Food UK
Blind Tasting BUDGET vs PREMIUM Ingredients: Are They Worth It?
Can you actually taste the difference between budget and premium ingredients… and is the expensive version really worth it?
In this blind taste test, we put cheap vs expensive ingredients head-to-head to find out where the extra money really goes. Is it better flavour? Better texture? Better sourcing? Better ingredients? Or just better branding?
We tested 4 Categories in real dishes:
Sesame Oil in Yukhoe
Frozen Garlic Bread with Pasta Bolognese
Rogan Josh Curry Sauce in a Lamb Rogan Josh
Granny Smith Apples in a Crab Salad
Some of these products looked similar. Some had wildly different price tags. And some premium ingredients came with all the right claims; handcrafted, hand-picked, natural, Michelin-linked, high-quality sourcing, traditional production methods. But once it came down to the actual tasting… could we tell?
Along the way we look at:
– Whether premium ingredients really deliver more flavour
– What to check on labels before you spend extra
– Where cheaper ingredients often cut corners
– Which products are worth upgrading
From Japanese toasted sesame oil to Michelin-linked curry sauce, this is a full budget vs premium food taste test to find out what’s genuinely worth paying for.
Let us know in the comments:
Which ingredient do you think makes the biggest difference and which “premium” product do you think is overrated?
#BudgetVsPremium #BlindTasteTest #FoodComparison #ExpensiveVsCheap #IngredientTasteTest
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Some of the most viral recipes on the internet are utter rage bait… but how do they actually taste?
@MarkWiens joins Chef Ben to taste some recreated versions and after tasting each dish, they’re stepping in to fix what went wrong!
Head over to Mark Wiens:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEd6QBSgat5kkC6svyjudA
https://www.instagram.com/migrationology/
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Today the guys are tasked to improve the internet’s most outrageous rage bait recipes – the chaotic, cursed creations that rack up millions of views for the wrong reasons. But will they impress Chef Kush?
Sorted Weekend Live Show – BACK TO THEIR OLD SCHOOL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982666728557
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July 2026
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STOP EATING BORING DINNERS!
It’s easier than you think to cook up banging food… Click here to try Sidekick FREE for 30 days: https://onelink.sorted.club/vWe9/lx15b74h
Why’s it so awesome?
– Discover new ingredients and dishes
– Boost your confidence in the kitchen
– Reduce the stress of deciding what to cook EVERY day
– Make grocery shopping simple, with an automatically-generated list
– Cook more sustainably & reduce your food waste
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Spanish Purple Garlic – subtle, delicious, long lasting but expensive!
How does it compare to regular garlic?
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Today, the guys take on a brutal selection of tinned and canned ingredients that range from surprising to completely crazy! They don’t know what they’ll get until the tin is opened, and once it’s in play, they have to find a way to use it in their dish. Pure creativity under pressure.
Sorted Weekend Live Show – BACK TO THEIR OLD SCHOOL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982666728557
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July 2026
Watch Live or On-Demand
STOP EATING BORING DINNERS!
It’s easier than you think to cook up banging food… Click here to try Sidekick FREE for 30 days: https://onelink.sorted.club/vWe9/lx15b74h
Why’s it so awesome?
– Discover new ingredients and dishes
– Boost your confidence in the kitchen
– Reduce the stress of deciding what to cook EVERY day
– Make grocery shopping simple, with an automatically-generated list
– Cook more sustainably & reduce your food waste
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Today, the guys take on a brutal selection of tinned and canned ingredients that range from surprising to completely crazy! They don’t know what they’ll get until the tin is opened, and once it’s in play, they have to find a way to use it in their dish. Pure creativity under pressure.
Sorted Weekend Live Show – BACK TO THIER OLD SCHOOL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982666728557
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July 2026
Watch Live or On-Demand
STOP EATING BORING DINNERS!
It’s easier than you think to cook up banging food… Click here to try Sidekick FREE for 30 days: https://onelink.sorted.club/vWe9/lx15b74h
Why’s it so awesome?
– Discover new ingredients and dishes
– Boost your confidence in the kitchen
– Reduce the stress of deciding what to cook EVERY day
– Make grocery shopping simple, with an automatically-generated list
– Cook more sustainably & reduce your food waste
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