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It's amusing to see a British paper attacking the health benefits of dark chocolate, given what they sell as "chocolate" in stores. After having had unfortunate
by mkempe 9y ago
It's amusing to see a British paper attacking the health benefits of dark chocolate, given what they sell as "chocolate" in stores. After having had unfortunate opportunities to try it, I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole.
- walshemj 9y agoWhich brands? if you have only ever eaten Cadburys going to a 70+% cocoa might be an unusual taste, and in America big brand chocolate is even more adulterated than it is in the UK
- mkempe 9y agoSorry I only remember Cadbury's but there were other brands. As for taste in the UK and America, for the American market Lindt chose to adulterate their standard Excellence recipes to adjust to local preferences; consequently some of their dark chocolates sold in the US became inedible monstrosities.
- icc97 9y agoComparison of th ingredients of Cadury's Dairy Milk in the UK vs US [0]: > According to a 2007 report in The New York Times, a British bar contained (in order) of milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat and emulsifiers, whilst the American version manufactured by Hershey started its ingredients list with sugar. It also listed lactose, emulsifier soy lecithin, and “natural and artificial flavorings". Cadbury's is typically the cheapest brand of chocolate in the UK. The UK got an exception from EU law to create a new type of 'family milk chocolate' that only contains 20% cocoa solids instead of 25% as is required in the rest of the EU to call something milk chocolate [1] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Dairy_Milk#Ingredients_and_tastes_for_local_markets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Dairy_Milk#Ingredients... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate#Types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate#Types
- lozenge 9y agoWas this before or after Kraft did a hostile takeover of Cadbury? I'll grant that Cadbury was never as good as European chocolate, but after Kraft the quality took a nosedive.
- mkempe 9y agoBoth. Indeed. My frames of reference are Swiss dark chocolates and pralinés.
- mkempe 9y agoTo the downvoters: what is generally sold as "chocolate" in British grocery stores is at best similar to moldy sandwich bread one would try to pass of as "croissant" (assuming you know what a fresh, French croissant is like; if you don't, you have no business passing judgment on qualities of croissant, chocolate, or comments on those).