Sat Oct 12, 2019, 05:21 PM
Disaffected (1,498 posts)
Has KD (Kraft Dinner) changed?
For the worse? Used to enjoy KD once in a while but hadn't had it for several years. Recently tied it again (the "original" version) and was surprised at how bad it was. The macaroni seemed as before but the grated cheese mix had an unpleasant, kind of burned taste and smell to it. It hardly tasted like cheese at all and was sort of a tan color rather than yellow. Tried another box a few weeks later and it was no better.
Has the recipe changed or is it just me??
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Author | Time | Post |
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Disaffected | Oct 2019 | OP |
Shrike47 | Oct 2019 | #1 | |
CentralMass | Oct 2019 | #2 | |
Disaffected | Oct 2019 | #10 | |
jpak | Oct 2019 | #3 | |
SWBTATTReg | Oct 2019 | #4 | |
LAS14 | Oct 2019 | #5 | |
Disaffected | Oct 2019 | #11 | |
LenaBaby61 | Oct 2019 | #6 | |
miyazaki | Oct 2019 | #7 | |
miyazaki | Oct 2019 | #8 | |
Disaffected | Oct 2019 | #12 | |
GeorgeGist | Oct 2019 | #9 |
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 05:28 PM
Shrike47 (6,187 posts)
1. Butterfingers sure have. Don't know about Kraft Mac & Cheese.
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 05:28 PM
CentralMass (10,342 posts)
2. They changed the recipe in 2016. They made it "healthier"
Response to CentralMass (Reply #2)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 07:39 PM
Disaffected (1,498 posts)
10. Ah, thanks.
I'm finding it hard to believe that "nobody noticed the difference".
No more KD for me I guess. |
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 05:45 PM
jpak (39,560 posts)
3. There were riots in Newfoundland when they found out
Kraft Dinner and fried baloney their National Dish...
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Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 05:47 PM
SWBTATTReg (14,394 posts)
4. I have, and complained to them that I couldn't even taste any chicken in my dinner ...
a casserole (chicken) that I brought, and the taste was off too somewhat. It's the point that when I fix a large dinner from them (multiple servings), I've always add to it, that is, it's a (their dinners) recipe in the overall dinner I'm making (I intercept it during the cooking process, and add to it). They all are seeming to skimp on recipe items, or change out former recipe items for more 'questionable' substitute items (probably trying to drive their costs down constantly). It's to the point now that I only buy the dinners once every six months...you're better off fixing the whole damn thing yourself from scratch now.
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Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 06:01 PM
LAS14 (11,195 posts)
5. I asked a similar question about Campbell's mushroom soup, which....
... I depend on for tuna fish casserole every few years. The answer I got was that the taste changed when trans fats were removed.
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Response to LAS14 (Reply #5)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 07:42 PM
Disaffected (1,498 posts)
11. Funny you should mention that,
I've noticed a change in taste (not for the better) in that product as well.
Damn it, I wish they would stop trying to "improve" their products - if I want to eat healthier, I will just have it less often. |
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 06:14 PM
LenaBaby61 (4,514 posts)
6. I've been Vegan for over 3 decades ...
And friends still eating regular food have told me since the late 1980's and into the 1990's have been telling me this. Whether it be candy, fruit, meat or boxed food as you mentioned.
I may be a Vegan, but we ALL also know that the price of food is also totally out of control 🤬 |
Response to LenaBaby61 (Reply #6)
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Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 06:37 PM
miyazaki (1,735 posts)
8. It all went to crap.
Even discontinued some of their products without a word, (Jalapeno Mac & Cheese anyone?).
If the linked article above says nobody noticed, I can tell you that their Facebook page was literally a wall of hate. |
Response to miyazaki (Reply #8)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 07:43 PM
Disaffected (1,498 posts)
12. OK, glad to hear that,
it's not my aging taste buds after all.
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Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 07:36 PM
GeorgeGist (23,724 posts)
9. I think so ...
I noticed the current version is SWEET
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