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When someone is faithful to a particular product or brand it can be difficult persuading them to swap.
Yet with the cost of living crisis impacting on household budgets, many shoppers are trying to find alternatives to the big brands.
We've already reported on people swapping their Heinz beans and soups for supermarket own brands and last week we shared how some shoppers are no longer buying Kellogg's or the other big breakfast cereal names after discovering the range at M&S.
One mum shared photos of the products in a budget Facebook group and was inundated with responses from people raving about the selection, which includes Corn Flakes, Choco Pops, Multigrain Hoops and more.
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So how good are these big brand dupes? There was only one way to find out.
I bought 10 boxes from the M&S range, making sure to include the most popular varieties that people had mentioned, to then compare them with the real deal.
Included in my list were Honey Nut Corn Flakes, Corn Flakes, Multigrain Hoops, Special Flakes, Bran Flakes, Malted Wheats, Wholegrain Wheat Bisks, Choco Pops, Rice Pops and Fruit & Fibre Flakes.
First on the table was Special Flakes, aka Special K, and I have to say there was very little difference at all.
The main thing that was noticeable with the M&S ones - and most of the range in fact - was they weren't as sweet, but I can't say that made them any worse. While I do generally have a sweet tooth, I find that breakfast is one time I can do without that sugar rush, I stopped adding sugar to my Weetabix a long time ago.
On checking the boxes, Special K are 5% sugar, while the M&S Special Flakes are 3%. They've also got
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