Hershey's bans Cadbury's (British Chocolate) from the US

[songkat]

Biggest thing that would bum me out is if Epcot's UK pavilion would be required to sell the US-made chocolates. Sort of goes against the face of what the pavilions at Epcot were partially all about, huh?

 

[princesspiglet]

I live in Hershey...and I hate Hershey chocolate!

If you want good, real milk chocolate, my recommendation is for a small company in Cannonsburg, PA. Sarris. They deliver and their chocolate is amazing.
http://www.sarriscandies.com/Default.aspx

 

[maleficent32]

They are using cheaper ingredients. It's all about making more money, plain and simple.

We threw out most of our halloween candy this past year because it just tastes awful. Hershey is manufacturing garbage. I used to not be able to control myself around my kid's halloween candy. Now it repulses me, and the kids don't like it very much either.

I'm trying to think of good chocolate for easter. Ghiradelli - no one has bought them and ruined the recipe yet. Any others?

Dove brand is pretty good.
We use a local candy shop that makes their own chocolate.
Hershey's is brown colored wax, although I am a sucker for Reese's PB cups

 

[ellone]

Is there the possibility that they had to change the recipe to manufacture them in the USA do to different regulations?

Hardly - there are many questionable ingredients that the U.S. Allows into food that other countries do not. If anything they try to use cheaper (crappier) ingredients in the US.

 

[Jennasis]

Wasn't there some kind of chocolate shortage recently? Was it the cacao beans or something that were dwindling in supply?

 

[bcla]

Dove brand is pretty good.
We use a local candy shop that makes their own chocolate.
Hershey's is brown colored wax, although I am a sucker for Reese's PB cups

That's Mars Inc. Same company as M&Ms, which has kind of chalky chocolate. So they actually use different recipes for different brands.

For a while I thought Wrigley bought out the Skittles and Starburst names, but it's Mars buying Wrigley and moving their non-chocolate candies to that brand.

 

[EMAW_KSU]

Hardly - there are many questionable ingredients that the U.S. Allows into food that other countries do not. If anything they try to use cheaper (crappier) ingredients in the US.

That surprises me. I would have thought the Cadbury would not have licensed them to make it different then.

 

[Geoff_M]

Hardly - there are many questionable ingredients that the U.S. Allows into food that other countries do not. If anything they try to use cheaper (crappier) ingredients in the US.

Let's not get carried away... If I'm not mistaken, Hershey's recipe was designed to be more "shelf stable" and less susceptible to melting (and "blooming") in our often warmer climate versus that of the Summers in the UK or Switzerland. As a result of it's popularity, like Campbell's Tomato Soup, it's largely what many people in the US expect milk chocolate to taste like. While I agree that there's "better" chocolate out there to be had, it's not "crap" and it's certainly better than "no chocolate".

 

[jdb in AZ]

When we were in London last summer we discovered Cadbury's Oreo candy bars. Amazing. Since we can't find it stateside, we asked a friend in Eastern Canada if she could find it. She was kind enough to send us several bars, but it's quite different from what we had in London. The wrapper on the Canadian bars says it was imported in Ontario Canada. We've also been to the Cadbury candy company in New Zealand. Which makes me wonder how many companies worldwide use the Cadbury name but adapt the recipes.

 

[dee slack]

I'm from the UK and many years ago we had a Cadbury chocolate bar called Old Jamaica (milk and dark chocolate with rum and raisin flavours - yummy!) anyway it was my dad and I's favourite chocolate until they stopped making it Fast forward a year or 2 and we were in Kenya and spotted it for sale so bought rather a lot to bring back home for us.... and it was YUCK. They made it different due to the temperature hence why it didn't taste nice.
Happy ending - it's now made again in the UK and tastes yummy.

Last year on our visit to the US we took over 11 kg of (mainly) Cadbury's chocolate for gifts to my penfriend and family and to take on board our Disney cruise for crew gifts.

 

[maleficent32]

That's Mars Inc. Same company as M&Ms, which has kind of chalky chocolate. So they actually use different recipes for different brands.

For a while I thought Wrigley bought out the Skittles and Starburst names, but it's Mars buying Wrigley and moving their non-chocolate candies to that brand.

