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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 hour ago

I recently had something sold as chocolate that contained 0% cocoa, its just a chunk of palm oil. First time I have ever had chocolate so bad I threw it in the bin. I can also taste it in Cadburys now, or they have increased their palm oil amount since I had eaten it previously.

I will be checking ingredient lists more often when buying chocolate now. If palm oil is the main ingredient it can fuck off.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 2 hours ago

hershey isnt real chocolate, they add a bitterent that why it taste like shit, i think its butyric acid.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Another way of reminding us there is enshittification.

Nearly no one touches the chocolates at most supermarkets I went to. Far cry from when 40 years ago, workers from overseas would include chocolate bars in care packages.

That real cocoa are mostly from developing countries, not all are politically stable.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 hours ago

~~Candy makers~~ capitalists

FTFY

[–] geo07@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's not capitalism alone, it's climate change also that is disrupting cocoa yields and makes prices go through the roof.

[–] ShotDonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

And before anybody snaps: i hate capitalism.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Out-competing that bland old "real" chocolate with the superior product.

[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 26 points 9 hours ago

There is no corner they aren't willing to cut.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I only eat the opposite type of chocolate, that being chocolate so dark its 90-97% coco content. I want my chocolate so natural, earthy, and bitter that it tastes similar to chocolate (that's just my preference not that it makes me any better or worse than anyone else).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

i do the same, its either 90-100% if im lucky to find 100% thats not part of the baking aisles.

[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

I’ll say it, it makes you better. (This is not biased, I just so happen to also have that same preference)

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I think real dark chocolate can actually be good for you. Shame I like the crap stuff. But not this crap, this shit tastes like you've talked up a bit of stomach bile while you were chewing.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Absolutely, its still an acquired taste but it can have health benefits (of course if you don't like the taste then the health benefits probably aren't worth it).

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Hey I started a new community: Enshitification.

I posted this Reese's article the other day.

It's for articles like this but also personal experiences, like things you noticed going to shit.

So if you want to rant a bit about a product quality decrease, feel free to post about it there.

[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 33 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I took two bites and had to spit it out

That's how I reacted the first time I tasted Hershey's chocolate.

[–] catbum@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Inb4: butyric acid

A somehow necessary ingredient in Hershey's which lingers unpleasantly on the palate, otherwise known as a stomach acid which imbues your vomit with the unmistakeable flavor of vomit

^Whyyyyyyyyy^

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Actually this goes back to the early days of Hershey's. As part of their drive to produce affordable chocolate, their main formulation was developed around slightly spoiled milk, which has an acidic taste. That's why all Hershey's chocolate since the beginning of time has had that 'vomit flavor'. Obviously they're not allowed to use spoiled milk anymore, but they wanted to taste the same as it always has. So they add the acid as an ingredient to replicate the same flavor.

[–] Snowballfighter@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I know m&ms are Mars but those little bits of poison have also tasted like vomit for decades. I can't even watch people choke those friggen things down. Smarties or death.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 40 minutes ago

Smarties are nestlé, so it's probably both.

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Idk people enjoy white chocolate which is literally rhe most disgusting snack I can imagine.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

white chocolate is just pure "milk sugar"

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah agreed. I only like white chocolate in a couple ways, like in a white mocha, but I'm general is pretty gross imo. I have a close friend who I agree with taste in food nearly completely, except when it comes to chocolate. She ONLY likes white chocolate and it baffles me how her taste buds have failed her so completely.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

i never liked it, its too sweet and they almost always have a chemical aftertaste.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

I sometimes enjoy white chocolate, but admit it's only a slight step above eating straight butter and sugar.

[–] bluefootedbooby@sopuli.xyz 19 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Well obviously it sucks that the fake cocoa is disgusting, but I have to say I kinda am for the effort of trying to create an alternative, given how the cocoa producers are notorious for exploiting child labor and how terrible it is for the environment

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Buy Tonys. The alternatives are bad for you

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

too bad they dont have 90+%

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 30 points 13 hours ago (9 children)

“One German brand, the Nestlé-owned Choco Crossies, recently announced it was eliminating cocoa altogether from its new Snack Vibes line, replacing it with ChoViva, a lab-grown chocolate alternative made from fermented sunflower and grape seeds.”

How the fudge did we end up in this dystopian nightmare? ಥ_ಥ

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

lol GRAPESEEDS.

[–] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago

Sorry, but I really want to try the fermented seed cocoa. There are non-Nestlé versions and having an option that doesn't exploit child slaves is always a good option.

[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

By coveting.

There's a scene from Band of Brothers, two GIs meet a French family on D-Day. One of the soldiers offers the boy, 4 or 5 years old, a chocolate bar. The boy smiles from ear to ear when he tastes it. His father says, "Thank you. He's never had chocolate before."

Imagine that. Imagine living in a society where chocolate is considered an exotic food. That's how the world was, for almost all of human history. You live in Norway and you want a lemon? HA! Tough shit, you'll never even know what lemon smells like.

But, at some point, Americans got used to having every delicacy from every corner of the world. We forgot that each nibble of chocolate is exotic. That the beans aren't native to our country. That most people in the world can't afford real chocolate except as a rare treat. And look at us now - just like the rest of the world.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

We continued releasing more and more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere for decades after learning that it was causing increasingly extreme weather

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Child slavery is frowned upon just enough that they have eliminated real cocoa. People won’t pay for non-slave rates, so they have to go with synthetic product.

[–] luxadazy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

i get a single fair trade dark chocolate bar every week or two & let the squares melt against the roof of my mouth. lately it’s been hu cashew butter & raspberry. usually a couple of squares satisfies my cravings. occasionally i make fudgy brownies with fair trade dutch processed cocoa if i’m really fiending. a chocolatier in a yt video said “eat less chocolate so you can eat a higher quality chocolate” & i took that to heart.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah I bought small container of bakers cocoa bout a month ago and it was half the size it used to be and almost three times the price.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (8 children)

... I just buy bags of ghiradelli dark chocolate baking chips, and eat a handful, when I feel like snacking on chocolate.

They have 72% cacao chips, but that is bit too rich for my taste and my wallet, 60% seems to hit the spot.

Much cheaper per weight than actual ghiradelli chocolate squares or whatever.

And you can just toss a few into some fresh hot coffee, stir for a minute, kablamo choco-coffee.

Anyway, yeah, most US 'chocolate' is disgusting.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

they have 92%

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