Testing American products: frozen waffles
'22.04.2018'
Source: Insider
Waffles are a popular classic breakfast. They are warm, satisfying and delicious. Recently, waffles are also a cult product, especially after the release of the series “Stranger Things"Which raised sales of frozen waffles Eggo on 14% from 2016 to 2017 a year (although Milly Bobby Brown, who played a girl named Eleven, can't stand them).
But Eggo Is not the only frozen waffle brand on the market. Go to any store and you will certainly find at least a couple more options. Journalist Insider and her boyfriend decided to test three types of frozen waffles on a free weekend. What happened?
The couple chose these brands: Van's, Kashi and those Eggo. They bought all this at a grocery store in New York. Each brand was rated based on three criteria: texture, taste, and similarity to classic fresh ones. diner waffles. It was decided not to add syrup and oil in order to feel the real taste of the product.
Started with Van's Gluten Freewhich turned out to be surprisingly tasty.
Cooking in the oven (no toaster was found). This turned out to be not very convenient, since all three types of wafers require different temperature regimes - I had to cook them separately. Van's required the lowest temperature (400F for 6-8 minutes), so they were baked first. Gluten-free foods are often not very tasty because they remove gluten, the protein that gives bread texture. Therefore, the authors of the study were worried whether it would be possible to eat these waffles at all. But they were pleasantly surprised by their absolutely normal texture and taste, the resulting golden brown hue, crisp crust and porous texture.
Wafers Van's turned out to be sweetish, but not enough to eat without fillings and toppings. True, the man said that for him this taste is perfect, because he is not a sweet tooth.
Then the pair went to Kashi, Seven Seven Vegan Wafers.
If they were made nervous by gluten-free waffles, imagine what they thought about the composition and characteristics. Can a product that has not been supplemented with eggs, butter and other animal ingredients, but has been stuffed with grains to the eyeballs, turn out to be “correct” in consistency? “In general, no, but that does not mean it turned out badly,” the authors say. True, the waffles turned out to be too soft for their personal taste, as well as flatish (perhaps the matter is in the undefined baking temperature, 400-450 degrees).
But all this is more than offset by the “incredibly tasty” resulting product, sweet waffles with pleasant notes of vanilla. The experimenters even decided that such waffles did not require syrups.
The latest were Eggo.
It was a brand on which the author of the experiment grew, although a lot of time has passed since the moment when she ate them the last time. According to the girls, waffles did not disappoint. After baking for five minutes on 450 degrees, warm, golden-brown waffles with the smell of sugar were taken out of the oven.
According to the author, these were “the same waffles from the 90s,” with a subtle sweetness and rich salty flavor reminiscent of butter. True, the guy said that you can't eat a lot of such a product, although the waffles are delicious.
With all my strength trying to choose a favorite, the couple still gave the palm EggoSince this product resembled real homemade waffles most of all and was the most pleasant to the taste, it turned out to be the most beautiful shade and balance between crisp and airy texture. In addition, the package had the most waffles, which makes this option also more economical. You can not go wrong, according to the authors, choosing any option between the three listed. But if you're looking for Real Waffles, stop at Eggo.
