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Kraft renamed themselves Mondelez after spinning off grocery brands who now use the Kraft name - Philadelphia cheese etc. Mondelez are well on the way to destr
by anexprogrammer 11y ago
Kraft renamed themselves Mondelez after spinning off grocery brands who now use the Kraft name - Philadelphia cheese etc.
Mondelez are well on the way to destroying the Cadbury brand here.
One of the things Kraft made a big deal of during the takeover was promising to keep a particular UK plant open. 7 days after finalisation they announced the plant's closure.
Creme Eggs are now revolting, It's not even Cadbury choclate any more, but some sugary cheap fake chocolate. Being egg shaped, they were commonly sold in packs of 6, now sold in 5s - same price. They're also markedly smaller.
They've fiddled with most products, generally made them noticeably worse, and shrunk the sizes of nearly everything.
I buy other makes these days.
- logfromblammo 11y agoBear in mind that British Cadbury's, after reformulation, is still better than American Cadbury's. Chicago may be the candy capital of the world, but let's just say that not all innovation in confectionery is to the ultimate good of the consumer. I don't know how, exactly, it has come to this, but I believe many of the chocolate-like products sold in the US are now labeled as "chocolate candy", as they no longer even meet any of the American legal definitions for chocolate. It makes it really easy to adhere to a low-sugar diet when all the "chocolate" around you is junk. Be glad if your chocolate still has actual cocoa butter in it, instead of coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, or shea butter. Or even sunflower or safflower oils!
- anexprogrammer 11y agoI remember trying Hershey's chocolate on my first trip to the US, not expecting quite how nasty it was.
- checker 11y agoAccording to Wikipedia, they transitioned from chocolate (which legally in the US must only contain cocoa butter fats) to "cocoa-flavored", which can contain less or no cocoa butter and includes cheaper fats such as vegetable oil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Creme_Egg#Changes_to_product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Creme_Egg#Changes_to_p... http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-may19apr19-story.html http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-may19apr19-story.html
- anexprogrammer 11y agoThat would explain why the texture is wrong then. Best word I can find is "slimy", and is too sweet which is quite an achievement in a product that's 80% fondant.
- darkclarity 11y agoCadbury's chocolate now reminds me of the stuff I used to find in cheap advent calendars and low end pick 'n' mix.