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0:00A tub of vanilla ice cream that costs
0:02almost five times as much per scoop just
0:05lost a blind taste test by 35 points.
0:09Not to another premium label, to a
0:10supermarket house brand most people walk
0:12straight past. And that's not a fluke,
0:15it's a pattern. Across laundry powder,
0:17stain spray, crackers, olive oil,
0:19coffee, whiskey, and wine, the same
0:22thing keeps happening.
0:24The expensive name loses or ties to the
0:26cheap one. And the only people who seem
0:28surprised are the ones paying full
0:30price. Here's why that matters for your
0:32household. Groceries are one of the few
0:34bills you pay every single week. You
0:36can't switch them off, you can't put
0:38them on hold. So, every dollar of brand
0:40premium you pay on a bottle of stain
0:41spray or a box of crackers comes back
0:43around 52 times a year. For most
0:45families, that's not a rounding error.
0:47It's a car rego, it's a school
0:49excursion, it's the power bill in
0:51winter. And the big brands spend
0:52enormous amounts of money on advertising
0:54precisely so you never stop to ask what
0:57you're really getting for that extra
0:58cash. If you care about what's really in
1:00your food and you're tired of the lack
1:02of transparency, hit the like button and
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1:06Every hype helps this video reach more
1:08people who deserve to know what's really
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1:17it, the harder it becomes to keep the
1:19truth hidden.
1:21The supermarket we're talking about is
1:23Aldi. In August 2026, Canstar Blue named
1:26Aldi Australia's best rated supermarket
1:29for the ninth year in a row. In Choice's
1:32September 2026 basket survey, a 17-item
1:36trolley cost $68.89
1:38at Aldi compared with $74.47
1:42at Woolworths, $76.79
1:44at Coles, and $92.69
1:47at IGA. And the ACCC's supermarket
1:51inquiry found that Aldi sells almost
1:53entirely private label products, while
1:56at Coles and Woolworths only about a
1:57quarter of sales are home brand. But
2:00cheap is only half the story. The real
2:02question is whether the product in the
2:03plain packet is actually as good as the
2:05famous one. So we didn't rely on
2:07marketing, we went through independent
2:09lab tests, blind taste panels,
2:11international judging competitions and
2:12large consumer surveys, much of it
2:14published in the last year or so. What
2:16came back was 25 ALDI products that
2:20match or beat the expensive brands,
2:22sometimes by a humiliating margin. We'll
2:24also tell you where ALDI falls flat,
2:27because it does. And knowing that saves
2:29you money, too.
2:30We start at number 25, and number one is
2:33that ice cream result, which is going to
2:35make you look at the freezer aisle very
2:36differently.
2:38Number 25, Brooklea yogurt. Chobani did
2:41something clever in Australia. It made
2:43thick, high-protein yogurt feel like a
2:45lifestyle product with clean white tubs
2:48and a price to match. Shoppers learned
2:50to associate that look with quality. The
2:53survey data tells a different story. In
2:55Canstar Blue's 2026 yogurt ratings,
2:58based on feedback from 2,397
3:00Australians, and published in May 2026,
3:04ALDI's Brooklea range came second out of
3:0616 brands. Only Gippsland beat it.
3:09Chobani came sixth. Jalna, Farmers
3:12Union, Activia, and YoPro all finished
3:15behind the ALDI brand, as well. And it's
3:17not just a survey, people are voting
3:19with their trolleys. In ALDI's 2026
3:22People's Picks, based on DoorDash
3:24ordering data from January to June, a
3:26Brooklea No Added Sugar Strawberry
3:28Yogurt Pouch at $1.29
3:31was named the top product across the
3:33whole awards. So here's the tip. Flip
3:36both tubs over and compare the protein
3:38and sugar per 100 g, then the unit
3:40price. The logo on the lid isn't doing
3:42anything for your breakfast. That was
3:44the dairy fridge. Number 24 is a product
3:46so boring that nobody ever thinks about
3:48it, which is exactly why brands can
3:50charge what they like. Number 24,
3:52Confidence paper towels. Paper towel is
3:54one of those purchases that runs on
3:56autopilot. You grab the pack you always
3:58grab and you never question it.
4:01Viva and Handy have spent decades
4:03building that habit.
4:04In a Canstar of more than 2,400
4:07Australians reported in November 2025,
4:10Aldi's Confidence paper towel at $2.99
4:14for a three-pack scored four stars for
4:16absorption, four for quality, four for
4:18effectiveness, and a full five stars for
4:20value for money.
4:22Viva and Handy both got four stars for
4:24quality and effectiveness, but only
4:26three stars for value.
