• underthesign@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Everyone here thinking the reason they were dropped was because the quality turned to shit after the buyout, but the main reason is their continued presence operating in Russia after their thankfully failed attempt to annex Ukraine. I’m pleased the royals took a stand. Ultimately both are good reasons to drop them.

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      6 hours ago

      Everyone here thinking the reason they were dropped was because the quality turned to shit

      But how else am I supposed to show my really cool and deep personality of hating anything vaguely popular?

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    This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Since its takeover by Kraft/Mondelez their chocolate has become poorer quality. As soon as the Cadbury name was being licenced to various other diversified food products (ice cream, cakes etc.) it was a sign of what was to come. Sad. Still not as bad as Hershey’s though.

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      19 hours ago

      I use the same metric for videogames. The instant they’re buying up other companies’ IP to sell skins, they’re cooked.

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        39 minutes ago

        In game purchases are already a pretty bad sign it’s a commodified product dopamine machine and not an artistic experience. I don’t think I’d have the same regard for classics like Grim Fandango or Mario 64 if they built a store into the game.

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      10 hours ago

      Here’s a little explanation as to the differences with US chocolate.

      The bit about Butyric Acid explains why US chocolate tastes literally like vomit; it’s the component in vomit that gives it the distinctive taste and smell.

      When Hershey’s products came to the UK they initially had to be relabelled to reflect the extremely low cocoa content and be called “chocolate flavored candy bar”.

      Ironically, the article references Cadbury.

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      1 day ago

      Hey! Do you Europeans not appreciate corn in your chocolate or something?!

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        20 hours ago

        You put a bit of corn in their bread and they legally declare it cake. Can’t win with them

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          Huh? Are you trying to take a swing at corn bread cuz homie, every southern matriarch would like a word. Don’t shit on corn bread lol. But for real what is the connection between corn, chocolate and cake. I’ll be the first to admit candy corn is candy from Satan’s anus. The closest I can gather is carrot cake and that shit is just as good as corn bread if not better.

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      I’m not being snarky, I swear. But Cadbury eggs were/are super gross. Were those made in America for Americans and you get a different product?

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        13 hours ago

        Never saw the hype behind those.

        I’ll be real though: chocolate is expensive as fuck and not worth the money.

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        Creme eggs have been around for 60-odd years. They’re crazy sweet and not very high-quality – especially after the Kraft acquisition, as it’s not even Cadbury’s Dairy Milk any more.

        What you get in the US are smaller and made over there by Hershey, so frankly they’re probably as bad or worse, but you’re not missing out on much.

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      Huh? Some of the best chocolate is Ghirardelli which is American.

      Maybe you just don’t understand American chocolate.

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        It’s a Swiss-owned company originally founded by an Italian in… barely the US. Two years after California joined the union.

        A kilo for forty bucks. Are you kidding me. That’s way too cheap to be good cocoa, actually good chocolate costs 150-200 per kg.

        milk fat, vanilla extract, natural flavor, soy lecithin.

        …it gets worse and worse. You want to see none of those in good chocolate. But at least Lindt checks out as an owner they upcharge you for the gold paint on the packaging and also use cheap cocoa.

        Go to Aldi. Buy Moser-Roth. Same quality, priced sensibly. Or treat yourself and buy something from Domori.

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    Why does anyone give a shit about a parasite’s tier list? Charlie don’t like Cadbury? Meh.