Skip These 10 Popular Tesco Desserts (And 5 That Are Actually Worth Buying)

Skip These 10 Popular Tesco Desserts (And 5 That Are Actually Worth Buying) Most British shoppers judge a dessert by the front of the pack: a familiar brand, a picture of cream or chocolate, and four stars from other customers. Turn the packs over at Tesco and the ingredient lists can tell you something else. One of the best-rated vanilla ice creams in the freezer has no cream in it, and in Britain the words "ice cream" don't legally require any. A sticky toffee pudding sold on its dates turns out to be three per cent dates. In this video, we put fifteen popular Tesco desserts through two tests. The first compares the ingredient list with what the front of the pack promises. The second is the star rating from the shoppers who bought them. Ten we'd skip, and five pass both tests. In this video, you'll discover: The big-name vanilla ice cream with nearly 500 reviews, and the word on its label most shoppers have never seen Why "ice cream" in Britain doesn't have to mean cream, and the one word on the tub that does The much-loved custard that contains no eggs and no cream The sticky toffee pudding with just 3% dates Two Tesco sticky toffee puddings on the same shelf, a full star apart, and the ingredient that explains the gap The six-ingredient vanilla tub that answers almost half the skip list Why Tesco's cheapest brand makes the skip list twice and still takes our top buy The five-rule Dessert Label Check that takes about ten seconds per pack Every claim in this video is based on Tesco's published ingredient lists and customer ratings, UK food labelling rules, Hansard, Which? testing, or named sources. At UK Food Exposed, we investigate what British consumers are actually getting for their money, from supermarket shelves to restaurant chains and the heritage brands we grew up trusting. If this video helps you shop smarter, subscribe to UK Food Exposed, hit the Hype button, and hit like. Every hype helps push this investigation to more shoppers before their nex