Cheapest Chilli con Carne Ingredients

🌶️ Chilli con Carne · priced across all 7 UK supermarkets · updated daily

Cheapest at Asda — about £3.22 for the ingredients, versus £5.72 at Waitrose.

Ingredients Value

£3.22

The meal’s share of each pack, by best price per unit — for comparing shops.

Real Cost to Buy

£4.62

The cheapest whole packs you’d actually buy at Asda — leftovers included.

Why two prices? Ingredients Value is the meal’s fair share of each pack — the best way to compare shops. Real Cost to Buy is what you’d actually spend buying whole packs, so a small amount (like 50g of cheese) includes the rest of the pack you keep.

Where Each Ingredient Is Cheapest

	Asda	Tesco	Morrisons	Aldi	Sainsbury's	M&S	Waitrose
500g beef mince	£2.00	£3.25	£2.88	£3.09	£3.09	£3.25	£3.50
1 onion	£0.10	£0.14	£0.10	£0.10	£0.13	£0.14	£0.15
400g kidney beans	£0.35	£0.35	£0.60	£0.52	£0.65	£0.51	£1.00
400g passata / chopped tomatoes	£0.43	£0.36	£0.33	£0.43	£0.43	£0.50	£0.59
300g rice	£0.34	£0.16	£0.34	£0.16	£0.16	£0.38	£0.48
Value	£3.22	£4.26	£4.26	£4.29	£4.45	£4.78	£5.72
Real Cost	£4.62	£5.48	£6.20	£5.66	£6.15	£6.10	£7.17

greener = cheaper▢ outline = cheapest for that ingredientValue = the meal’s share by unit price · Real Cost = the whole packs you’d actually buy

What You’d Buy — at Asda

Ingredient	Needs	Value	You’d Buy	Real Cost
500g beef mince	500g	£2.00	2 × 250g	£2.00
1 onion	150g	£0.10	1 × 200g +50g left	£0.60
400g kidney beans	400g	£0.35	1 × 400g	£0.35
400g passata / chopped tomatoes	400g	£0.43	1 × 400g	£0.43
300g rice	300g	£0.34	2 × 170g	£1.24
Total		£3.22		£4.62

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Disclaimer: Indicative prices for the cheapest matching product at each supermarket, by price per unit, from publicly listed prices refreshed daily. Quantities are approximate and you buy whole packs, so your actual cost will vary. Prices may be out of date — always check the retailer before purchasing. SmartShelf is independent and not affiliated with any supermarket; loyalty/member and multibuy prices may not be reflected.