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Penguin and Club Bars can no longer be called Chocolate

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The BBC reports that Penguin and Club Bars can no longer be called chocolate because the coating doesn’t contain enough cocoa solids. The price of chocolate has rocketed so much that the bars will now have a chocolate flavoured coating. 

i would prefer to buy real chocolate coated biscuits less often than I do at present, rather than consume chocolate coated biscuits that taste of plastic.

It’s such a shame that chocolate has become so expensive. It feels like we are going  back in time to the16th century, when cocoa beans were so expensive they were used as currency and were kept under lock and key. 

www.bbc.co.uk/.../c86737yg3jlo

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  • 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.

  • in reply to Iain

    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."
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  • in reply to Iain

    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."
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