What foods are you a brand snob about?

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  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    I really can't think of any foods I'm a brand snob about. I'll buy store brand if it's a better price pretty much every time. I'm fussier about buying premium foods for my cats and dog than I am about getting name brands for myself.

    Now toilet paper... that's another store. Cottonelle or Charmin Ultra only.

    ^^ LOL - this is me exactly!

    I'm not a brand snob about food brands, but my dogs eat a top-rated (according to Whole Dog Journal) natural dog food. I also have to have Cottonelle toilet paper (the kind with the ripples) at home. My parents use Scott, and I actually bring my own roll of TP whenever we visit. haha

    I should add - even though I'm not a food snob, I AM a coffee snob. I have to have fresh roasted beans that I can grind myself right before I make the coffee. I find the Maxwell House/Folgers that comes in the big tubs to be nearly undrinkable.
  • vwkauffman
    vwkauffman Posts: 39 Member
    Helmann's mayo
    Heinz ketchup
    French's mustard (for my husband, I don't eat it)
    Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce
    Frank's Red Hot


    And I too prefer San Marzano tomatoes, regardless of brand :-)
  • raiseyourgame
    raiseyourgame Posts: 36
    Greek yoghurt - Liberte
  • EAlexandraB
    EAlexandraB Posts: 98 Member
    I only use Syntha-6 chocolate milkshake flavour protein powder.

    If I'm having pop, it has to be Diet Coke, not Pepsi. Diet Dr. Pepper is also excellent.

    Tea comes from David's Tea (or other good, loose-leaf tea). No tea bags.
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    Ketchup - I only eat Heinz.

    And I prefer Coke products. Pepsi is gross!
  • Shajadea
    Shajadea Posts: 57 Member
    I am not really a snob about too much. Given I live overseas on base I am pretty much a slave to what is in stock or I have to buy the Japanese version of whatever I am looking for.

    Mostly, I prefer fresh over canned or frozen. If I can get organic I prefer organic. And for the record, Japanese chocolates, breads, and mayo are fabulous!
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Chocolate!
    In order of preference - Haighs, Lindt, Cadbury.

    Any others are not really worth the calories.
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    Triscuits and Frank's Red Hot are the only things that come to mind. I buy generic 9 times out of 10.
  • Plentiful_Tentacles
    Plentiful_Tentacles Posts: 115
    Protein supplements hahaha. I've become a mainstream hater when it comes to popular brands or store brands. I'll research for hours which is the best and why.

    I don't drink soda anymore, but when I did... It has to be coke, pepsi, fanta, or Dr. Pepper. I hate the taste of generic store brands or other brands other than those. They taste like watered down carbonized crap. Hahaha
  • ctwm84
    ctwm84 Posts: 31 Member
    I have never been much of a brand snob, I was a PRICE snob... I would buy the cheapest whatever, anything on sale, or that had a coupon... after joining MFP I am a "calorie snob" now I only look at which one has the lowest possible calories LOL I'll eat a dumb brand if it means I get to eat more of it!
  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
    Most of my brands mean nothing to non Swedes but I will only buy particular brands of things like chocolate, coffee, yoghurt & cookies. My pasta products I prefer Barilla. Only Coke never pepsi or generic. Honestly almost everything I have a particular brand preference for. I don't often buy generic brands of anything! So yes I am a food snob!
  • Ziggyzambo
    Ziggyzambo Posts: 46 Member
    Just Heinz ketchup. Red Gold is an abomination.
  • michelleion
    michelleion Posts: 122 Member
    My must-haves are:

    Fage Greek yogurt
    Whole Earth peanut butter
    Tabasco hot sauce
    Cadbury's or Green & Blacks chocolate
    Co-op Scottish porridge oats (the best I've ever tried!)
    HP brown sauce, and Heinz tomato ketchup and salad cream

    :)

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