4:28The overall winner was Who Gives a Crap
4:30with five stars for quality, but only
4:32three for value.
4:33Coles Ultra and Woolworths Essentials
4:35both came in at three stars on
4:38quality.
4:39The famous names didn't pull ahead. On
4:42price, they fell behind. Paying extra
4:45for a logo on something you literally
4:46throw away is the definition of a brand
4:48tax, and that brings us straight to the
4:50cleaning cupboard. Number 23, Power
4:53Force toilet cleaner.
4:55Walk down the cleaning aisle at any big
4:56supermarket and you'll see bright
4:58bottles promising to kill 99.9%
5:01of germs with price tags that climb
5:03every year. Aldi sells its own for a
5:05couple of dollars. In August 2026,
5:08Aldi's $2 Power Force toilet cleaner won
5:10in Finder's Customer Satisfaction Awards
5:13scoring 4.43 out of five, taking gold
5:15for most recommended and also winning
5:17for value. Finder's Taylor Blackburn
5:20said that when a product wins across
5:21categories like most loved and top value
5:23at the same time, it signals that
5:25consumers are getting bang for their
5:27buck.
5:28Other Power Force cleaning products also
5:30picked up awards in the same round.
5:32Here's the bit most people miss. The
5:34active ingredients in toilet cleaners
5:37are pretty standard. Acids to remove
5:39limescale, surfactants to lift grime,
5:41sometimes bleach for disinfecting.
5:44The shape of the bottle and the ad with
5:46the cartoon bubbles don't clean
5:48anything. So, check the label for what
5:49it actually contains, check the unit
5:51price, and stop paying for the
5:53television campaign. That was the
5:54bathroom. Now, let's go to the Christmas
5:56table, where one taste test produced a
5:59result the big two probably didn't enjoy
6:01reading. Number 22, Kringle & Co fruit
6:04mince pies. Every year, the major
6:06supermarkets put huge effort into their
6:08Christmas ranges. The packaging gets
6:10fancier, the names get longer, and the
6:12prices creep up.
6:14In a Choice blind taste test, Aldi's
6:16Kringle & Co fruit mince pies came out
6:18on top with 42% of the vote, ahead of
6:21Woolworths at 39% and Coles at 19%.
6:25They were also the cheapest at 57 cents
6:27a pie, or $3.39
6:31for a six-pack. One taster said,
6:34"It tastes more decadent and luxurious
6:35than the others. I could easily eat a
6:37whole pack of six in one go." Now, to be
6:40fair, that was a close race with the big
6:42two's house brands, not a knockout of a
6:44boutique bakery,
6:45but the cheapest option was the one
6:47people preferred when they didn't know
6:48which was which. Strip away the
6:50packaging and Aldi keeps turning up at
6:52the front, which brings us to a jar
6:54that's been sitting quietly in fridges
6:56for years. Number 21, Coles mayonnaise.
7:00The mayonnaise shelf is full of big
7:02names, Kewpie with its cult following,
7:05Hellmann's with its blue ribbon,
7:08Heinz, Praise, all of them charging more
7:11than Aldi's squeezy bottle.
7:13Choice
7:14put 33 mayonnaises through a blind
7:16expert tasting, including products from
7:18Kewpie, Heinz, Hellmann's, Coles, and
7:21Woolworths. The winner was Aldi's Coles
7:27At 55 cents per 100 grams, the runner-up
7:30was Praise traditional mayo at 61% and
7:33it cost $1.01 per 100 grams, almost
7:37double.
7:38Only seven of the 33 products scored
7:40high enough to be recommended at all.
7:42There's another detail worth knowing.
7:43The Aldi mayo was made in Australia from
7:4598% Australian ingredients, while the
7:49Praise product was made from 35%
7:51Australian ingredients. And Choices
7:54experts flagged something that should
7:55bother everyone.
7:5732 of the 33 mayonnaises contained added
8:00sugar. And the judges said they were
8:02shocked and disappointed by how sweet
8:05many of the products were. So, when
8:07you're comparing jars, don't just
8:09compare price. Check the sugar line on
8:11the nutrition panel. The cheapest jar in
8:13that test was also the best. That
8:15doesn't happen by accident. Number 20, O
8:18So Natural Peanut Butter. Peanut butter
8:20is basically peanuts, maybe salt, maybe
8:23oil and sugar.
8:24So, why does one jar cost twice as much
8:26as another? Mostly branding.
8:28In Choices supermarket peanut butter
8:30test, Aldi's O So Natural Crunchy Peanut
8:33Butter scored 85% tying for second place
8:36overall with Sanitarium Natural Crunchy.
