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She wasn't just talking chocolate. She was getting into economics. Brought up the dark chocolate because it is the more costly product to manufacture. Cocoa
by jstewartmobile 9y ago
She wasn't just talking chocolate. She was getting into economics.
Brought up the dark chocolate because it is the more costly product to manufacture. Cocoa solids and cocoa butter are expensive. Sugar and vegetable oil aren't. If this is a corporate ploy to acclimate people to trash chocolate for profits, she was already on trash chocolate. But even in the low-rent grocers, the premium product is available. Doesn't jive with her thesis.
- handbanana 9y agoI agree in part. But why did she say "is a chunk of sugared grease by comparison". Seems like that clearly shows she was comparing the two in taste as well...
- jstewartmobile 9y ago"sugared grease" was from me, not the author. I wrote that because cadbury has gotten heat in the past for substituting vegetable fats for cocoa butter, and the #2 ingredient in her favorite is sugar. Cocoa products make their first appearance at #3: https://www.cadbury.co.uk/products/cadbury-dairy-milk-11294 https://www.cadbury.co.uk/products/cadbury-dairy-milk-11294 Compare with the Lindt 90%: https://www.lindtusa.com/wcsstore/LindtCatalogAssetStore/Attachment/products/nutritional/nutritional-information-SKU-392977.pdf https://www.lindtusa.com/wcsstore/LindtCatalogAssetStore/Att...
- handbanana 9y agoI assumed the "she" was you as I hadn't read the article yet. So I was referring to you in my comment. As for the comparisons with Lindt 90%, just stop. Choose a lindt product that's a similar % to dairy milk. Here you go: https://www.lindtusa.com/wcsstore/LindtStorefrontAssetStore/Attachment/products/nutritional-information-SKU-4852.pdf https://www.lindtusa.com/wcsstore/LindtStorefrontAssetStore/...
- jstewartmobile 9y agoIf you read the article, her thesis is that we are under an illusion of consumer choice. That we have several dark and milk varieties of differing qualities and compositions undermines that thesis. Pedantic reminders of apples-to-apples are unwarranted. From the HN guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
- handbanana 9y agoI don't disagree with your comment here. Next time lead with a comment like this that gets to what you're trying to say. If you feel I was being pedantic, then you've missed my points