16/02/2026
đź“Łđź“Łđź“ŁOk. This is probably my most requested swap ever.
Gravy…VERYcontroversial territory.
Both of these ingredient lists are long. I’m not pretending one is three ingredients from your nan’s cupboard,
BUT
One of them actually contains recognisable food.
Onion.
Beef stock.
Tomato.
Herbs.
The other… reads more like a chemistry GCSE revision sheet.
This is where label reading gets interesting. It’s not about perfection. It’s about what makes up the bulk of the product.
Is it real food… or flavourings, colourings and things that exist purely to make brown water taste like Sunday lunch?
Yes, the better one costs more. That’s the honest bit.
If you really want the gold standard, you can make it yourself from meat juices and stock. That’s always going to win.
But if you’re grabbing something off the shelf mid week while juggling homework, laundry and someone crying because their Yorkshire pudding touched a carrot… this is a simple upgrade 🤣.
No food fear.
No gravy shaming.
Just better swaps, one shelf at a time ✌🏼.
