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Try Knorr stock pots to use with your Christmas leftovers - testers will receive a mini hamper and be entered into a £150 voucher prize draw NOW CLOSED

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KatGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 09-Dec-13 10:10:57

Knorr are looking for 10 gransnetters to test out their stock pots, helping to make the most of your Christmas leftovers as part of their Love Food Hate Waste campaign.

Here's what Knorr have to say, "As part of our partnership with Love Food Hate Waste, we're committed to helping people get the most from their food, reducing the amount that goes to waste and saving them money at the same time. Christmas dinner is almost guaranteed to leave us all with lots of leftovers in the fridge, so it's a perfect time to see how gransnetters can use Knorr to give their Christmas leftovers a new lease of life."

Those selected to take part will be sent a mini hamper of Knorr Stock and Gravy products worth £20, as well as some recipe ideas to help get the ball rolling. We'd love it if you came up with your own ideas too on how you use Knorr with your leftovers.

Testers are required to add their feedback to a thread on gransnet, telling us how you found the Knorr products and how you used them with your Christmas leftovers. Everyone who adds their feedback will be entered into a prize draw to win a £150 M&S voucher.

If you'd like to take part, please sign up here.

Thanks and good luck!

GNHQ

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Nelliemoser Wed 11-Dec-13 19:17:38

Cate indeed they are salty.

www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Knorr-Beef-Stock-Pot-8-Pack/42566011

Nutritional Data
Sodium8.6g

The Knorr beef stock is quoted by the Ocado link at 8.6 grams of sodium per 100 grms of stock pot.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3816735.stm

To convert "sodium" content to an accurate salt content, you need to multiply the amount of sodium by 2.5.

1 gram of sodium per 100g = 2.5 grams salt

8.6 x 2.5 = 21.5 grams of salt per 100 grams of undiluted stock pot.
It's 21.5 % salt.

I now use Kallo "very low salt" vegetable cubes as I found other brands and Kallos ordinary vegetable stock far too salty.

Most stock and gravy making products are very salty indeed. frighten yourself and check them out.

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rosemac6 Wed 11-Dec-13 19:46:40

Anything that can boost cheaper cuts and leftovers are ok with me when these days money is tight I have a book of recipes of my grans that I use all the time but some nice tasty stock could give some of them a boost

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peanutmum Wed 11-Dec-13 20:24:20

I would enjoy having the opportunity to use these small pots.

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redarrow Wed 11-Dec-13 22:41:22

I just get a `there is a problem with loading the page` message.....am I the only one?

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nanakate Thu 12-Dec-13 09:29:54

Was at a talk by a nutritionist recently on how to get the most nutritional benefit from your food when you are getting older. It turns out that, according to him, you can't do better than make up a pot of bone stock whenever you can to form the basis of soups, packed with cheap root veg. Bone stock is full of minerals and proteins to keep our immune systems strong. And Christmas is the one time lots of us are likely to have bones for making lovely real stock.

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girlracer Thu 12-Dec-13 20:04:49

Stockpots look lovely but they are rather disappointing, very salty. Good old Oxo is much better.

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weather Sat 14-Dec-13 00:52:16

great idea I love using stock pots

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kittylester Sat 14-Dec-13 14:33:00

Nellie, I use Kallo too. They are GF and it is possible to use either a half or a quarter if you don't need a whole pint of stock. That's not possible with stock pots. tchsmile

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medic Sun 15-Dec-13 11:00:24

What a god idea as my son fancies himself as a cook but always cooks too much and I am left with the left overs!

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MichelleGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 16-Dec-13 10:17:22

In response to the comments regarding the salt content of the stock pots, Knorr would like to say the following,

"Hi gransnetters, thank you for your interest in the Knorr Christmas Leftover Challenge! We’ve noticed that some of you are concerned about the salt content in our stocks. We’re sorry that you find some of our products salty, and would love to recommend our range of Reduced Salt Stock Cubes, which may be more to your taste, although these are not the products being tested in this product test. You can find out more about the Reduced Salt range here. If you have any further questions, please let us know! Many thanks, Knorr."

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