8:38Only Bega Simply Nuts Crunchy beat with
8:4187%. And the Aldi jar is 100% peanuts
8:45with nothing else added. Even Aldi's
8:47cheaper Bramwells Crunchy scored 78% at
8:51just 48 cents per 100 g.
8:54Choice also found that cult and boutique
8:56brands like Pic's scored below a plain
8:59supermarket home brand. This one matters
9:01for families because peanut butter is a
9:03daily item in a lot of homes. It's on
9:06toast before school. It's in sandwiches.
9:08It's in smoothies. If your jar is 100%
9:11peanuts, you're getting the same thing
9:12whether the label is famous or not. So,
9:15the move is simple. Read the ingredients
9:17list. If it says peanuts and nothing
9:19else, you've found your jar. Then pick
9:21the one with the lowest unit price. Next
9:23up is a dip that has quietly become one
9:25of Aldi's most loved products. Number
9:2719, Deli Originals hummus. Hummus is
9:30chickpeas, tahini, lemon, garlic, and
9:33oil. It's not complicated, yet the
9:35premium tubs can cost several times as
9:37much. In Choice's hummus taste test,
9:40Aldi's Deli Originals fresh traditional
9:42style hummus took first place overall
9:45with 78% beating Pilpel, Black Swan, and
9:48Abela. At the time, it cost $1.99 for
9:52200 g, and Choice noted that competing
9:54brands were around three times the
9:56price.
9:57That test was in 2022, but the love
10:00hasn't faded. In Aldi's 2026 People's
10:03Picks, the Deli Originals fresh hummus
10:06dip, now $2.49 for 200 g, won the gold
10:10in its category based on real ordering
10:12data.
10:13That's a nice illustration of something.
10:15Prices have gone up everywhere since
10:162022, and Aldi is no exception. But, the
10:20gap between the plain tub and the famous
10:22tub is still there. If you're putting
10:24out a platter for friends, nobody at the
10:25table is going to ask which brand the
10:27hummus is. They're going to eat it. Now,
10:29let's go to the kitchen sink, where one
10:31test produced a result the big brands
10:33really didn't like. Number 18, Tandil
10:37dishwashing liquid. Morning Fresh,
10:39Palmolive, and Fairy have owned the
10:41kitchen sink for generations. The ads
10:44show one drop cutting through a
10:47greasy pan. So, Choice tested it
10:49properly. In March 2024, Choice tested
10:5250 dishwashing liquids, and Aldi's
10:54Tandil products dominated the top of the
10:56table. Tandil Ultra Power Soak and
10:59Tandil Ultra Quick Dry both scored 90%
11:02at 40 cents per 100 ml.
11:05Tandil Ultra Odor Neutralizing scored
11:0785%.
11:09Choice's director of reviews and testing
11:11said they were great bargains at the
11:13checkout at just 40 cents per 100 ml.
11:16That's around a quarter of the price of
11:18other top-scoring detergents.
11:20But, here's the honest part, and it's
11:21important. In the same test, Tandil
11:23Ultra Antibacterial finished in a
11:25five-way tie for last place at 60%
11:28alongside Fairy Ultra Concentrate
11:31Antibacterial.
11:32Choice pointed out that several
11:34well-known brands, including Aldi, had
11:36products at both the top and the bottom
11:38of the leaderboard. So, the lesson isn't
11:40buy anything with an Aldi label, it's
11:42buy the specific product that tested
11:44well. Same brand, different bottle,
11:46completely different result. Before we
11:48go any further, if this list is already
11:50making you rethink what's sitting in
11:52your pantry, tap that like button right
11:54now. It takes 1 second and it tells the
11:56algorithm that Australians want this
11:58kind of information. Because what's
12:00coming at number 17 is a product that
12:02goes up against one of the most heavily
12:04advertised laundry brands in the
12:06country.
12:07Number 17, Di-San Oxy Laundry Soaker.
12:10Vanish NapiSan has spent years on
12:12television telling you that stains don't
12:14stand a chance. And to be fair, it
12:16works. The question is whether it works
12:18well enough to justify the price. In
12:21Choice's roundup of the best supermarket
12:23products that tested in 2025, Aldi's
12:25Di-San Pro Oxy Laundry Soaker and In
12:28Wash Booster cost 35 cents per 100 grams
12:32compared with $1.90 per 100 grams for
12:35the Vanish product it was compared
12:37against. That's around five times the
12:39price. In Choice's January 2026 stain
12:42remover test, Aldi's Di-San Pro Oxy
12:45Ultra White Powder scored 69% which
12:48Choice said delivered serious bang for
12:50your buck at roughly 1/5 of the price of
12:53the top scoring Sard powders. And it did
12:55particularly well on grass, mud, and
12:57food stains. The top powder in that test
13:00was Sard Superpower on 76% and Vanish
13:03NapiSan Oxy Action Gold scored 73%. So,
13:07yes, the famous names scored a few
13:08points higher, but a few points for five
13:10times the price is a terrible trade for
13:12most families, and shoppers seem to
13:14agree. The Di-San Oxy Laundry Soaker at
13:16$3.49
13:18for a kilo picked up bronze in its
13:20category in Aldi's 2026 People's Picks.
