Milk Tray - what happened?!

Greyduster

^An American recipe now I believe^. The first time I ate a Hershey Bar I couldn’t believe they thought they could pass it off as anything resembling chocolate!

Me too. Vomit chocolate. Disgusting.

I may be wrong but i think Cadbury's Flake is still made to the old, pre-takeover recipe. It seems the new greasier formula just won't work with the process needed to make Flake bars well, flaky -- I can certainly believe it. I hope so, anyway. (Flakes are my fave.)

An American recipe now I believe. The first time I ate a Hershey Bar I couldn’t believe they thought they could pass it off as anything resembling chocolate!

An American recipe now I believe.

We don’t eat Cadburys products any more.

Always loved milk tray and thought it was just me the chocolate this year in the box tasted old. Less flavoursome and I thought it was my taste buds that had changed. Glad I read this.

It is just a shame because of the whole original ethos and Bourneville. They'll be adding alcohol next and then we'll all go to hell

Isn’t it sad when even Cadburys can’t be relied upon to be what it was?

Remember the 1d, 2d, 6d bars?

The cheap ones were really thin, got progressively bigger until you got to the bars with chunks of yummy chocolate. All the chocolate was good though, just not enough of it.

Oh, such happy days!

Thanks 25Avalon, but ‘best before’ dates for chocolate have never worried me, just don’t like to give them to others who may be fussier.

Palm oil gives the chocolate a cloying oily texture/taste. Even my favourite Maltesers have changed.

I no longer eat Cadbury chocolate. It doesn't taste milky anymore, just greasy. And I was a big fan of Dairy Milk in the past.

We don't buy any of the 'old' varieties of chocs any more. They have all been dumbed down to make production cheaper.

Have to say that if I give chocolates now, they are usually Lindt.

I’ve always been a fan of Thornton’s Continentals - the factory used to be a small concern near to where I grew up, but the last time I was given a box I was disappointed to find there was nothing particularly special about the fillings now and the chocolate is nowhere near as nice as it used to be. We were always rather proud of Thornton’s - it was an institution. We had a German student staying with us once and I sent her back to Hamburg with a large box of Continentals for her mother, who said they were some of the nicest chocolates she’d ever had. I doubt if she’d still think the same now.

Calendargirl chocolate is ok to eat 6 months after the best before date so don’t give anymore away! I used to go into the Cadbury factory staff shop and most of the chocolate at seriously reduced prices had an earlier date.

The UK used to follow the same directives. they no longer do, and follow the USA model.

'*Specific Requirements for Cocoa and Chocolate Products*

To ensure that manufacturers follow exceptionally high food quality standards, the EU has passed a Directive that sets specific standard rules for cocoa and chocolate products.

It determines the minimum percentage of cocoa butter, cocoa solids, cocoa powder, milk fat, or dry milk solids for particular chocolate or cocoa products. The produced products should meet the requirements of their respective product category.

Moreover, vegetable fats in the final cocoa or chocolate product should not exceed 5 %. The vegetable fats used must be cocoa butter equivalents, defined according to technical and scientific criteria.'

www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/money/shoppers-slam-vile-cadburys-milk-28801956.amp

Sorry it's the mirror jane bouncing about in the car

I bought a couple of large boxes of Green and Blacks Organic assorted chocolate bars, bargain price.

Only realised when home they expired end November .

Still gave one away, didn’t think the recipient would notice or if he did, wouldn’t worry about it.

The other one didn’t go to intended person as she is a bit fussy about ‘best before’ dates.

DH and I have been forced to eat them ourselves, still here to tell the tale, and even nicer being a good buy.

Grandmabatty

The use of palm oil I believe has changed the taste

There used to be regulations for some countries re chocolate- they no longer apply to the UK. That means firms can choose to use palm oil and a lot more sugar, and no cocoa at all.

Result - disgusting! Sad.

has there really been a recall? as I've got a box in the utility room

We have just finished a box of Lindor - they were yummy!

My M&S box of white, dark, and milk choccies, given as a present are delish.

MarilynneT33

I'm not very impressed with all the chocolates at the moment Roses, Quality Street, Heroes and Celebrations. Last Christmas we got a Christmas Wreath from Hotel Chocolat and although it was nice I still couldn't go overboard about it. I did get some Violet, Rose and Strawberry creams from our local garden centre gift shop which excelled all the rest. Maybe my taste has changed as I've got older. The only chocolate bar I like is Galaxy.

Lindt Lindor is still nice too, but I agree with you about Galaxy, it’s the only one that tastes the same as it always has to me. Thornton’s, which used to be lovely has also gone right down the tubes.

I'm not very impressed with all the chocolates at the moment Roses, Quality Street, Heroes and Celebrations. Last Christmas we got a Christmas Wreath from Hotel Chocolat and although it was nice I still couldn't go overboard about it. I did get some Violet, Rose and Strawberry creams from our local garden centre gift shop which excelled all the rest. Maybe my taste has changed as I've got older. The only chocolate bar I like is Galaxy.

Used to love Milk Tray in the past DH loved all the soft centres and I liked the hard centres, now they are bland and taste the same and they are all soft centres.

I'm not sure, but word has it that they reduced the amount of cocoa butter and increased the sugar or vegetable fat - or both - to compensate.

No prizes for guessing the reason why.

I've stopped buying it.

Cadbury is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge, London, and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide.
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