Brand/Baker: Quality Bakers Hot Cross Buns. Bought from New World Halswell. Price: $2.99 for a pack of 8 ($0.37375 cents each) Serving size: 60g. Ingredients: Wheat and soy flour, water, fruit (13%) (sultanas and currants), yeast, sugar, gluten, spices, canola oil, salt, salt, emulsifiers (481, 471), acidity regulator  (263), vegetable gum (415). Sugar per 100g [...]

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: KBs Bakery, Corner Durham & Elgin St, Sydenham Price: $4.50 per pack of 6 ($0.75 each) Serving size: Not available Ingredients: (not printed on the pack, had to ask to see the ingredients list but this was not available, however they did offer to ring someone to find out.) Sugar per 100g = not [...]

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Sydenham Bakery Hot Cross Buns, Colombo Street, Christchurch. Price: $6.00 per pack of 6 ($1.00 each) Serving size: not available Ingredients: Not available. Was told by one of the bakers they contained sultanas, currents, peel, spices and ginger. Sugar per 100g = not available Total fat per 100g = not available Appearance: The darkest [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Bakers Delight Hot Cross Buns. Tower Junction. Price: $7.90 per pack of 6 ($1.316 each) Serving size: 65g. Ingredients: (not printed on the pack, had to ask to see the ingredients list which was freely supplied) Wheat flour, sultanas, currants, water, sugar, yeast, canola oil, spice, salt, wheat starch, mineral salt, salt, vegetable gum, [...]

Posted on March 26th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Tip Top Cafe Style Hot Cross Buns. Bought from New World Halswell. Price: $3.79 for a pack of 6 (0.6316 cents each) Serving size: 60g. Ingredients: Wheat flour, fruit (30%) (raisins, sultanas), water, baker’s yeast, sugar, canola oil, mixed spice, wheat gluten, salt, maize starch, modified maize starch (1422), skim milk powder, emulsifiers (481, [...]

Posted on March 25th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker:  MacKenzie Highcountry Traditional Hot Cross Buns. Bought from New World Supermarket, Halswell, Christchurch. Price: $3.75 for a pack of 4 (0.9375 cents each) Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, fruit (21%) (sultanas, currants, citrus peel), sugar, yeast, wheat gluten, canola oil, spices, salt, soy flour, emulsifiers (433, 471, 475, 481), wheat starch, vegetable gum (415), acidity [...]

Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Copenhagen Bakery, Armagh Street, Christchurch Price: $1.60 each Ingredients:  Not available Appearance: Mark says they are ‘nice and brown’, and they are the first in our taste test to have a glaze on top so that should keep our other taste tester happy. They have a distinct white cross on the top which is [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Coupland’s  Bakeries, Hereford Street, Christchurch. Price: $3.09 per pack of 6. Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, currents, sultanas, sugar, gluten, yeast, modified starch (1420), vegetable oil, mixed spice, salt, soya flour, skim milk powder, emulsifiers (471, 48, 472e, 322 (soy)), flour improvers (170, 300, 516), acidity regulators (263, 260, 330), flavour (almond oil), preservative (202). [...]

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Trocadero Family Bakeries, Cashel Street, Christchurch. Price: $1.70 each or $8.00 per 1/2 dozen Ingredients: Not available Appearance: Nice size and shape, plump looking, perfect crosses on the top. One of our tasters thought his bun was well browned on the top while another lamented the lack of glazing. When broken open the bun [...]

Posted on March 19th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Its just under a month to Easter and already the shops are selling all manner of Easter Eggs, Bunnies and Hot Cross Buns. Last year our BDM Jo, decided to splurge and buy some expensive Hot Cross buns from a well known Christchurch bakery. In a blind taste test in our office, she put them [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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