Friday, September 19, 2014

Aldi L'Oven Fresh Hot Dog Buns: A Review

It is not an exaggeration to state that our household burns through a package of hot dog buns every week. When it comes to hot dog and hamburger buns, I do not typically maintain brand allegiance as I will usually make purchases based on brand sales. I also keep in mind to purchase based on that is going into the bun. If I am preparing hot dogs that week, I will most likely buy store brand or generic. If I am preparing some quality brats, Polish, or Italian sausages from the butcher, then I am going to purchase some bakery fresh buns, or select well known commercial buns such as those made by Turano or Gonnella.

I don’t pay allegiance to generic  labels either.  My purchase selection includes the Meijer brand, the Walmart Great Value label, the target brand, and now the Aldi label; known as L’Oven Fresh.  The L’Oven Fresh hot dog buns are sold eight to a package.  I have yet to witness a L’Oven Fresh twelve pack  of buns as sold by Meijer and even some of the name brand companies. The buns are a deep brown color with see -through plastic packaging. The total package weight is twelve ounces with each bun containing 110 calories.

A package of these buns is priced at eighty nine cents. That is a tad lower than the Meijer label costing a dollar and Wonder bread buns around two dollars.  Further down the line are the Rosen’s poppy seed buns costing over three bucks; though I am known to buy those on certain occasions.
These ALDI  buns are surprisingly decent tasting and moist throughout.  The absence of dryness actually surprised me as I have purchased L’Oven fresh wheat bread in the past only to realize the bread was like cardboard and suitable only for making croutons or poultry stuffing; yes I have done that! I would rank the flavor and moistness of the L’oven fresh hot dogs buns better than the Meijer brand and as good as the two dollar Wonder bread buns (at half the price!)


Overall, I rank the l’oven fresh hot dog buns a solid buy.

3 comments:

  1. 2018 L'oven fresh hot dog buns no longer hold to there expiration date. not even close. 2-3 days after purchase they were falling apart. and some molding. (stored appropriately and kept cool)
    something has changed with these buns , the past 5 years I have enjoyed them and never had this problem till 2018 pack after pack fails to hold up . The next day after purchase they are just falling apart new out of the package. ... what has changed in these buns? ????

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  2. I thought absolutely the worst buns I've ever had. Dry, crumbly and we're green within a day. I will stick to my Winn Dixie brand. Won't do Aldi's anymore.

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  3. I am wondering where the rest of the bun is. My wife bought them. I saw them and started laughing.I needed two for one brat. They are a joke!

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