A £5 supermarket Easter egg has beaten luxury rivals costing up to £70 in an annual taste test in England.

The Chokablok American Dreamcake egg sold at Tesco scored 84/100 to take the title of Good Housekeeping Easter Egg of the Year, impressing the judging panel with its “varying textures, enticing design and value for money”.

Among its competitors were the £70 Hotel Chocolat Half and Half Ostrich Easter Egg which scored 80/100 and the Harrods Chocolate Brownie and Raspberry Egg, which costs £24.95 and scored 70/100.

Tasters sampled 193 chocolate eggs to decide the winners of four categories: eggs for children, eggs for grown-ups, eggs for sharing and the overall winner.

Memorable magazines

A royal tribute from Kate Moss and a politically-minded Dalek will fight it out for the title of the greatest magazine cover of the last 100 years.

The first ever UK edition of Cosmopolitan from 1972 and Dennis the Menace on the front of The Beano are also among the contenders that will be put to a public vote.

Kate Moss’s Vogue cover from 2001, complete with a crown and sceptre, was billed as a royal salute ahead of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, while the 2005 Radio Times urged readers to Vote Dalek before the 2005 general election.

The 10 images were chosen by a panel of industry experts to celebrate this year’s centenary of the Professional Publishers Association (PPA).

Zoo burgers

South African food is clear of horsemeat contamination, but it does have water buffalo, donkey and goat meat in mislabelled beef burgers and sausages.

A study published by three professors at Stellenbosch University found that 99 of 139 samples contained species not declared in the product label, with the highest incidence in sausages, burgers and deli meats.The study found soya and gluten were not labelled in 28 per cent of products tested, undeclared pork in 37 per cent and chicken in 23 per cent.

False claims

Around 150 farms in Germany are being investigated over false claims about the quality of their eggs.

Prosecutors in Oldenburg suspect the eggs were labelled as organic or free-range when in fact they did not meet strict requirements.

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