Price: £1.50 for a box of 6 (07/10/2024)
These are Asda’s standard, no-frills, basic mince pies. Priced at £1.50 for a box of six, they are a direct competitor to the TESCO Mince Pies at the same price point. If you’re looking for something a bit more fancy in Asda, then you can of course try their Exceptional Luxury Mince Pies.
The box describes these Asda mince pies as “yummy” in a scrawly font on the top side, and I should hope so too. That adjective really ought to go without saying when it comes to mince pies. What would be the point of a mince pie that wasn’t yummy?
The description on the packaging goes on to advertise that they contain “juicy raisins, festive spices and crumbly pastry“, all of which one would generally expect as a bare minimum in any mince pie, so nobody can accuse them of setting overly high expectations in their product. The pie lids are decorated with a twinkling star design and a light sprinkling of sugar granules.
Cold Taste Test
The pastry is pretty stodgy. I definitely wouldn’t describe it as crumbly and it’s certainly nothing to write home about. It does at least perform its primary duty of providing shape and structure to the pies and serving as a container for the mincemeat. These pies are small, but they are, at least, well filled and the mincemeat is of a decent standard. It’s rich, juicy and is indeed yummy.
Hot Taste Test
A short blast in the microwave did the pastry absolutely no favours, but the mincemeat was just as nice once warmed up. It’s a good mixture with apple puree and plenty of fat, juicy raisins to the fore and is very pleasing on the palate. It left a sweet aftertaste in my mouth and a desire for more.
Verdict
Given their reasonable price tag, these are fairly decent, lower-end mince pies and they compare well to the Tesco version that was mentioned above. There’s not a lot to choose between the two, but I do think that I have a slight preference for the Tesco version. Having said that, these Asda Mince Pies are the healthiest (or should that be ‘least bad for you’) that I have reviewed so far. They have lower calorie, fat and carbs values per 100g than most other mince pies and a high fibre value, so you needn’t feel so guilty about eating more of them to compensate for the small size.
Unfortunately, like their Tesco counterparts, they do contain palm oil.
Nutrition
Typical values (per 100g):
- Energy: 371 kcal
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturates: 5.4 g
- Carbohydrate: 58 g
- Of which sugars: 26 g
- Fibre : 2.6 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Salt: 0.26 g