Class A chicken

[Carol Anne]

I was wondering why in the supermarket Class A chicken is sold at different prices? To me if chicken is marked as Class A ,this is an indication of it being of a certain quality, ie. the best. Yet on the supermarket shelf there are the 'normal' packs of say 4 legs priced at �1.90 kg , and on the shelf below will be the 'value' pack of the same, but priced much lower at �1.30 per kg. What puzzles me is if they are both Class A product then surely no matter which pack I whoose to buy I will be getting exactly the same quality? I did ask the supermarket manager but all I got was a blank look .

[Dingoeater]

Class A is a definition imposed by DEFRA on poultry meat (in your case, chicken) meaning essentially that ANYTHING you buy from a chicken in a supermarket is Class A. "Value" meat generally has a higher additive content (water, sulphides, etc) compared to the other chicken products that you can buy.

I personally buy from my local butcher where I know that the chickens (or parts thereof) were free-range and that any bruising was due to them getting up to some sort of boisterous chicken antics rather than banging against the bars of a battery cage. Tastes bettetr too. Apparently you can have your chicken and eat it :)