It's all gone a bit silly wonka - new F Loung LHR offering
Aug 11, 2022, 9:52 am
#4
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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"Here you go sir, two of these are your 1,200 calorie dinner and the third is the before landing meal of 600 calories. Enjoy your menu!"
All joking aside, I hope I get to sample these, they do look nice. And 3D printed for your pleasure!
Aug 11, 2022, 9:57 am
#5
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 124
Like a very soft fruit pastille, but more sweet, overly sweet.
I'd take one again if I was passing through, don't think I'll be subscribing to a plan any time soon.
They are to the right, just as you come in to F Lounge from Gold Wing security....or right if you enter from terminal and past the toilets, then over to your left.
I'd take one again if I was passing through, don't think I'll be subscribing to a plan any time soon.
They are to the right, just as you come in to F Lounge from Gold Wing security....or right if you enter from terminal and past the toilets, then over to your left.
Aug 11, 2022, 10:08 am
#8
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 124
was under the above, nourished vitamin snack.
but that does sound like the wording they would use.
I much preffered a few years ago the take home / make your own cocktail sets that were out on the terrace.
Aug 11, 2022, 10:27 am
#9
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
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A welcome addition, and good to see such an excellent response to customer ….. er ……. feedback 
I’ve lost count of the number of fellow lounge-users overheard complaining to staff that the F menu really should include 3D printed gummy vitamins, clearly deemed essential to help fast-track their goals and optimise their lifestyle.
I’ve lost count of the number of fellow lounge-users overheard complaining to staff that the F menu really should include 3D printed gummy vitamins, clearly deemed essential to help fast-track their goals and optimise their lifestyle.
Aug 11, 2022, 10:37 am
#10
Join Date: Mar 2005
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That's because they use Erythritol as sweetener. A typical side effect.
I'd be more worried about the fact that the main ingredient is Maltitol Syrup, and that the recommended daily dose is one (1). The full label has a warning not to exceed the recommended dose, likely because each pastille contains 8.3 g of Maltitol Syrup (the non-sugar carbs on the nutriitional info), and if you have more than 30-50g of Maltitol Syrup per day, you can expect to suffer from flatulence and bowel discomfort (you're basically guaranteed to get diarrhoea if you go above 90g).
Not ideal on a plane.
I'd be more worried about the fact that the main ingredient is Maltitol Syrup, and that the recommended daily dose is one (1). The full label has a warning not to exceed the recommended dose, likely because each pastille contains 8.3 g of Maltitol Syrup (the non-sugar carbs on the nutriitional info), and if you have more than 30-50g of Maltitol Syrup per day, you can expect to suffer from flatulence and bowel discomfort (you're basically guaranteed to get diarrhoea if you go above 90g).
Not ideal on a plane.
Aug 11, 2022, 10:37 am
#11
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,059
It’s pretty obvious the company has paid BA for a PR spot. And long as it’s not chugger-style in-your-face and gives BA a bit of cash that doesn’t come out of my pocket then I don’t have a problem with it. I doubt they’d even pretend this was what customers were requesting, any more than ‘in lounge shopping with F&M’ is.
Aug 11, 2022, 10:50 am
#12
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Location: Morbihan, France
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I'd rather they were handing out Percy Pigs - these look like Dolly Mixture.
Last edited by PUCCI GALORE; Aug 11, 2022 at 11:41 am
Aug 11, 2022, 11:07 am
#13
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
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I'd be more worried about the fact that the main ingredient is Maltitol Syrup, and that the recommended daily dose is one (1). The full label has a warning not to exceed the recommended dose, likely because each pastille contains 8.3 g of Maltitol Syrup (the non-sugar carbs on the nutriitional info), and if you have more than 30-50g of Maltitol Syrup per day, you can expect to suffer from flatulence and bowel discomfort (you're basically guaranteed to get diarrhoea if you go above 90g).
Not ideal on a plane.
Maybe nobody within BA thought it worth asking too many questions when offered a free promo, accompanied by the ‘healthy lifestyle enhancing’ marketing spiel.
Aug 11, 2022, 11:15 am
#14
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
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NOT if you live in Oz...!!
Aug 11, 2022, 11:25 am
#15
Join Date: Apr 2015
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i) Odd with all the capabilities and technology of 3D printing that they chose.... a round cylinder. Not overly creative!
ii) clearly designed to make up for the ultra-processed 'dead' airline food.
iii) the idea of flatulence and diarrhoea is certainly not something anyone needs in WT LH (yet alone anywhere else) - maybe that's why they're trying them out on the 'F' pax first!
ii) clearly designed to make up for the ultra-processed 'dead' airline food.
iii) the idea of flatulence and diarrhoea is certainly not something anyone needs in WT LH (yet alone anywhere else) - maybe that's why they're trying them out on the 'F' pax first!