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Waitrose cheddar and Cecil cake win Which? taste tests
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  • Waitrose cheddar and Cecil cake win Which? taste tests
  • Colin the Caterpillar cake comes bottom in Which? taste test
  • Waitrose Cecil cake wins Best Buy with 78%

The Which? 18 for a 350g block, according to Which?. Two-thirds of tasters agreed the strength of flavour was just right, Which?

reported. 75 for 350g, while Tesco Finest cheddar costs £4 for 350g, according to Which?. In the caterpillar cake category, Colin the Caterpillar from M&S came bottom with 64% in the Which?

Colin the Caterpillar is the UK's number one caterpillar cake - over a million are sold every year. He has been named the nation's best caterpillar cake.

M&S spokesperson, M&S spokesperson

blind taste test. Which? 3g per 100g) among cakes tested.

50, according to multiple reports. 5%, and the company sells over 1 million Colin the Caterpillar cakes annually. Colin debuted in August 1990, according to M&S.

At M&S, blind taste testers regularly taste our products against the market to ensure we remain number one for taste and quality – this includes our Colin cakes.

M&S spokesperson, M&S spokesperson

Waitrose Cecil Chocolate Sponge Cake scored 78% and was awarded Which? Best Buy. 50 and weighs 744g, according to multiple reports.

Which? reported that 69% of the panel deemed Cecil's sponge-to-buttercream ratio 'perfect'. 50, Iceland's Lewis and Green Caterpillar Celebration Cake was given Which?

50, and Aldi's Cuthbert caterpillar cake scored 72%, Which? reported. In a separate Which?

taste test, M&S Gold Instant Coffee and Waitrose Gold Roast shared top honours with 70%, according to Which?. Natalie Hitchins, Which? " An M&S spokesperson responded: "Colin the Caterpillar is the UK's number one caterpillar cake - over a million are sold every year.

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