From a peanut butter biscuit that has no peanuts in it, to a bank that raids kids’ piggy banks… these are the winners of a 2014 Shonky Award.
Arnott’s Tim Tams Peanut Butter Flavour
This Tim Tam variety contains no peanuts at all – it’s all the work of paprika extract and food colours.
S-26 Gold Toddler and Junior
The Shonky Award for… milking parental guilt in a toddler and junior formula market worth almost $100m.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
According to a senate inquiry, CBA’s financial planners orchestrated a “calculated deceit” and deliberately put clients into risky investments.
Vorwerk Thermomix
For being less than upfront with loyal Thermo fans about the release of its new model, we were left with no choice but to juice the Vorwerk/Thermomix lemon.
Amazon Kindle
Kindle Paperwhite’s boasted eight weeks of battery life is based on just 30 minutes of reading per day.
Kmart swimwear
Is a swimsuit really a swimsuit if its label proclaims that it may become see-through when wet?