13:24That was the laundry basket. Now, let's
13:26go to the meat fridge, where Aldi had an
13:28extraordinary year. Number 16. Aldi's
13:32fresh meat, including Broad Oak Farms
13:34chicken and Jindurra Station beef,
13:36for a long time the assumption was that
13:37meat was where the big supermarkets and
13:39the local butcher had the edge. Aldi was
13:42for tins and cleaning products. That
13:44assumption is looking very outdated. In
13:47Finder's 2026 Supermarket Customer
13:49Satisfaction Awards, published in July
13:522026, Aldi won awards for beef burgers,
13:55beef mince, beef sausages, chicken
13:58thigh, chicken breast, chicken mince,
14:01chicken roast, and chicken drumsticks.
14:03Its chicken drumsticks scored 4.49 out
14:05of five for value and 4.46 for quality.
14:09And its chicken breast scored 4.37 for
14:12most loved and top value. Aldi itself
14:14says, "Finder named it the best
14:16supermarket for meat, winning 75% of the
14:18meat categories." People are buying it,
14:20too.
14:21In the 2026 People's Picks, Jindurra
14:24Station five-star five-star beef mince
14:26at $9.99
14:28for 500 g, and Broad Oak Farms
14:30RSPCA-approved
14:33chicken breast fillets at $10.99 a kilo
14:37to gold and silver in the Grill Master
14:39category. And in August 2026, Aldi said
14:42it had cut prices by up to 20% on
14:45staples like bacon, sausages, beef
14:48silverside, and lamb chops. Now, one
14:50honest note. In a Choice staff taste
14:53test of democracy sausages in 2025, Aldi
14:57snags came last, and Choice said they
14:59had the highest salt and fat content of
15:01the three supermarkets. So, buy the
15:03chicken and the mince with confidence,
15:05and check the nutrition panel on the
15:07processed stuff.
15:09Number 15. Beautifully butterfully.
15:12Lurpak is the butter people buy when
15:14they want to feel like they're treating
15:15themselves. Imported from Denmark,
15:17silver packaging, premium price. Western
15:19Star and Mainland have loyal followings
15:21too.
15:22In January 2026, Canstar Blue asked
15:252,086 Australians to rate the butter
15:28they'd bought in the previous 3 months,
15:30and Aldi's Beautifully Butterfully won
15:32the most satisfied customers award. It
15:35scored five stars for overall
15:37satisfaction, value, and packaging. And
15:40this isn't new. Beautifully Butterfully
15:42also won in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
15:472020, and 2022.
15:49In that same survey, Lurpak Spreadable
15:51earned five stars for taste, but only
15:53three for value.
15:55The taste experts have backed it up in
15:57the past, too.
15:58In an earlier Choice butter test, Aldi's
16:01unsalted Beautifully Butterfully was
16:03recommended with a score of 83% at far
16:06less than Lurpak or Western Star. One
16:08important tip, though,
16:10reporting on the 2026 award pointed out
16:12that the Beautifully Butterfully product
16:14it featured is a dairy blend with
16:16vegetable oil, not pure butter, because
16:19under Australian food standards, butter
16:21has to contain at least 80% milk fat.
16:24So, if you want real butter for baking,
16:26read the front of the pack carefully and
16:27grab the block. Both are good value.
16:29They're just not the same thing.
16:31Number 14, Just Organic and Moser Roth
16:33dark chocolate. Lindt has built a global
16:36empire on the idea that Swiss chocolate
16:38is simply better, and it charges
16:40accordingly. Here's what happened when
16:42Choice removed the wrappers. Choice
16:45blind tested 37 supermarket dark
16:47chocolates. First place went to Lindt
16:49Excellence 90% cocoa on 79%. Second
16:53place, just one point behind, went to
16:55Aldi's Just Organic 70% dark chocolate
16:58on 78% at $2.79
17:01a block. And it beat Lindt's own 70%
17:04bar, the Excellence smooth blend, which
17:07scored 73%.
