Broad Oak Farms Free Range Fresh Whole Chicken $4.49 per kg @ ALDI

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  Zippy7 on 05/11/2025 - 22:07

  +1

  That's a good price for a whole free range chicken.
  However, the last few times I bought "normal" bog-standard Aldi chicken, I've found it "smells" a bit funny. Not quite "off", but something that isn't that pleasant to my nose.

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    jv on 05/11/2025 - 22:12

    It was probably close to the use by date.

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      Zippy7 on 05/11/2025 - 23:00

      +2

      Actually, I'm one of those people who look for the longest used by dates regardless of when I plan on eating it.
      Sometimes these are up the back, sometimes they are not, but I check all used by dates before buying.

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    spock on 06/11/2025 - 06:44

    +1

    I don't buy any chicken from aldi I've had to return off chicken 3 or 4 times I think the chilled fridges arent cold enough.

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    haz on 06/11/2025 - 08:28

    +1

    I concur, I always find Aldi has issues with their chicken. Most of the time even the longest dated smells a bit off. I cannot imagine consuming them on the date of expiry. I don’t know if it due to their food handling practice, or buying practices. I think the same goes with Aldi’s fresh fruit and vegetables. Tend to find the quality fluctuates a lot more than Coles and Woolies. I have bought Rocket a few times and they were so stringy.

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    Cheaplikethebird on 06/11/2025 - 09:50

    I've cooked two of these a week pretty consistently for the last 3 years and plenty of times I'll cook them on the day of expiry. Think I've thrown one out once?

    Raw chicken can sometimes smell funny when its packed like this in its own juices. If it's actually gone off you'll know. If you catch yourself leaning in for a better whiff it's not off.

    "As bizarre as it may sound, it's actually a very good sign if your meat has a bit of a sour or sulfuric odor. When the protein in question gets packed in tightly with its own juices, lactic acid buildup occurs inside the package, creating a funny smell in the trapped air that imbues the meat itself. It's not a sign your meat has gone bad; it's a sign the seal was actually tight and clean."

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  jv on 05/11/2025 - 22:11

  Unlike the Coles and Woolies ones, there is no mention if the chickens are hormone-free.

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    eddyah on 05/11/2025 - 22:42

    First I've heard or horny chicks at my local woolies and coles…

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    No Client List on 05/11/2025 - 22:49

    Decisions decisions…….free-range or hormone-free?

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    WatchNerd on 05/11/2025 - 23:08

    +7

    Free range chicken meat is advertised in Australia as hormone-free, but ACMF deputy executive director Kylie Hewson said the reality was hormone use in meat chickens was outlawed in Australia decades ago.
    "A really long time ago, back in the 50s and 60s, some people in the industry did trial using steroids or hormones to grow chickens bigger," Dr Hewson said.
    "What they quickly realised was that it was a lot more effective to use selective breeding to breed the traits they wanted in meat chickens."
    Dr Hewson said steroids and hormones had not been used in Australia's meat chicken industry for more than 60 years and antibiotic treatment was kept to an absolute minimum.

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      iridiumstem on 05/11/2025 - 23:10

      Chicken with huge biceps?

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        easternculture on 06/11/2025 - 06:56

        Chicken skipped leg days?

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      grasstown on 05/11/2025 - 23:13

      Anything about antibiotics. I think rather than hormones, we should all be concerned about antibiotics now. I presume cage of antibiotics but free range don’t need as many.