Vimto

Mark2009 · 05-07-2019, 17:12

I used to love Vimto but hadn't drunk it for probably more than 30 years. A friend offered me some the other day and it was nothing like I used to drink. Wonder why they had to change the recipe ? Is thee anything else other people liked that is very different today ?
Mark

TubbyLes · 05-07-2019, 17:49

Everything,but I am 80yrs old!

Margaret Pilkington · 05-07-2019, 18:39

I think the recipe changed several years ago.....and removing the sugar for artificial sweeteners did not help.
While I do not drink much fizzy pop....I do like a cold glass of 7 Up.....they have reduced the sugar by 30%.....and while the sweetener used is Stevia(or a steviocide)....totally natural, it no longer tastes like it did.

So I don't drink it anymore.

Less · 05-07-2019, 19:48

Could it be...
We remember our childhood favourites but have aged enough to be dissapointed that life and our bodies don't offer us the excitement we felt back then?
I know the first pint of bitter I ever bought was so much more exciting than the day to day drinks I have now and yet...
I wouldn't want to be without it, the first of every day does bring back such reassurance of stolen youthful memories.

monkey hanger · 06-07-2019, 07:58

its nor just the taste of stuff thats changes but the size of the tins and packets that get smaller. tins of chocolates at christmas comes to mind. not a big sweet eater but i,m sure mars bars etc. are smaller than when i was a kid.

AccyMad · 06-07-2019, 08:10

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Originally Posted by monkey hanger

its nor just the taste of stuff thats changes but the size of the tins and packets that get smaller. tins of chocolates at christmas comes to mind. not a big sweet eater but i,m sure mars bars etc. are smaller than when i was a kid.

Wagon wheels are definitely smaller

flashy · 06-07-2019, 08:29

Wham bars definately arent the same second time around

Exile on Spencer St · 06-07-2019, 10:10

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Originally Posted by monkey hanger

... but i,m sure mars bars etc. are smaller than when i was a kid.

No, it's your hands that have got bigger!

cashman · 06-07-2019, 11:02

mars bars are about half the size they were no doubt at all.

monkey hanger · 06-07-2019, 11:52

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Originally Posted by AccyMad

Wagon wheels are definitely smaller

wagon wheels should have their name changed. go car wheels more like it now.

Margaret Pilkington · 06-07-2019, 15:13

Cashy...you are so right.....I could never eat a whole Mars bar ...but now they are thinner and I could probably eat two(greedy guts)

Mark2009 · 06-07-2019, 17:41

Havent eaten crisps for donkeys years, used to love smokey bacon with the bright orange flavour coating. Bet they aren't like that now.
Mark

ferret man · 06-07-2019, 21:51

Used to buy cobs of bread Lidl this is only weeks ago, they were a good size ish for £1-29 I think now they are half the size same price, I no longer buy them.

KiTChener · 12-07-2019, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Cashy...you are so right.....I could never eat a whole Mars bar ...but now they are thinner and I could probably eat two(greedy guts)

My wife, being diabetic, used to have a Mars bar if she went 'hypo' (low blood sugar), but over last 3/4 years, she had to eat two to have similar effect.

Margaret Pilkington · 12-07-2019, 16:38

I can believe that....and don't get me started on Walnut whips.
You can almost get a whole one in your mouth in one bite.