Mr Kipling's was . I put strawberry jam in it . And definitely no icing on the top. Used a very rich short crust pastry with the olive spread and egg yolk . And Franizpane. Everyone loved it . And they requested it again.

What amazes me people my age 66 had never had steamed sponge ,bread pudding ,bread and butter pudding ,treacle tart which is made with golden syrup not treacle, parkin had been a revelation to some. And yet these are all things I grew up with plus many other basic puds and cakes .