Welcome to this week’s Try Me Tuesday. Each week I will grab a new set of products and test them out. I’ll put the Publix brand up against a national brand product and report back.
I know many times I struggle with what brand to choose. Often a sale or a coupon/sale combination make that an easier decision…but what about those times when you need an item and there is not a sale? Do you grab the house brand or pay more and get the national brand? More importantly, is there really a difference in taste?
This week the boys chose the item. I thought we had done this one before but instead it was the crescent rolls that we had tried out.
Publix Cinnamon Rolls, 2/$4
Serving Size 1 roll (44g)
Calories – 150
Fat – 6 g
Sodium – 270 mg
Carbohydrate – 23 g
Protein – 3g
Ingredients: Bread: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vanilla Icing (Powdered Sugar [Sugar, Corn Starch], Sugar, Water, Corn Syrup, Vegetable Shortenings [Canola, Palm, Palm Kernal Oils], Salt Polysorbate 60, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Titanium Dioxide {Color{, Natural Flavor, Sorbic Acid [Preserative], Water. Vegetable Shortenings (Palm Oil With Beta Carotene [Color], Palm Oil), Sugar, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Cinnamon, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Wheat Starch, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Vegetable Monon and Diglycerides, Color (Yellow 5, Yello 6), Polysorbate 60, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative).
Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, 2/$5
Serving Size 1 Roll With Icing (44g)
Calories – 140
Fat – 4.5 g
Sodium – 350 mg
Carbohydrate – 23 g
Protein – 2 g
Ingredients: Bread: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Palm and Soybean Oil, Dextrose, Wheat Starch. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid, Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Palm Kernal Oil, Salt, Modified Whey, Cinnamon, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Monoglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Polysorbate 60, Natural and Artifical Flavor, Yellow 5, Red 40.
RESULTS
- Publix – 3
- Pillsbury – 5
We had some guests over the weekend so it was a great time to try these out. As you can see there were mixed reviews. I can’t say that the Pillsbury won by a landslide but it did get the most votes.
I tried both and honestly, they were both very tasty. I was the one who prepared the rolls and I can tell you that the Publix package required you to peel the paper off twice to get it open BUT I loved that I could squeeze out the icing. The Pillsbury icing required a knife to spread it from a little tin.
Now from a price standpoint, the Pillsbury will almost always be cheaper as they are on sale constantly with a coupon. But in the case when they weren’t on sale, I would definitely grab the Publix version. They were delicious and I really did like how easy it was to add the icing at the end!! Ultimately the Pillsbury was the winner at my house for the taste test but I think you’d be safe grabbing either!
Have you guys tried both? Which did you prefer?
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As a household that cannot have many Pillsbury products due to allergies (Soybean Oil), I will say that our kids never noticed a difference when we went to the Publix brand. They are both very excited when we make these, and there are never any left. :-) For the price point with allergy sensitive kids they can’t be beat!
Are the Publix ones really have 10X the sodium than the Pillsbury?????
HA–no that was a typo!! All fixed :-)
I’m glad to see this comparison. Cinnamon rolls are my weakness. I agree about the sodium count on the Publix brand though – wow that’s high!
I’ve tried both and have to say that they are both good. I’m not going to turn down a cinnamon roll! I agree about the squeeze-on icing, too. The little cup the Pillsbury icing comes in is such a sticky mess.
The icing for the publix brand was absolutely disgusting as it had a funny taste. Never again will I buy this brand.
We definitely prefer the Publix brand to the other. However, Publix has stopped carrying these. Do you know what company actually manufactures them and/or for wat other store so we can look there?