Battle of the Bucks Fizz: FEMAIL puts supermarket own-brands to the test but which bottles sparkled and which left us feeling a bit flat? 

Breakfast on Christmas Day is nothing without a glass or two of bucks fizz to set off your smoked salmon and scrambled eggs.

For many, mixing vintage champagne with orange juice is completely unthinkable, so the supermarkets are happy to provide us with their take on pre-mixed festive fizz. 

With prices ranging from a few pounds up to £6 or more, these bottles are still generally much cheaper than making your own.

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Which bubbles were the best? FEMAIL'S Joanne Gould put the season’s best Bucks Fizz to the test

Cheers!  Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Clementine Bucks Fizz (£3 for 750ml), scored 27/30 points 

FEMAIL'S Joanne Gould put the season’s best bucks fizz to the test, so you know what to stock your fridge with ready for the big day.

I didn't have high hopes for most of these bucks fizz. I usually make my own with fresh clementine juice and champagne (or sparkling wine) as I like to be able to control the amount of juice to fizz ratio. 

I really dislike the taste of juice from concentrate too, and I think at Christmas you should splash out a bit on good quality ingredients.

In my family, we'd have a glass of this with Christmas Day breakfast - which is always my Grandad's secret recipe sausage rolls - before shunning the juice completely for straight up sparkling.

Having said that, a few of these pre-mixed bottles would pass muster; the M&S cassis flavour is lovely, though not traditional and some of the zestier tasting bottles would go down well. 

And you can't argue with the price as making your own would cost at least four times the cost of some of these bottles. 

I'd maybe get some of the Sainsbury's Taste the Difference in to have on standby for ucks fizz emergencies, but I'd leave the Iceland and Tesco bottles on the shelf as they weren't authentically fruity enough.

Asda Bucks Fizz Sparkling Cocktail, £2 for 750ml

Flavour: 7/10

Drinkability: 8/10

Value: 7/10 

TOTAL: 22/30

This is a good effort. The juice tastes more orangey than the other cheaper bottles and there is a far more obvious flavour of sparkling wine - even though it has the same percentage volume as the rest. I liked this one a lot.

Iceland Cavalino Bucks Fizz, £2 for 750ml

Flavour: 6/10

Drinkability: 6/10

Value: 6/10

TOTAL: 18/30

This is a mediocre offering. For the price, it is hard to complain but I for one would rather spend a bit more to avoid the slightly artificial fruit flavour of this one. There is a decent amount of fizz at least and the wine is OK.

M&S Clementine & Cassis Bucks Fizz, £3 down from £6 for 750ml

Flavour: 8/10

Drinkability: 8/10

Value: 8/10

TOTAL: 24/30

If you’re looking for something different from the usual orange and champagne mixture, then this is worth a punt. 

The clementine flavour is still palpable and the blackcurrant addition makes it a pretty and fruity cocktail alternative. A quality product for its current price.

Iceland Cavalino Bucks Fizz (left) which scored 18/30 and M&S Clementine & Cassis Bucks Fizz (right) which scored 24/30

Morrison’s Bucks Fizz, £2.47 for 750ml

Flavour: 6/10

Drinkability: 7/10

Value: 5/10

TOTAL: 18/30

Which one to try next? Joanne chooses a bottle 

A nice looking bottle and a mid-range price. The orange flavour is OK but I’m still craving a proper sharp citrus authenticity, rather than the concentrated juice I’m getting. 

The persistence of the bubbles is good but I’d want something more special for the festive season.

Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Clementine Bucks Fizz, £3 for 750ml

Flavour: 9/10

Drinkability: 9/10

Value: 9/10

TOTAL: 27/30

One of the only Bucks Fizz in the selection to use clementine juice, as it should. 

It’s pricier than the others but for the extra £1 there is a marked difference in quality and I’d be happy to serve this for breakfast on Christmas Day. 

 Lovely citrus flavour and plenty of fizz.

Tesco Bucks Fizz, £2 for 750ml

Flavour: 5/10

Drinkability: 6/10

Value: 6/10

TOTAL:  17/30

For £2 this is fine. It’s a pretty standard mix of sparkling wine and orange juice, but this is let down by the fact that the orange juice isn't sharp and punchy enough. 

It’s from concentrate so it’s never going to set the world alight but there’s also a distinct orange squash taste to it, and I’m not surprised to see from the label that there’s lemon juice in there too. I wouldn't go out of my way buy it.