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« on: April 02, 2006, 04:13:47 pm »
Why do we accept second best in this country?  Most of the candy-flavoured goo that most chocolate producers are churning out should not even carry the name CHOCOLATE.  Let's start a campaign to get milk chocolate have a minimum 30% cocoa solids.  I'll email the big guns and post their replies here.

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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2006, 04:37:20 pm »

Sent to Cadbury's and Nestles.  I can find no email address for Mars/Masterfoods:


Dear sir or Madam,
I am a lover of chocolate and wonder why as a chocolatier you don't insist on a minimum 30% cocoa solids in your Milk Chocolate products.  In my experience and opinion this level of cocoa solids is essential in a really good bar of chocolate.
Would be interested in your comments. 


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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2006, 04:38:03 pm »
Stephen ?
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2006, 05:03:00 pm »
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2006, 05:12:26 pm »
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2006, 05:15:30 pm »
Some of the email links ask for a name and address.  I give them my spam details.

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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2006, 05:38:27 pm »
That's a good test of which companies are cheeky enough to pass on your details.
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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2006, 08:04:52 pm »
I would be willing to email them too. Anyone else going to do so? 

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« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2006, 01:56:43 am »
Why change something so many people like as it is? Regardless of the debate over what constitutes 'real' chocolate, millions of people like CDM and Galaxy as they are. (I would certainly push for a change to some Nestle recipes though!) If you want more cocoa solids, Lindt or Green and Black's both do 70%+ bars and it's not as if you have to get it from specialist shops. If you order a cheese sandwich, don't send it back because there's no ham in it.
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« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2006, 06:47:41 am »

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Why change something so many people like as it is? Regardless of the debate over what constitutes 'real' chocolate, millions of people like CDM and Galaxy as they are. (I would certainly push for a change to some Nestle recipes though!) If you want more cocoa solids, Lindt or Green and Black's both do 70%+ bars and it's not as if you have to get it from specialist shops. If you order a cheese sandwich, don't send it back because there's no ham in it.


A totally invalid analogy.  I hear the rest of what you say and there's some merit in the sentence in red.  However, I for one want better.  Because it tastes 'OK' is not a reason not to improve it.


 


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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2006, 11:13:30 am »
Green and Blacks and Lindt milk chocolate do taste nicer than CDM but they are fairly hard to find in smaller bars. 

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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2006, 03:28:59 pm »
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Why change something so many people like as it is? Regardless of the debate over what constitutes 'real' chocolate, millions of people like CDM and Galaxy as they are. (I would certainly push for a change to some Nestle recipes though!) If you want more cocoa solids, Lindt or Green and Black's both do 70%+ bars and it's not as if you have to get it from specialist shops. If you order a cheese sandwich, don't send it back because there's no ham in it.


A totally invalid analogy.  I hear the rest of what you say and there's some merit in the sentence in red.  However, I for one want better.  Because it tastes 'OK' is not a reason not to improve it.


 


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It's not invalid at all and you know you're only saying that in an attempt to get a rise out of me. Bad luck, I know you too well now  It's a perfectly valid comparison - you are perfectly capable of reading a label so you know what goes into CDM, Nestle, Galaxy (and what doesn't). If you don't like it stick to Chocolate Utopia as you so often tell us you're going to.


Here's another way to look at it. When was the last time you bought something that said 'new improved recipe' on it that actually tasted better than it did before?

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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2006, 06:41:40 pm »
Aeros taste better than they used to. Not by far, but they deffo taste better.