Penguin and Club Bars can no longer be called Chocolate

I see that from next year Cadbury plan to use lab grown cocoa for chocolate in the UK:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/the-huge-new-change-to-chocolate-in-uk-supermarkets-from-2027/ar-AA22f33j 

Laboratory-grown chocolate bars are set to hit the shelves by next year to secure supplies of the world's favourite treat from weather extremes.

In recent years the supply of cocoa beans has been hit by droughts and floods, particularly in West Africa, prompting Cadbury and Toblerone owner Mondelz International to make nearly a dozen chocolate bars from the cocoa butter supplied by Celleste Bio.

I wonder how much genetic modification was made to get the cocoa to the point where it was suitable for growing in large quantities in vats...

I don't think I will be eating Cadburys products any more.

I see that from next year Cadbury plan to use lab grown cocoa for chocolate in the UK:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/the-huge-new-change-to-chocolate-in-uk-supermarkets-from-2027/ar-AA22f33j 

Laboratory-grown chocolate bars are set to hit the shelves by next year to secure supplies of the world's favourite treat from weather extremes.

In recent years the supply of cocoa beans has been hit by droughts and floods, particularly in West Africa, prompting Cadbury and Toblerone owner Mondelz International to make nearly a dozen chocolate bars from the cocoa butter supplied by Celleste Bio.

I wonder how much genetic modification was made to get the cocoa to the point where it was suitable for growing in large quantities in vats...

I don't think I will be eating Cadburys products any more.

Hmm! Well I won’t be buying it!

I don’t believe it will be indistinguishable from real chocolate.

Iain said:

don't think I will be eating Cadburys products any more.

Perhaps we chocolate lovers should campaign Cadbury's to give a proportion of profit from these artificial sweets to rainforest farmers, to enable them to find an allied alternative crop; sugar or suitable fruits and nuts which could be incorporated into chocolate bars. 

Thanks for sharing that. Announcements like that can also under the radar and people should know what they are eating. I guess they won't put their prices back down after the recent rises though!

I was thinking what Kerry Daroci from rainforest alliance said in the article: 

• "If alternatives capture significant market share without deliberate intervention, we could see demand erosion that devastates already vulnerable communities - particularly in West Africa, where cocoa represents up to 40% of export earnings in some countries"
• "At the Rainforest Alliance, we're working to ensure the industry chooses the latter - because sustainability that abandons communities isn't sustainable at all."