‘Equally good untoasted’: Coles and Aldi top Australian supermarket hot cross bun taste test

Judges in Choice’s supermarket hot cross bun taste test looked for buns with ‘good height, a nice dome, sheen’ and soft crosses. Photograph: Robert Billington/Stock photo/The Guardian

When it comes to supermarket hot cross buns, shoppers should stock up at Coles according to Australian consumer group Choice, which evaluated 19 traditional, chocolate and gluten-free varieties in its annual taste test.

Judges blindly tasted toasted and untoasted versions of fruit and choc-chip hot cross buns from Aldi, Bakers Delight, Coles, Costco, IGA and Woolworths.