Spain's famous 'roscón de Reyes' cakes in the supermarkets: only four come recommended by consumer watchdog – CSN News

Friday, 3 January 2025, 10:24.

Loaded with lotion and marketed generally grocery stores throughout Spain, especially Mercadona, Ahorramás, Alcampo, Aldi, BM, Carrefour, Día, El Corte Inglés, Eroski, Hiperusera, La Despensa and Lidl. These are the 15 roscones de Reyes that the Spanish OCU organisation of customers and customers has actually evaluated to figure out which are the most effective. To do so, a team of confectioners have actually assessed their structure, dietary account, labelling, top quality of fat material made use of, along with preference, fragrance and appearance.

The outcomes of the research study were not extremely good considering that, of the 15 roscones checked out, 9 racked up a “frustrating” ranking and just 4 “can be taken into consideration actually high quality”, according to the OCU.

In a few of these ringed cakes the lotion is changed (in entire or partly) by blends of hand, coconut or rapeseed oil-based fats. Making use of ingredients (colourings, chemicals, emulsifiers and texturising representatives) is additionally exaggerated and the preference is additionally unsuitable, according to the confectionery professionals associated with the evaluation.

So, just 4 roscones have actually passed the OCU examination with leading place mosting likely to the one from El Corte Inglés, which is made with lotion and butter. It is adhered to by 3 others, for sale at a reduced rate, that makes them “bargains”. These are the roscones with lotion from La Cestera de Lidl, El Horno Real de Día and El Obrador de Ahorramás.

The OCU explained that, to ensure that you purchase a great roscón de Reyes, you ought to check out the labelling and examine that the dental filling is 100% lotion, that the bread is made just with butter which it does not have a lot of ingredients.