I thought it was free!!!?!!?!!

[LizzyC86]

I have just found out that ALDI Mackerel in tomato sauce is 1.5syns per tin!:cry: I have this all the time for salads of part of a quick meal! It says in the sw books that mackerel in tom sauce is free...but i made this discovery going through my food directory.


Has anyone else ever made any shock syn discoveries on food they thought was free?

 

[BritMumInCanada]

Some brands will be free, but ingredients will vary and some contain oil, so you should always check syns online or input nutritional information in the syns calculator.

 

[BritMumInCanada]

just so you know, these are the ones that are free:


John West Mackerel Fillets in Tomato Sauce, canned, 100g Free Free 8
Sainsbury's Mackerel Fillets in Tomato Sauce, canned, 100g Free Free 7½
John West Mackerel Fillets in Spicy Tomato Sauce, canned, 100g Free Free 8 1/2
Princes Mackerel Fillets in Rich Tomato Sauce, canned, 100g Free Free 10
Morrisons Mackerel in a Spicy Tomato Sauce, 125g can, 100g Free Free 10
Princes Mackerel Fillets in Spicy Tomato Sauce, canned, 125g can Free Free 12 1/2
Sainsbury's Mackerel Fillets in Spicy Tomato Sauce, canned, 100g Free Free 6

 

[xmelonxx]

i hate itwhen that happens x

 

[LizzyC86]

Thank you BritMum thats really useful. i think i better try some other things that I eat alot of now.

 

[lolacola]

Yip, the same thing happened to me with Passata. I was under the impression that Passata was free - full stop. Then one night I was using it and absent mindedly happened to glance at the ingredients on the back, where I noticed it had olive oil in it.

I then looked it up online, and that particular brand was synned (it was an Asda one, called Rustic Passata, I think)

 

[bitbot]

What about Tesco Mackerel in tomato sauce?

 

[GemmaMarshall1983]

No way!!!!! I always buy ASDAs own and didn't even consider it to be synned! Just looked on the calculator and it's 4 syns.....gutted!

 

[paperclip]

What about Tesco Mackerel in tomato sauce?

Worry not - the Tesco one is free too.