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    Cadbury

    I know not everyone is as obsessed as I am with chocolate, BUT has anyone else noticed that Kraft ruined the American Cadbury bars?

    I always look forward to the solid chocolate mini eggs from Cadbury every Easter, but this past year I bought a small bag, and they did NOT taste the same. Just recently I had to go to Canada for a funeral, but I bought an American Cadbury bar, and a U.K. Cadbury bar. (to do a taste test) The flavor profile has been completely changed. NOT happy about this.
    Last edited by Lista; 10-16-2015 at 12:18 PM. Reason: parenthetical comment needed :)

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    Its all Hershey's fault...for the reason you can't find the UK version here:

    ...Last August, The Hershey Company filed a lawsuit against Let's Buy British (LBB), a New Jersey firm that imports products from the UK, South Africa and Australia. The Pennsylvania-based confectioner claimed LBB had violated US trademark laws by importing UK products including Cadbury's Dairy Milk.

    Under a licensing deal reached in 1988, Hershey's manufactures the iconic Cadbury's bar for the US market, using a slightly different recipe and packaging. But chocolate purists have long held that the British version tastes better.

    Last week, to avoid further legal action, LBB agreed to stop selling any Cadbury's product made in the UK, as well as British-made KitKats, Rolos and Maltesers. Toffee Crisps and Yorkie bars – both produced by Nestlé in the UK – also fell victim to the deal...

    ...and because they use a different recipe:

    The differences between UK and US Cadbury's Dairy Milk are more than merely imagined: the British version has a higher fat content and lists its first ingredient as milk; the US version begins with sugar. To qualify as chocolate in the UK, a product must contain at least 20 per cent cocoa solids. In the US, the lower limit is 10 per cent, and American-made Dairy Milk is just 11 per cent cocoa. US bars also contain a different blend of chemical emulsifiers, giving them a longer shelf life.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-10004199.html

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    86% dark chocolate for me. Meaning the cocoa content is 86 percent, the rest is sugar. The sugar content is sufficiently low that it is healthy and non-fattening. I tend to eat a chunk of it with cashew nuts every day. The low sugar content means it retains the natural bitter cocoa taste which means that to me it is simply real chocolate.

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