17:09Senior food journalist Rachel Clements
17:11said the chocolates were judged on
17:12flavor, texture, aroma, and appearance,
17:15with nutrition included in the overall
17:17score. Aldi's other dark chocolate did
17:20well, too. Moser Roth Finest Dark 70%
17:23scored 73% at $2.39
17:26per 100 g, and Choice listed it among
17:30its best budget picks. It's made in
17:32Germany with a short ingredient list of
17:34cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, an
17:36emulsifier, and vanilla. Now, a reality
17:39check.
17:41Choice also gave these bars low
17:43nutrition scores because the dark
17:45chocolate still contains plenty of sugar
17:46and saturated fat. So, it's a treat, not
17:49a health food. But, if you're going to
17:50have a couple of squares after dinner,
17:52there's no reason to pay double for the
17:53privilege. That's the dessert course.
17:56What's coming at number 13 is a morning
17:58ritual that millions of Australians pay
18:00far too much for. Number 13, Expressi
18:03coffee capsules. Nespresso turned coffee
18:05capsules into a luxury product,
18:07boutiques, glossy ads, and a price per
18:10cup that most people never actually
18:13calculate. Aldi took a very different
18:15route. In August 2026, Canstar Blue
18:18announced that Aldi's Expressi had won
18:20its 2026 Most Satisfied Customers Award
18:23for coffee pods after surveying 365
18:27Australians. In the overall rankings,
18:29Expressi came first ahead of Nescafe,
18:32Nespresso, Starbucks by Nespresso, and
18:34L'OR. It's not a one-off, either.
18:36Expressi also won in 2020, 2022, 2023,
18:41and 2024. Vittoria took the title in
18:432025. The pods are also Australian.
18:47On Aldi's website, Expressi Milano
18:49capsules are listed at $7.99
18:52for 16, which works out to 50 cents a
18:55capsule, and are described as made in
18:57Australia from ground roasted coffee.
18:59So, think about your daily habit. Two
19:01capsules a day is more than 700 a year.
19:03Every 10 cents you save per capsule is
19:06more than $70 a year back in your
19:07pocket. And if you're drinking two
19:09coffees a day, that's real money. Which
19:11brings us neatly to the machine those
19:13pods go into.
19:14Number 12. The Expressi coffee machine.
19:18Here's where the gap between price and
19:19satisfaction gets almost ridiculous. In
19:22September 2026, Canstar Blue's 2026
19:26coffee pod machine ratings named Aldi's
19:28$79 Expressi machine the winner of its
19:32most satisfied customers award, based on
19:34260 Australians who had bought a machine
19:36in the past 3 years. Second place went
19:38to Nespresso by De'Longhi and third to
19:41Nespresso by Breville, with those
19:43machines ranging from $159
19:46to $1,499.
19:48It's the third time the Expressi has won
19:50after 2022 and 2024. Now, to be
19:54completely fair, it wasn't perfect. The
19:56Expressi got four stars for coffee
19:58quality and consistency and only two
20:01stars for design and the range of pods
20:03available. So, if you want dozens of pod
20:05flavors and a machine that looks like a
20:07piece of sculpture on your benchtop, the
20:08premium brands still have something to
20:10offer. But, if you just want a decent
20:12coffee in the morning without spending
20:13hundreds of dollars, the cheapest
20:15machine in the survey made its owners
20:17the happiest. That was the kitchen
20:19bench. Now, let's head to the bottle
20:21shop where Aldi has been collecting
20:23medals by the armful. Number 11. Corso
20:26Carista Pinot Grigio.
20:29Wine is one category where most people
20:31assume price equals quality.
20:34A $30 bottle must be better than a $10
20:36bottle, right? Wine judges don't see the
20:39price tag and that's where things get
20:41interesting.
20:42At the 2025 Melbourne International Wine
20:44Competition, which is judged blind by
20:46trade professionals, including
20:47sommeliers, restaurateurs, and retail
20:50buyers, Aldi's Corso Carista Delle
20:52Venezie Pinot Grigio 2024, priced at
20:56$9.99,
20:57won a double gold medal. It was also
20:59named Italy Pinot Grigio Wine of the
21:02Year. A double gold means the judges
21:04agreed unanimously.
21:07The competition received more than 1,000
21:09entries from seven countries, and this
21:11wasn't the only Aldi bottle on the
21:13podium. In the same competition, Aldi's
21:15El Toro Macho Bobal Tempranillo Reserva
21:182019 at $8.99
21:21also won double gold and was named Spain
21:24red wine reserva of the year. And its
21:26Corte Carista Chianti Superior at $11.99
21:30was named Italy Chianti wine of the
21:32year. Under $10, unanimous gold category
21:35winner.
21:36That's the kind of result a lot of
21:37wineries with fancy cellar doors would
21:39love to have. Number 10, South Point
21:41Estate Pinot Grigio.
