Cadbury's Current Owners Might Think Again.....

Grunty

Cadbury's chocolate has been vile ever since Mondelez took it over; America does many things well but chocolate isn't one of them. A lovely chocolate, that's creamy, full of flavour and with a good snap to it is Aldi's Moser Roth chocolate. 5 small individually wrapped bars within each pack. Around £2 and infinitely better quality than Cadbury's.

Yes, been eating Moser Roth , well not everyday, since I discovered it in Aldi in Germany. Delicious.

Far too much palm oil in them - they taste nothing like they used to do, certainly not chocolaty. We’ve got some roses chocs and to be honest, they taste nothing like they once did. (Much smaller, too, but I suppose that’s another story).

ginny

Cadburys is so different to how it used to be. Greasy and tasteless.

I like Lindt or Green & Black.

Green and Black has been part of Cadbury's for years. ☹

mae13

........now that they've lost the Royal Warrant.
They've messed around too much with the Dairy Milk recipe - presumably ambitiously cutting corners in their profit chasing - and trashed a National Treasure.
Serves them right.

..absolutely agree. Altho' I only like dark chocolate I have to acknowledge that Cadburys was a national favourite , but that soon went out the window after the new American company took it over and the chocolate became unrecongnisable in taste, and I'm delighted to see the Royal Warrant removed

I like Aldi chocolate the best. Cadburys is ok but a bit too sweet. The recipe they use here is different to the one they use in Europe, or so I have been informed. They use cane sugar here because we grow it locally. I have noticed the difference when travelling to the UK, I actually used to prefer the UK taste, it is not the same.

This has been such an interesting thread. I'm sat here with a box of Cadbury's Roses and they are just vile. I'm glad they lost the Royal Warrant as I feel they destroyed the taste, the brand and the Cadbury name. To be honest, after this Christmas I don't see me buying anymore. Sadly I cannot eat Lindt as I'm gluten intolerant and they use barley in their chocolate. I'm really stuck for an alternative that is gluten free.

I agree about Cadbury’s chocolate being nowhere near as good as it once was. I enjoy Lindt but I also really enjoy Llydll’s chocolate , especially their whole nut bars.

2 40 am
I don't know who makes the chocolate in these M & S pine cones, but they need to come with a warning!
Beware!

I'm very pleased to see that so many of you feel as I do....that Cadburys chocolate is just not the same as it used to be. I was also surprised recently to see that palm oil has been added to it. Completely unnecessary!

Allira

ginny

Cadburys is so different to how it used to be. Greasy and tasteless.

I like Lindt or Green & Black.

Green and Black has been part of Cadbury's for years. ☹

Green and Black owners sold out to Cadburys years ago. Such a shame. One would think such a premium product would be worth hanging on to. Still quick rich eh.
We have a local chocolatier, sources all his own beans, has a small factory local, sells to Harrods and in Europe, amazing flavours. For something special this one for me.

Montezumas is British, and delicious. I think they deserve a Royal warrant now, rather than Cadburys. I buy it in Sainsburys, but I think it’s available everywhere, I’d rather pay a bit more and have less but nicer chocolate.

There is no point in having a royal warrant if it is retained to protect jobs. It has to be a mark of a quality product, and I agree that the quality of Dairy Milk has gone downhill.

Thanks for the palm oil information. I will be giving it a miss in future.
Cadbury used to make lovely milk chocolate Christmas tree decorations. Thick chocolate shapes wrapped in festive foil. Kraft have completely destroyed these to small hollow sprout sized balls of thin chocolate. Nowhere near the same.

I'm another who mourns the loss of real Cadbury chocolate.
The new owners should not have been allowed to keep the name.

Rowntree, another chocolate maker founded by Quakers also sold its soul to the devil although part of the Company was hived off as the Joseph Rowntree Trust which is still giving grants to ethical projects I believe.
But the taste of British chocolate = yuck!

Cadbury's owners kept trading in Russia after sanctions were announced. That was enough for me to give up on them. Good for the Royal family to withdraw it's royal warrant.

Exactly Aveline so true.

It's funny to think we are looking to the Royals to keep the public right!!

My English friend has a British shop in France, she takes orders for special requests. I've just asked her and she says customers don't want Cadbury's chocolate, but they do still want Cadbury's chocolate fingers. It seems it still tastes OK to people coating biscuits.

Aveline

Cadbury's owners kept trading in Russia after sanctions were announced. That was enough for me to give up on them. Good for the Royal family to withdraw it's royal warrant.

Think this is the reason for losing the warrant

Cadbury don’t deserve a Royal Warrant.
The stuff they produce is vile.
It’s not chocolate.
I could think of other names for it but definitely not chocolate.
It’s so sad that we have lost so many of our industries and businesses over the years. All sold to greedy, grasping buyers.

It doesnt contain palm oil!!!

Palm oil or not, it’s still horrible.

Yes, it seems people preferred it with the palm oil and more sugar in.

I used to love Cadbury’s chocolate not anymore like others have said it is just not nice
I don’t have chocolate very often now, but on the occasions, I do I have Lindt Lindor (it is expensive, but what isn’t today?)

This thread is the perfect example of why iconic British brands should not be allowed to be foreign owned, though I don’t quite know how we could prevent it.

Homestead62 Lindt do a gluten free chocolate. I've attached a copy of their Web page for you.