{"id":30470,"date":"2023-10-09T04:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=30470"},"modified":"2023-10-15T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:33:28","slug":"5-store-brand-items-that-are-definitely-not-worth-the-savings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id30470-5-store-brand-items-that-are-definitely-not-worth-the-savings-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Worst Store Brand Grocery Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-peas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30491\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-peas.png\" alt=\"worst store brand grocery products\" width=\"395\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-peas.png 500w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-peas-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/generic-peas-37x50.png 37w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a>Yes, buying store brands is a great way to <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id484-this-little-trick-can-save-you-thousands-on-your-grocery-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">save money on your grocery bill<\/a> &#8212; but the truth is, sometimes you&#8217;re better off sticking with the name brand product.<\/p>\n<p>Long-time readers who have been following my blog probably know that, since my first <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id771-my-store-brand-vs-name-brand-blind-taste-test-experiment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">store brand challenge<\/a> in 2009, I&#8217;ve conducted more than a dozen taste test experiments that have evaluated almost 30 products using an extensive panel of culinary experts. (Yes, that would be my wacky family!) In fact, over the years I&#8217;ve run product taste tests on almost everything you can think of: from ice cream and Oreos to peanut butter and margarine.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, I often get asked if my testing revealed any name brand products that the store brands just couldn&#8217;t beat when it came to quality and taste. The answer is: Of course, there are &#8211; but only a few.<\/p>\n<p>So what <em><strong>are<\/strong><\/em> the worst store brand grocery products?<\/p>\n<p>Well &#8230; here are the five worst-performing store-brand products from all of those experiments &#8212; at least according to my expert panel &#8212; whose taste and quality failed to match their more-famous name brand counterparts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snack Crackers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The name-brand Ritz cracker trounced its store-brand knock-off. In fact, it was no contest. Some of the words used by my expert panel to describe the store brand Ritz knock-off cracker were: &#8220;pasty,&#8221; &#8220;chalky,&#8221; and &#8220;flavorless.&#8221; The store brand crackers were also given demerits for having a weird texture. The general consensus was that the store brand version of Ritz famous cracker couldn&#8217;t match the original&#8217;s buttery flavor. All in all, the panel praised the Ritz crackers for being tastier and crispier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fruit Cocktail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was another battle that was almost over before it started. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id927-my-store-brand-vs-name-brand-blind-taste-test-experiment-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Del Monte in a landslide<\/a>. The biggest complaint about the store brand fruit cocktail was that it was too syrupy. But many of the panelists also grumbled about the lack cherries and almost-colorless fruit. According to the panel, the Del Monte fruit cocktail scored points on multiple fronts, including its fresh fruit taste, vibrant color and, of course, the inclusion of cherries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>White Corn Tortilla Chips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to white corn tortilla chips, my expert panel said Tostitos was clearly better-tasting than its store-brand imitation. The store brand tortilla chips were found to be too salty. The panel said the store brand chips just couldn&#8217;t match crispness and flavor of its name-brand competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margarine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The panel found that, when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id14853-my-margarine-taste-test-which-brand-tastes-most-like-butter-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">store-brand margarine<\/a>, you don&#8217;t always get what you pay for. In my experiment, the store-brand margarine was so much worse than Land O&#8217; Lakes Fresh Buttery Spread that fully one-third of the panelists gave the store brand a grade of &#8216;D&#8217; or &#8216;F.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Potato Chips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How bad are <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id8421-my-potato-chip-taste-test.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">store brand potato chips<\/a>? Judging from my expert panel, pretty bad. In fact, here&#8217;s how they described them: &#8220;ordinary, &#8220;too salty,&#8221; &#8220;stale,&#8221; &#8220;bitter,&#8221; &#8220;blah,&#8221; and &#8220;lacked flavor.&#8221; And those chips came from the same bag, which suggests a complete lack of uniformity and quality control. The chips from Lay&#8217;s fared significantly better.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, here is a summary chart showing just how poorly these five store-brand products performed against their name-brand counterparts, according to my expert panel:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-80514\" src=\"http:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-1024x447.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Untitled.png 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So there you have it. Some times you really <strong><em>do<\/em><\/strong> get what you pay for. For these five items, the higher cost is worth considering despite price premiums between 75% and 112%.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I know what you&#8217;re thinking. If you&#8217;re looking to save money, the good news is my expert panel found far more store brand products that actually <strong><em>outperformed<\/em><\/strong> their name brand counterparts in terms of taste and quality. I cover those items in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id30780-8-store-brand-items-that-are-superior-to-their-name-brand-twins-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 Store Brand Items That Are Superior to Their Name Brand Twins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: robertstinnett<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, buying store brands is a great way to save money on your grocery bill &#8212; but the truth is, sometimes you&#8217;re better off sticking with the name brand product. Long-time readers who have been following my blog probably know that, since my first store brand challenge in 2009, I&#8217;ve conducted more than a dozen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[477,467],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-product-tests","8":"category-shopping","9":"pmpro-has-access","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 5 Worst Store Brand Grocery Products<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sometimes national brands can&#039;t be beat. 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