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:
- 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).
Reviews were conducted with pies at room temperature, usually accompanied by a nice cup of tea. 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. Each Mince Pie was given a score of 0 to 5 (0 being low) on nine different criteria (devised buy the tasters). 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
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| Date: | 23/10/2007 | | Pie: | Co-Op Truly Irresistible 6 all butter mince pies. | | Cost: | £1.49 | | Score: | 64.1% |
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The "Truly Irresistible" pie seems to be a new co-op range, we didn't recognise the packaging from last year. It scored a good 64.1% The Pies best feature was Visual Presentation, and this is the best looking pie so far this year! We were a little disappointed by this pies Aroma. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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| Date: | 19/10/2007 | | Pie: | M&S Luxury Recipe Mince Pies | | Cost: | £1.99 | | Score: | 67.6% |
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The best Pie of the year so far! Great filling, Great sugar coating, Fantastic first impression! |
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| Date: | 17/10/2007 | | Pie: | Waitrose All butter mince pies | | Cost: | £1.99 | | Score: | 60.6% |
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It scored a good 60.6% , but that's less than last years 66%. We were disappointed by the Visual Presentation, the Size and the Sugar coating... Write Comment (0 comments) |
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| Date: | 11/10/2007 | | Pie: | M&S Classic Recipe (12 for £2) | | Cost: | £1.00 | | Score: | 63.7% |
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We can compare this with the M&S Original Recipe from last year which scored 60.9%, so it's an improvement. We felt that the pie was most improved in the Aroma and Filling quality.
We were disappointed by the Quantity of the filling.
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| Date: | 09/10/2007 | | Pie: | ASDA 6 Classic Mince Pies | | Cost: | 2 Boxes for £1 | | Score: | 54.6% |
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We were not impressed by the sugar coating and size. VFM was very high 2.95 which would take it into the top VFM pie when compared with last years scores. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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| Date: | 05/10/2007 | | Pie: | Sainsbury's 6 Deep Mince Pies (2 for £1.60) | | Cost: | £0.80 | | Score: | 59.9% |
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What a good pie to start off the 2007 season. It scored a respectable 59.9% this is an improvement on last years score of 53%
It seems that the area of filling quality is where this pie is most improved. VFM was quite high 2.02 which would take it into the top 5 VFM pies when compared with last years scores.
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This year there nine criteria used to review pies remains the same. This helps us to do year or year comparisons. The nine review criteria were set out as follows:Write Comment (1 comments) |
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