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Australian supermarket tinned tomatoes taste test: the results ‘end my long-term relationship with Mutti’

In a blind test of more than 26 tins of tomatoes, Nicholas Jordan sorts fact from pulp fiction

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Australian supermarket sauerkraut taste test: one is ‘like eating the smell of McDonald’s pickle’

It’s ‘Gut Coachella’ for Nicholas Jordan and friends, who blind taste a line-up of 20 shredded and fermented cabbage products

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Morning Mail: draft Labor national platform revealed, Trump tells allies ‘get your own oil’, and where house prices are falling

Labor has omitted its longstanding opposition to mandatory jail terms in its draft national party platform.

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Australian supermarket Easter eggs taste test: ‘The quality of Easter chocolate is simply worse’

Nicholas Jordan goes on the hunt for good Easter eggs. After nibbling through 29 products, he is glad the ovum ordeal is over

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Australian supermarket muesli bars taste test: the worst is ‘both dry and moist’

During a blind taste test of 19 muesli bars, for the first time in his life Nicholas Jordan asks, ‘Is this too much cinnamon?’

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In a taste-test battle of supermarket mite-y bites, which will win? (Spoiler: it isn’t Vegemite)

After sampling eight savoury spreads available in Australian aisles, Nicholas Jordan braces for a patriotic backlash

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Australian supermarket coconut water taste test: ‘Smells like an island holiday’

Overcoming his irrational fear of coconut products, Nicholas Jordan tests a lovely – and lowly – bunch of coconuts in a row

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Tasting 291 Australian supermarket products has taught me there’s no correlation between price and deliciousness

After a year of taste tests, Nicholas Jordan has learned never to judge a food by its packet – including the cooking instructions

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Morning Mail: ‘Postcode lottery’ for specialist care, Trump claims big victory over Democrats, can McDonald’s be stopped?

Many patients ignorant of public hospital care or can’t access it, experts warn; Melbourne suburb faces long fight to resist fast-food chain

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Australian supermarket chocolate ice-cream taste test: ‘My scorecard read simply: “I’m going to buy it”’

Sweet memory lane or boulevard of broken creams? Nicholas Jordan and friends sample 23 tubs in search of nostalgia, glee and chocolate excess

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Australian supermarket ground coffee taste test: we tried 41 varieties, two ways

Nicholas Jordan and a panel of experts put their health on the line to find the best – and worst – supermarket coffees

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Australian supermarket fetas and fettas taste test: the best-value cheese is less than $3 a pack

With an Avengers-calibre team of experts, Nicholas Jordan tries 22 brands, from crowd-pleasers to overwhelmingly salty varieties

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Australian supermarket cucumber pickles taste test: ‘I didn’t think any would be this powerful’

Baby cucumbers, dill gherkins and snacky cornichons are put to a blind taste test by Nicholas Jordan and friends, who find there’s a big leap from sour and salty to ‘unnervingly unnatural’

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Australian supermarket sliced salami taste test: ‘Even my nine-year-old wouldn’t eat this’

From ‘funky and rich’ to the texture of ‘wet paper’, salamis ranged from solid sandwich fillers to pretty enough for a platter. Nicholas Jordan reveals which meats made the cut

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Australian supermarket meat pie taste test: ‘What I want to dribble down my front at the footy’

Nicholas Jordan and friends wade through the gristle and the gloop to find out if there’s such a thing as a bad meat pie

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Australian supermarket iced milk coffee taste test: ‘It reminds me of the time I tried breast milk’

From bottled beverages that taste like ‘liquefied Fantales’ to others that are ‘the bubblegum vape of the coffee world’, Nicholas Jordan and friends imbibe a heroic amount of caffeine to give you their verdict

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What I’ve learned from taste testing 290 Australian supermarket products: ‘Aldi has the best and worst of everything’

Everyone wants to come to a taste test until they’re halfway through one, says Nicholas Jordan, who has spent 200-plus hours eating, discussing and thinking about supermarket goods

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Australian supermarket mince pie taste test: the best has a ‘big boozy aroma’, the worst tastes ‘congealed’

From tarts with ‘rich and buttery pastry’ to others that smell ‘like an old linen cupboard’, Nicholas Jordan samples 11 mince pies and finds none that will ruin Christmas

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Australian supermarket icy pole taste test: ‘I found one to spend the rest of my life with’

All 11 icy poles our testers crunched through could make do on a hot summer’s day, but one contender stunned Nicholas Jordan and his fellow judges

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Australian supermarket anchovy taste test: the cheapest brand is also the best for cooking

In his taste test of 11 tinned and jarred anchovies, Nicholas Jordan would happily eat any of the fish fillets again – with the exception of one ‘brutal’ brand

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Australian supermarket ginger beer taste test: ‘It’s the Sunrise breakfast TV of the soft drink aisle’

From aggressively spicy brews to one that tastes like ‘dental goo’, Nicholas Jordan tries 17 ginger beers – and gets fizzy-cal

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Australian supermarket choc-chip biscuit taste test: the best is ‘odd’, the worst ‘smells like play-dough’

In tasting 13 shelf-stable chocolate-chip biscuits, Nicholas Jordan learns that sometimes mediocrity can – and must – suffice

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Australian supermarket baked beans taste test: ‘Hold the paprika, I feel attacked’

From a ‘salt-less wasteland’ to a boulevard of broken beans, Nicholas Jordan puts nine tins of baked beans to the test

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Australian supermarket peanut butter taste test: it’s better when it’s cheaper

From a surprisingly ‘fluffy’ product to another with ‘no dignity’, Nicholas Jordan and friends sample a range of crunchy spreads and get a lesson in value

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