That explains why I like Dove, I practically lived on Mars Bars as a teen

We went to Hershey Park last summer and I was surprised by the brands that were owned by Hershey. I didn't realize they made so many candies besides the chocolate bar and kisses.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

That's Mars Inc. Same company as M&Ms, which has kind of chalky chocolate. So they actually use different recipes for different brands.

No, Reese's is owned by Hershey.

Edit: Oh, wait, you were talking about Dove.

 

[bcla]

That explains why I like Dove, I practically lived on Mars Bars as a teen

We went to Hershey Park last summer and I was surprised by the brands that were owned by Hershey. I didn't realize they made so many candies besides the chocolate bar and kisses.

Mars Inc owns Ethel M Chocolates, named after the founder's wife. I visited their factory in the Las Vegas area. They actually make premium chocolate truffles using Mars bulk chocolate.

When Hershey's bought out Joseph Schmidt, they were still buying bulk chocolate from a Belgian manufacturer and continued to do so until their operations ceased.

 

[ellone]

Let's not get carried away... If I'm not mistaken, Hershey's recipe was designed to be more "shelf stable" and less susceptible to melting (and "blooming") in our often warmer climate versus that of the Summers in the UK or Switzerland. As a result of it's popularity, like Campbell's Tomato Soup, it's largely what many people in the US expect milk chocolate to taste like. While I agree that there's "better" chocolate out there to be had, it's not "crap" and it's certainly better than "no chocolate".

PGPR (Pallsgaard4150) is used so that they can use less cocoa butter in their chocolate. So there's less chocolate in that chocolate.
It's not good stuff, at high doses it causes liver damage.

 

[skylizard]

Let's not get carried away... If I'm not mistaken, Hershey's recipe was designed to be more "shelf stable" and less susceptible to melting (and "blooming") in our often warmer climate versus that of the Summers in the UK or Switzerland. As a result of it's popularity, like Campbell's Tomato Soup, it's largely what many people in the US expect milk chocolate to taste like. While I agree that there's "better" chocolate out there to be had, it's not "crap" and it's certainly better than "no chocolate".

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Some people thinks it's "crap" and they're allowed to think that. By Hershey's adding preservatives to make it more "shelf stable" it also altered the taste. IMO, I'd rather have no chocolate at all then eat a Hershey's bar. But that's just me.

 

[kirstenb1]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Some people thinks it's "crap" and they're allowed to think that. By Hershey's adding preservatives to make it more "shelf stable" it also altered the taste. IMO, I'd rather have no chocolate at all then eat a Hershey's bar. But that's just me.

Not just you, me too!! Despite my opinions on Cadbury's (yum!), I can really take or leave candy. If I'm going to eat it, it's going to be something I like. If Hershey's were my only choice, I'd just skip it.

 

[Geoff_M]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Some people thinks it's "crap" and they're allowed to think that. By Hershey's adding preservatives to make it more "shelf stable" it also altered the taste. IMO, I'd rather have no chocolate at all then eat a Hershey's bar. But that's just me.

Why exactly do you think when someone disagrees with your opinion it means they're saying you're not allowed to "think it"???

Also, I don't know how to break this to you, but Cadbury UK also uses the stuff you say makes it "crap" in their UK eggs (click on "Nutritional Information")! See "E476". It's Polyglycerol polyricinoleate... that's what PGPR stands for. And it's in their milk chocolate bars too. It's also not a "preservative" it's an emulsifier.

Let's compare labeling:

Hershey's Milk Chocolate: SUGAR; MILK; CHOCOLATE; COCOA BUTTER; LACTOSE; MILK FAT;SOY LECITHIN;PGPR, EMULSIFIER; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR

Cadbury UK Dairy Milk:Milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, shea), emulsifiers (E442, E476), flavourings.

While you can certainly dislike the taste of Hershey's chocolate, I submit that in comparing the two lists, Hershey's hardly is some sort of "Frankenfood" versus Cadbury's offering. And while we're at it, you do know that Palm Oil has been associated with cardiovascular disease, right?

 

[Jennasis]

It's actually the overly smooth consistency of "foreign" chocolate that turns me off the most.

 

[feet1]

Does anyone know if this will change what is offered in EPCOT? We always stock up on cadburys from the UK pavilion cause it's so good!!

 

[E&Cmom]

It's actually the overly smooth consistency of "foreign" chocolate that turns me off the most.

It is funny how taste differ since this is the reason I prefer it plus not being as sweet.