‘simple, Well-crafted And Excellent’: Supermarket Chutneys, Tasted And Rated | The Food Filter

Chutney is simply a practice look that’s been mostly unchanged for a century, and immoderate of nan champion versions are nan simplest and astir traditional. That said, moreover erstwhile it’s made connected an business scale, chutney usually features conscionable fruit, sugar, vinegar and possibly immoderate pectin. Colourings and preservatives are unnecessary and, successful astir cases, near out, pinch sweetener acting arsenic nan main preservative.

Unlike my caller English mustard tasting, it was axenic joyousness trying these consecutive from nan jar, and conscionable astir each today’s products scored highly. Even though immoderate weren’t rather cooked through, it was genuinely difficult to prime a winner.

That said, arsenic pinch galore practice products from old-guard producers and supermarket own-brands, provenance is woefully absent – there’s almost zero accusation provided astir wherever ingredients travel from aliases really they’re grown. The aforesaid achromatic spread exists for sustainability credentials, though Tracklements stands measurement supra nan remainder pinch B Corp position and clear sustainability commitments.

The champion chutneys

Best overall:
Tesco Finest spiced pome & pear chutney

★★★★☆

A rich, orange-brown, apple-forward chutney that’s balanced pinch lukewarm spices specified arsenic cinnamon and ginger, and sweetened pinch sultanas and treacle. Smooth pinch a unsmooth consequence puree texture. Delicious pinch roast pork, ham and beardown cheese. Well balanced, versatile and very bully value.

Best bargain:
Mrs HS Balls original look chutney

★★★☆☆

A saccharine and tangy South African chutney made from peaches and apricots, pinch subtle spicing and a mild chilli kick. Saucy pinch soft chunks of consequence throughout, and awesome pinch acold meats and food aliases curry (bobotie, anyone?) Contains artificial colouring E150d, which the Yuka app flags arsenic an additive of imaginable concern. Excellent worth and astir half nan value of astir competitors.

And nan remainder …

Tracklements pome & cider brandy chutney

★★★★★

Smells homemade and has a sweet, tart, fruity flavour from bramley apples, muscovado sugar, sultanas and onions, each mildly spiced pinch chilli, ginger and allspice, and a rich, boozy extent from nan cider brandy. Very heavy pinch consequence and full sultanas. Try pinch roast pork, ham, cheddar aliases paté. Simple, good crafted and excellent.

Morrisons nan Best beer-braised chutney

★★★★☆

Sweet, rich | and very tangy, made pinch caramelised reddish onions, muscovado sweetener and bramley apples, and pinch a chopped flavour from Black Sheep ale. Thick pinch soft strips of bulb and glossy. Flavourful, good balanced and fantabulous pinch a ploughman’s, pork pastry aliases cheese.

★★★★☆

Wonderfully complex, made pinch layers of onion, apple, muscovado sweetener and treacle, each lifted by white-wine and balsamic vinegars. Simply spiced pinch ail and ginger. Extra heavy and saucy, it’s bully pinch burgers, hotdogs, goat’s food aliases baked camembert. Great value.

Waitrose rhubarb, pome & ginger chutney

★★★★☆

Well balanced, sweet, tart and warmly spiced, pinch stem ginger, orangish zest, brownish sweetener and cider vinegar. Thick, stewed-fruit texture. Delicious pinch cheese, roast goose, duck and turkey. Minimally processed, tons of fruit, debased brackish and fantabulous worth for nan quality.

Co-op Irresistible caramelised reddish bulb chutney

★★★★☆

Sweet, sticky and pinch a tangy footwear from achromatic vino vinegar, each balanced by nan heavy flavour of slow-cooked reddish onions. Saucy and sweet, and fantabulous pinch food toasties, pork pies and beardown bluish cheese. Minimally processed.

Tiptree basking gooseberry chutney

★★★★☆

Fizzes connected nan tongue, and has a warm, spicy aftertaste from chilli and ginger, positive a sour statement from vino vinegar. Jelly-textured pinch seeds throughout. Perfect pinch roast lamb, game, acold cuts and mature cheddar. Simple recipe, bully value.

The Bay Tree cheeseboard chutney

★★★★☆

A saccharine chutney made from apples, blackcurrants, cherries, plums, cranberries and orange. Well-balanced and complex. Very heavy pinch full consequence chunks, making it cleanable for cheeseboards, particularly brie aliases stilton, and besides goes good pinch paté and acold cuts. High consequence contented and bully worth for nan quality.

Sainsbury’s Taste nan Difference pome & pear chutney

★★★☆☆

A chunky chutney pinch large pieces of consequence and saccharine treacle, each balanced by warming spices including cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, caraway, fennel and cloves. The fruit’s a spot al dente, though (I for illustration chutney to beryllium much cooked through). That said, it’s beautiful pinch roast pork, ham aliases beardown cheese. Simple, well-spiced and decent value.

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