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Revealed: Australia’s most trusted brands for 2022

<p>Celebrating its 100th year as a global brand, Reader’s Digest has announced the Most Trusted Brands in Australia in its annual survey – and the results even include ANOTHER brand celebrating 100 years!</p> <p>In 2022, Cadbury, certainly one of Australia’s iconic brands, also marks its 100th year – and as winner of the Most Trusted Confectionary Brand for 16 of the past 17 years in the <a href="https://www.trustedbrands.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand</a> survey, Australians clearly believe its chocolates consistently taste amazing. </p> <p>The award-winning brands that appear in the Reader’s Digest 23rd annual survey have stood out among their competitors during the most challenging of times throughout the pandemic, and have continued to build their customers’ trust. </p> <p>“Trust in consumer brands takes years of careful planning, execution and nurturing,” says Reader’s Digest editor-in-chief, Louise Waterson. “But during challenging times, and the past year has been one of the most difficult on record, we’ve seen quality brands live up to their promises to their customers. These brands have been able to win and retain the trust of their customers.” </p> <p>The Trusted Brands survey covers a comprehensive range of products and services across 75 categories, including the new Residential Aged Care category, spanning the separate NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA markets.</p> <p>Brands included in the list to be rated were generated by asking local Australian consumers for their most trusted brands. This question was unprompted to ensure the rating of top brands in each category, as selected by Australians.</p> <p>Each respondent was asked score each brand out of ten, as well as providing comments on their most trusted brand within each category – providing key drivers of trust for consumers.  </p> <p>Each category contains one Winner, and two Highly Commended brands. These brands scored higher in their respective categories than the other brands polled. </p> <p>The top 20 winners – that scored higher in their respective categories than the other brands polled – are as follows:</p> <p><strong>Top 20 Trusted Brands of all brands surveyed</strong></p> <ul> <li>1 Dettol<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>2 Band-Aid<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>3 Bunnings Warehouse<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>4 Cadbury <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>5 Woolworths<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>6 Dulux<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>7 Dyson<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>8 Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>9 Cancer Council<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>10 Panadol<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li> <li>11 Glen 20</li> <li>12 Twinings</li> <li>13 Bega Cheese</li> <li>14 Dairy Farmers</li> <li>15 Toyota</li> <li>16 Westinghouse</li> <li>17 Bridgestone</li> <li>18 Finish</li> <li>19 Vicks</li> <li>20 Weber</li> </ul> <p>Under each category one winner and two highly commended placings were awarded. To find out who you can officially trust, see the full results of all 75 categories in the May edition of Reader’s Digest or visit <a href="https://www.trustedbrands.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.trustedbrands.com.au</a></p>

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Tea expert reveals the secret to making the perfect cuppa

<p>Everyone likes to make their tea differently – we all have our own little eccentricities that go into our cuppa. Milk after water? Scalding or lukewarm? Sugar or no sugar?</p> <p>Well, as it turns out, it’s not about the maker of the tea but rather the brewer, according to Stephen Twining of legendary tea brand Twinings. “The perfect cup of tea is [about] fabulous ingredients from anywhere around the world and that obviously varies according to taste,” he tells <a href="http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/drink/how-to-make-the-perfect-cup-of-tea/news-story/92d2dc6e23f2571bb65d533e6c3d965f" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">News.com.au</span></strong></a>. “Simple is the best.”</p> <p>There is one thing Twining believes will spoil a good brew, though, and it’s sure to ruffle some feathers – sugar. “It completely ruins the flavour.”</p> <p>The 10th-generation tea king suggests the following two easy steps to brewing the perfect cuppa.</p> <ol start="1"> <li>Brew the tea for 3-5 minutes, depending on desired strength.</li> <li>If too strong, add more water to help dilute the flavour.</li> <li>Add a splash of milk if desired, but not too much as it can spoil the flavours of the leaves.</li> </ol> <p>What’s your secret to brewing the perfect tea? Share your tips with us in the comments below.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><em><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/06/tea-poached-pears/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tea poached pears</span></strong></a></em></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/05/pumpkin-and-lemonade-scones/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Pumpkin and lemonade scones</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/food-wine/2016/05/matcha-chai-tea/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Homemade matcha chai tea</span></em></strong></a></p>

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