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Chat => General => Topic started by: bodchris on March 25, 2011, 05:09:55 pm

Title: The taste of most chocolate has changed.
Post by: bodchris on March 25, 2011, 05:09:55 pm: Hello Chocolate lovers

Sadly for me the flavour of most milk chocolate has changed, Cadburys being the exception. No longer can can I enjoy KitKats or any former Rowntree product chocolate bars as frankly the chocolate tastes, well, disgusting, kind of over-rich with a unpleasant fatty aftertaste. This chocolate seems to have pervaded other products like Penguin bars and many snack/lunch bars. My wife confirms the same change. sadly Rowntrees chocolate was, for me, the most wonderful chocolate and so now I am bereft!

Only Cadburys (or should I say Kraft) has not altered.

Please someone confirm this finding/phenomena or have my taste buds gone mad?

Regards

Chris
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Post by: drterror666 on March 25, 2011, 06:40:06 pm: You think Cadbury tastes the same? I'd agree that it still has a semblance of the Cadbury taste, but it's nothing like it tasted back in the 70's and early 80's. Those glass and a half glasses get bigger all the time.

I won't even buy mainstream chocolate any more, maybe apart from Green & Black's 85% and that's a rarity. I even think Hotel Chocolat is beginning to go downhill. I only really buy specialist chocolate these days; it may be more expensive, but it's worth it.
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Post by: oldspice on March 27, 2011, 12:40:31 pm: Hi Chris

I agree totally that Nestle has completely destroyed once enjoyable chocolate bars. Yorkie now tastes like a slab of over-sweet but greasy and waxy floor polish. Toffee Crisp is a shadow of its former self. KitKats are slightly less revolting but still not their old selves - and as for Aero......

I think the answer is cheaper ingredients. More sugar - more vegetable fats - and less cocoa solids. It's volume rather than quality that Nestel aim for.

I wonder what Kraft will do with the average Cadbury product. I think we will see many Cadbury products going the same way as former Rowntrees products. Sweeter and waxcier and greasy tasting garbage.

At least it's a good reason to give up eating them and shed a few pounds!
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Post by: goldencup on March 27, 2011, 01:57:53 pm: And don't get me on Lion bars - they used to be delicious!
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Post by: wjp666 on March 27, 2011, 05:54:47 pm: i had one the other day for the first time in ages... they are truly horrible now, aren't they?
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Post by: drterror666 on March 28, 2011, 06:28:22 pm: The state of chocolate today is grim.
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Post by: wjp666 on March 29, 2011, 01:51:26 pm: despite everything, i'm still a big fan of good old CDM.
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Post by: smurfboy on March 29, 2011, 01:54:48 pm: Me too.

I definitely agree on the Nestle products, but does anyone else think Galaxy has gone downhill?
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Post by: oldspice on March 29, 2011, 07:32:03 pm: Yes. It's waxy and sickly. It used to be lovely and creamy.
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Post by: wjp666 on March 29, 2011, 11:21:57 pm: Galaxy - a shadow of its former self.
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Post by: drterror666 on March 30, 2011, 01:37:55 pm: I think the only bars that still taste anything like the used to are Fry's Turkish Delight, Fry's Chocolte Cream and Fry's Peppermint Cream.
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Post by: goldencup on March 30, 2011, 03:06:06 pm: And Tunnocks wafers
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Post by: smurfboy on March 30, 2011, 05:38:42 pm: I had a Fry's Orange Creme the other day and to be quite frank I almost did a sex wee. They're bloody delicious.
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Post by: drterror666 on March 30, 2011, 06:34:17 pm: I haven't had an Orange Cream for ages. I had no idea they were still around, thinking they'd gone the same way as the Five Centres bar.
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Post by: oldspice on March 31, 2011, 06:19:23 am: Oh! What I'd be prepared to do for a Frys Five Centres Bar!
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Post by: drterror666 on March 31, 2011, 02:44:15 pm: Quote from: oldspice on March 31, 2011, 06:19:23 am
Oh! What I'd be prepared to do for a Frys Five Centres Bar!

Really? Please, do tell... ;)