21:44If the last one surprised you, this one
21:46is even more extreme. At the same 2025
21:50Melbourne International Wine
21:51Competition, Aldi's South Point Estate
21:54Pinot Grigio 2025, priced at just $4.59
21:59a bottle, won a gold medal.
22:01Reporting on the results said the wine
22:03beat bottles worth around 20 times its
22:05price. Across the competition, Aldi
22:07collected 18 medals, including three
22:10double golds. $4.59.
22:13That's less than a takeaway coffee in
22:14most cities. Now, a medal doesn't mean
22:17every palate will love it, and a cheap
22:19white is never going to taste like a
22:21rare aged red. But it does tell you
22:23something important. Trained judges
22:25tasting blind couldn't justify putting
22:27that wine below far more expensive
22:29bottles. So, if you're buying wine for a
22:31barbecue, a birthday, or a Friday night,
22:33don't assume the price on the shelf
22:35tells you anything about what's in the
22:37glass. Just remember, Aldi only sells
22:39alcohol in New South Wales, Victoria,
22:41the ACT, and Western Australia. We're
22:44into the top 10 now, and before we go
22:45any further, if these comparisons are
22:47changing the way you think about brand
22:49names, subscribe to the channel right
22:50now. Every week we dig into what
22:52Australian supermarkets and food
22:54companies would rather you didn't
22:55notice, and we back it up with evidence.
22:57Hit subscribe, because number nine takes
22:59on one of the most famous whiskey labels
23:01in the world. Number nine,
23:04Highland Black 8-year-old Scotch. Johnny
23:07Walker Black Label is the bottle people
23:09bring to a party when they want to look
23:11like they know their whiskey. It's
23:12everywhere and it's priced like a status
23:14symbol.
23:15Aldi's answer is a plain-looking blended
23:18Scotch that keeps winning awards. At the
23:202024 Spirits International Prestige
23:22Awards, Aldi's Highland Black 8-year-old
23:25Scotch whiskey won a gold medal while
23:27it's Highland Earl blended Scotch won
23:29platinum.
23:31At the 2025 London Spirits Competition,
23:33Highland Black scored 90 points. As of
23:36September 2026, Aldi's website lists
23:39Highland Black at $46.99
23:43while Dan Murphy's lists Johnny Walker
23:45Black Label at $55.90.
23:49To be fair, Johnny Walker Black is a
23:5112-year-old blend and the gap here is
23:53smaller than in most of this list, but
23:55$9 a bottle is still $9 and for a mixer
23:58with dry ginger, most people genuinely
24:00won't tell the difference. That was the
24:02Whiskey Cabinet. Number eight is a
24:04bottle that did something almost no
24:06supermarket drink ever does. Number
24:08eight,
24:09The Infusionist Apple and Rhubarb Gin
24:11Liqueur.
24:13Craft gin became one of the trendiest
24:14categories in Australian drinking with
24:16small distilleries charging premium
24:18prices for fancy botanicals.
24:21Aldi jumped in with its own range and
24:23the judges noticed. At the 2025 London
24:26Spirits Competition where entries are
24:28judged by bartenders, sommeliers, and
24:30spirits buyers on quality, value, and
24:32packaging, Aldi's The Infusionist Apple
24:35and Rhubarb Gin Liqueur scored 96 points
24:38and won best own label by value. The
24:41competition also awarded Aldi's
24:42Striganov Vodka Crush Lemon Lime 91
24:46points.
24:4796 points is an extraordinary score for
24:50any drink, let alone a supermarket
24:51label. It means a panel of people who
24:54taste spirits for a living rated it
24:56higher than most of what's on the shelf.
24:58That doesn't mean you have to like
24:59flavored gin, but if you do, the premium
25:01craft price isn't the only route to a
25:03great bottle. Now, let's go back to the
25:05pantry and to an oil
25:07that every Australian kitchen uses
25:09almost every day. Number seven, The
25:12Olive Tree Australian extra virgin olive
25:14oil. Olive oil is a category full of
25:16confusion and sometimes outright fraud
25:18around the world, so price feels like
25:20protection.
25:22Cobram Estate is Australia's best-known
25:24premium brand and it's a genuinely good
25:26oil.
25:27But look at this. Choice tested 30 olive
25:30oils using methods approved by the
25:32International Olive Council, including
25:34chemical testing and blind sensory
25:36panels. Cobram Estate extra virgin olive
25:39oil classic flavor scored 80% at $3.33
25:44per 100 ml.
25:46Aldi's The Olive Tree
25:48Australian extra virgin olive oil scored
25:5178%
25:52earned a silver medal rating and cost
25:54$1.87
25:56per 100 ml or $13.99
26:00for 750 ml.
