Reviews 2007
Reviews of Mince Pies available in stores during the 2007/2008 Pie Season.

Each review was conducted by an independent panel of volunteer tasters.

The review process was carried out as follows:

  1. Reviews were conducted 'Blind' with the identity of the Mince Pie kept secret from the tasters. (Note: As tasters took it in turns to buy the pies, one taster in each review knew the pies true identity).
  2. Reviews were conducted with pies at room temperature, usually accompanied by a nice cup of tea.
  3. Where possible the tasters sampled the mince pies at the same time, so that age, humidity and dryness would not adversely affect the pies taste.
  4. Each Mince Pie was given a score of 0 to 5 (0 being low) on nine different criteria (devised buy the tasters).
  5. Each criteria was deemed to have equal weighting in calculating the Mince Pies Average Score or Total.
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Details of the review criteria can be found here


Reviews 2007 - Round 17 - Buxton Country Pie PDF Print E-mail
Date: 29/11/2009 
Pie: 
Buxton Country Pie 6 Mince Pies
Cost: £1.09
Score: 54.1%

It was another one of those 'flat' pies or 'shallow' pies. Quite good looking with plenty of sugar on top. However it was really let down by the poor quality of the filling.

Not much more I can say about it really..... and average pie.


Buxton Country Mince Pies
Buxton Country Mince Pie
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Reviews 2007 - Round 16 - Warings PDF Print E-mail
Date: 27/11/2007 
Pie: 
Warings Mince Pie
Cost: £3.25
Score: 50.3%

Today's pie had a real 'Hand Made' feel about it.
Not very tall, but quite large diameter, mine looked a bit squashed!

It was quite hard to award this pie points, as there was little sugar coating or aroma or attempt at interesting presentation!

However the filling was good, quite fruity and tasty.


Warings Mince Pies


Warings Mince Pie

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Reviews 2007 - Round 15 - Bettys By Post Mince Pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 22/11/2007 
Pie: 
Bettys By Post Mince Pies
Cost: £8
Score: 70.6%
20071122 Bettys By Post

What a lovely pie, we all seemed to enjoy it. The best pie of the season so far!

It was baked specially for the Mince Pie Club, and delivered by courier. 

The only down site seems to be that it was not big enough!

They can be ordered from the Bettys web site here

Lovely looking pie with a star on top.
Filling good, but a little too sweet perhaps?
All in all a very good pie from Bettys

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Reviews 2007 - Round 14 - Waitrose Shortcrust Mince Pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 20/11/2007 
Pie: 
Waitrose Shortcrust Mince Pies £2.09 for 12
Cost: £1.05
Score: 50.5%

This pie scored just 50.8%, when last year it scored 63%
So both Waitrose pies that we tested have scored less this year.... a worrying trend!

Generally we were not impressed by this pie!

It was really let down by the sugar coating, scoring the lowest of any pie so far this year!


Waitrose Shortcrust Mince Pies

Waitrose Shortcrust Mince Pie
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Reviews 2007 - Round 13 - Sainsbury's Shortcrust Mince Pies (Baked in Store) PDF Print E-mail
Date: 15/11/2007 
Pie: 
Sainsbury's Shortcrust Mince Pies (Baked in Store)
Cost: £1.09
Score: 55.8%
20071115 Sainsburys Shortcrust Mince Pies
This pie was definitely a slim one.
Although it was Sainsbury's, Baked in Store, Shortcrust Mince Pie, it left people wanting more!
It scored the lowest on filling quantity so far.
This pie had a VFM of 1.38, kind of average.
The tasting team were not in agreement as the Standard deviation was high, 4.31!Write Comment (0 comments)
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Reviews 2007 - Round 12 - ASDA Extra Special, 6 Rich Fruite Mince Pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 13/11/2007 
Pie: 
ASDA Extra Special, 6 Rich Fruite Mince Pies
Cost: £1.48
Score: 67.4%
20071113 ASDA Extra Special 6Rich Fruite Mince Pies

Today's pie was quite a good one.

It jumped in to second place of all the pies tasted so far this year!

Most people liked this pie, with may of the Tasting Team giving their highest score yet!

Standard deviation was the lowest so far, 2.72, so all the Tasting team were in agreement.

This pie is much improved from last year too, when it scored 64%

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Reviews 2007 - Round 11 - Tesco Deep Filled Mince pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 08/11/2007 
Pie: 
Tesco Deep Filled Mince pies
Cost: £1.09
Score: 61.6%
20071108 Tesco Deep Filled Mince Pies

Well presented with a nice star design on top.

Most people enjoyed this pie.

However it scored less this year than last (66%) so a worrying trend for Tesco?

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Reviews 2007 - Round 10 - Lyons Shortcrust Mince Pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 06/11/2007 
Pie: 
Lyons Shortcrust Mince Pies 12 for £1.35
Cost: £0.68
Score: 46.5%
20071106 Lyons 12 Mince Pies
The Lowest score this year!
Most people gave this pie their lowest score so far.
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Reviews 2007 - Round 9 - Somerfield 6 Deep filled Mince Pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 01/11/2007 
Pie: 
Somerfield 6 Deep filled Mince Pies
Cost: £1.10
Score: 60.0%
20071101 Somerfield 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies

Our first Sommerfield pie, and it was quite nice.

 A pleasant looking pie with a nice design on top.

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Reviews 2007 - Round 8 - Tesco Finest PDF Print E-mail
Date: 30/10/2007 
Pie: 
Tesco Finest
Cost: £1.48
Score: 61.8%
20071030 Tesco Finest 6 Mince Pies
Quite a good looking pie with soft pastry

It scored better than last year (58%)

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Reviews 2007 - Round 7 - Sainsbury's Taste the difference. 6 Brandy rich mince pies PDF Print E-mail
Date: 25/10/2007 
Pie: 
Sainsbury's Taste the difference. 6 Brandy rich mince pies
Cost: £1.59
Score: 62.9%
Sainsbuys Taste The Difference 6 Brandy Rich Mince Pies
A good pie with quite distinctive setam holes.
A good score too.... but less than last year when it scored 69%. 
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Best Mince Pies in 2008
Pie Score
Morrisons The Best 4 Instore Baked Deep Filled Mince Pies £1.59 
 76.3%
Waitrose All Butter Mince Pie  75.9%
Morrisons The Best 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies. £1.69  75.6%
Sainsbury's Taste the difference 6 Brandy rich mince pies (2 Tests)  70.9%
Aldi Specially Selected 6 Luxury Mince Pies  68.4%
2007 Top 5 Mince Pie
PieScore
Starbucks   78.1%
M&S Connoisseur Mince Pies  71.8%
Bettys By Post Mince Pies   70.6%
Sainsburys So Organic 6 Luxury Mince Pies
 68.2%
Morrisons The Best 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies
 67.9%
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