The second analysis of the price observatory of the OCU He recommended that we buy prawns for the holidays these days, since it is one of the shellfish that has become less expensive. If you want to control the budget even more, the Consumers Organization has updated its buying guide for this Christmas classic to find out which are the best frozen prawns supermarketin value for money.
As usual, after analyzing the products of the category in question available in the main Spanish supermarkets, the OCU classified according to its quality global to guide the consumer when buying. In addition, a specific brand is chosen as a “master purchase”, which is not always the one with the highest score, because it offers a more adjusted price while maintaining a more than acceptable overall quality.
In this case, the OCU has studied ten brands of cooked frozen supermarket prawns, leading them to a independent laboratory for your analysis. Key aspects such as freshness, the total composition of the product (salt content, preservatives or other added additives), size and homogeneity of the pieces (and if they correspond to what is announced on the package), possible defects or pieces have been taken into account. broken and hygiene.
In addition, it has been analyzed if there is possible remains or residues of substances such as sulphites or cadmium, and finally a tasting tasting of the product by a panel of experts. All these aspects are valued considering the price and the labeling, and a score is assigned in a number out of 100, the highest being the highest overall quality.
The best and worst supermarket prawns in 2022
This year, the OCU has found notable differences in frozen cooked prawns, with no product achieving the “very good quality” rating. Three brands are considered to be of good quality, four of medium quality, and three failsince they do not achieve the minimum admissible quality according to the criteria of the organization.
PRODUCT | REFERENCE PRICE | OVERALL QUALITY | FULL SCORE |
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Cooked prawns El Corte Inglés | €11.99/kg | Good quality | 65 |
Boiled king prawns Pescanova Rodolfos | €18.30/kg | Good quality | 64 |
Cooked white prawn Freight (Aldi) | €8.74/kg | Good quality (Master buy) | 63 |
Carrefour cooked prawns | €7.86/kg | Medium quality | 54 |
Pescanova cooked prawns | €10.75/kg | Medium quality | 54 |
Eroski Basic cooked prawns | €11.44/kg | Medium quality | 53 |
Cooked Vannamei Shrimp La Sirena | €11.99/kg | Medium quality | 52 |
Costasur cooked prawn | €11.63/kg | Poor quality | 49 |
Large cooked vannamei prawn Carrefour | €8.44/kg | Poor quality | 49 |
Cooked prawns Alcampo Auchan | €7.84/kg | Poor quality | 43 |
Thus, although the best supermarket prawns are those of El Corte Inglés own brand, at 11.99 euros for a one-kilo container, the OCU recommends as “master purchase” the aldi prawnsat 6.99 euros per box of 800 g.
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