26:03Choice testers described it as having a
26:05delicate herbaceous aroma with notes of
26:08tobacco leaf and menthol and a pungency
26:11lingering to a ginger twist.
26:14Two points behind and close to half the
26:15price and both are Australian. If you
26:18cook with olive oil every day, that's
26:19one of the easiest swaps on this list.
26:22Choice's advice is to keep oil in a
26:23cool, dark place and use it within 6
26:26months of opening. That was the pantry.
26:30Number six is a cheese and crackers
26:31result that embarrassed three household
26:33names at once. Number six, Damora Eaton
26:36crackers. Jatz is practically an
26:38Australian institution. Savoy and Ritz
26:41aren't far behind. They've been on
26:43cheese platters for decades. So, in
26:45December 2025, Choice ran a blind taste
26:48test. The result? Aldi's Damora Eaton
26:51won with 48% of the vote. Ritz got 22%
26:55Savoy got 19% and Jatz managed just 11%
26:59and the price eaten was $1.49
27:02for 225 grams while Savoy and Jatz were
27:05$4 each and Ritz was $3.50.
27:10Testers called eaten just right. Said
27:13Ritz was too soft and crumbly and found
27:15Savoy noticeably saltier with 848
27:18milligrams of sodium per 100 grams more
27:21than four times more votes than Jatz at
27:23well under half the price and shoppers
27:26were already on to it.
27:28In Aldi's 2026 people's picks Damora
27:31eaten original crackers took gold in the
27:33shark eatery champ category.
27:36Next time you're building a cheese
27:37board, this is the easiest win in the
27:39whole store.
27:40Number five takes us to the dishwasher
27:43where one number should change how you
27:45shop.
27:46Number five. Logix platinum dishwasher
27:49capsules.
27:50Finish is the brand that dominates
27:52dishwasher ads with glass that sparkles
27:54and plates that look brand new.
27:57In choices dishwasher detergent testing
27:59of 42 products Finish power ball
28:01ultimate plus all in one tabs tied for
28:04first place with 80% at $1.42
28:08per wash.
28:09Aldi's Logix platinum capsules scored
28:1275% at just 25 cents a wash.
28:16Choices head of reviews and testing said
28:18if you have a good dishwasher then you
28:20won't necessarily need to buy the best
28:21performing detergent. You can opt for a
28:24cheaper product instead. Here's the
28:26maths. If you run the dishwasher once a
28:28day the Finish tabs cost about $518 a
28:31year. The Logix capsules cost about $91.
28:34That's more than $400 a year for five
28:37percentage points. Now fair is fair.
28:40Choice found Logix was excellent on
28:42baked on cheese and egg yolk but weaker
28:45on red wine and coffee stains. And Coles
28:48own ultra advanced tablets scored 76% at
28:51just 15 cents a wash. So the cheapest
28:53good option isn't always Aldi, but it's
28:56never the famous brand. Number four,
28:58Monarch Crowns. The Streets Cornetto is
29:00one of the most recognizable ice creams
29:02in the country. Summer, beaches, the
29:04whole nostalgic package. So Choice ran a
29:07blind taste test between Aldi's Crowns
29:10and Streets Cornetto Classico. Every
29:12single taster preferred the Aldi cone
29:15and mistakenly thought it was the
29:16premium brand. Testers said the Aldi ice
29:19cream has more flavor and feels
29:21creamier, that the cone is crispier and
29:24stayed crisp all the way to the bottom,
29:26and that the Cornetto doesn't taste
29:28real. At the time of the test in
29:30November 2024, Crowns cost 92 cents
29:33each, while the Cornetto cost $2.25
29:36each. And here's the detail that
29:39explains everything.
29:41Choice pointed out that the Cornetto is
29:43technically a frozen dairy dessert with
29:46less than 10% milk fat, while the Crowns
29:48qualify as real ice cream with at least
29:5110% milk fat, less than half the price,
29:54and more actual ice cream. That's why
29:56reading the small print on the pack
29:57matters. Number three, Di-San Pro Ultra
30:01Degreaser with enzymes. Sard is the
30:04stain spray most Australians reach for
30:06without thinking. In Choice's stain
30:08remover test published in January 2026,
30:11Aldi's Di-San Pro Ultra Degreaser with
30:13enzymes and Sard Superpower Stain
30:16Remover Tougher Stains tied for first
30:18place among the sprays, both on 78%.
