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.
