When you bite into a hot chestnut, many people can lose their appetite in the run-up to Christmas: The Association for Consumer Information (VKI) bought, prepared and tasted 27 samples of the popular nut in Viennese supermarkets and markets. It turned out that extremely many sweet chestnuts were inedible, as the VKI announced on Wednesday. The result was independent of whether the chestnuts were prepackaged or sold loose.
“Unfortunately, almost every second sweet chestnut turned out to be inedible,” said VKI project manager Nina Eichberger. The sweet chestnuts were purchased in various branches of all supermarket chains. The chestnuts from Lidl and Hofer performed best.
The quality at chestnut stands was much better. At least three quarters of the chestnuts tasted okay.
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