30:21But the Aldi spray cost 28 cents per 100
30:25ml, while Sard cost $1.90,
30:29which Choice described as less than a
30:31sixth of the price. The Aldi spray did
30:33better on sweat, tomato, and makeup
30:35stains, while Sard did better on blood
30:37and slightly better on grass and mud. So
30:40if your household deals with a lot of
30:41blood stains, maybe keep a bottle of
30:43Sard for those For everything else,
30:45you're paying more than six times as
30:46much for exactly the same overall score.
30:49Number two is the biggest household win
30:51on the entire list. Number two, Trimat
30:53Advanced Laundry Powder Concentrate. Omo
30:56has been the default laundry brand in
30:59Australian homes for generations. In
31:02Choice's laundry detergent testing,
31:04published in August 2026, more than 40
31:07detergents were tested against blood,
31:09grass, mud, oil, makeup, and baby food
31:12stains. For front loaders, Aldi's Trimat
31:15Advanced Powder tied for first with Omo
31:17Active Clean and Omo Ultimate, all on
31:2082% But, Trimat costs 44 cents a wash
31:23compared with 71 cents and $1.16
31:27for the Omo powders. For top loaders,
31:29Trimat came first outright on 66% ahead
31:33of Omo Ultimate on 62. Reporting on the
31:36results put the Trimat at $10.49
31:39for a 2 kilo box, while Omo Ultimate
31:42cost $36 for the same size. Shoppers
31:45agree. In Canstar Blue's May 2026
31:48laundry ratings, Trimat also won for
31:51laundry powder, with Omo coming second.
31:54Choice's Chris Barnes said, "Trimat tied
31:57for first place alongside the Omo
31:59products with a friendly price tag of 44
32:01cents per wash." And money-saving expert
32:04Joel Gibson estimated that swapping from
32:06Omo Ultimate saves more than $70 a year
32:09for a household washing twice a week. If
32:12you do a load every day, that's more
32:13than $250, and that brings us to number
32:15one, the result we opened with. Number
32:18one, Aldi's Indulge Vanilla Bean Gourmet
32:21Ice Cream. Häagen-Dazs built its brand
32:24on one idea, that it's the most
32:26luxurious ice cream in the freezer. The
32:28price reflects that. In October 2025,
32:31Choice blind tested 25 vanilla ice
32:34creams, including Häagen-Dazs,
32:36Connoisseur, Bulla, Peters, and Streets
32:39with a panel that included gelato
32:41makers, food consultants, and dairy
32:43specialists. The result, Aldi's Indulge
32:46Vanilla Bean Gourmet scored 89% at 60
32:50cents per 100 ml. Haagen-Dazs vanilla
32:54scored 54% at $2.95
32:57per 100 ml.
32:59Connoisseur Classic Vanilla scored 64%
33:02at $1.20.
33:04Let that sink in.
33:06The Aldi tub was almost five times
33:08cheaper and it beat Haagen-Dazs by 35
33:11points. The judges praised its nice
33:14vanilla aroma, creaminess, and great
33:16balance in flavor and fat.
33:18Choice's own verdict was simple, you
33:20can't buy flavor.
33:22To be completely fair, a Coles premium
33:24vanilla bean took first place just ahead
33:27of Aldi, but the most famous luxury name
33:29in the freezer finished well down the
33:31list. The most expensive tub was one of
33:33the worst, so that's the list. And now
33:35the part that matters most because Aldi
33:37is not magic. In Choice's 2025 sunscreen
33:40test, Aldi's Ombra 50+ tested at just
33:43SPF 26. To be fair, 16 of the 20
33:47sunscreens failed their claims including
33:49some expensive ones. In Choice's 2026
33:52nappy testing, Aldi's Mamia Ultra-Dry
33:55infant nappy scored 60% for absorbency
33:58against 90% for
34:01Huggies Pure and Sensitive.
34:03Choice rated the Romano Italian and
34:05diced tomatoes 58% against 80% for
34:08Mutti.
34:09And Omo laundry liquid was a Canstar
34:11favorite with shoppers, yet Choice's lab
34:13gave it just 59% and didn't recommend
34:16it. Popular isn't the same as proven, so
34:18here's what to do on your next shop.
34:20Stop judging by the logo, judge by the
34:22evidence. Use the unit price on every
34:25shelf ticket. Read the ingredients list
34:27and the nutrition panel. Swap the
34:29everyday staples where independent tests
34:31show the cheap version wins, like
34:32laundry powder, stain spray, dishwasher
34:35capsules, crackers, olive oil, and
34:37vanilla ice cream. And keep the premium
34:40brand only where it has actually earned
34:42it. Now, I want to hear from you. Which
34:44Aldi product have you switched to and
34:45never looked back? And which famous
34:47brand do you refuse to give up? Tell me
34:49in the comments.

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