After a Deal, British Chocolates Won’t Cross the Pond

After a Deal, British Chocolates Won’t Cross the Pond

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Halb

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53,012 posts

182 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Tasty choccu denied to the Yanks! biggrin
"“Have you tried Hershey’s chocolate?” asked Nicky Perry, a longtime British expatriate living in New York.

“I’d never sell it in my store,” she said, using a string of imaginative expletives to describe how the ubiquitous American chocolate tastes to her."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/nyregion/after-a...

Poor yanks. biggrin

Crush

15,077 posts

168 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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So chocolate smuggling could be quite profitable scratchchin


Liokault

2,837 posts

213 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Crush said:
So chocolate smuggling could be quite profitable scratchchin
Doubt it, I dont think Yanks really like our chock, something about it beuing waxy.

Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

243 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Liokault said:
Doubt it, I dont think Yanks really like our chock, something about it beuing waxy.
As opposed to smelling like vomit as Hershey's does.

V88Dicky

7,302 posts

182 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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You could make a great trade in Galaxy bars on the occasions I've served with Americans, they go mad for the stuff.

They used to complain that Hershey's tasted of wax biggrin

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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"Hershey’s has a licensing agreement to manufacture Cadbury’s chocolate in the United States with similar packaging used overseas, though with a different recipe."

So - licence to produce something called Cadbury's which is nothing like Cadbury's rolleyes

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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I don't know why people like Hershey's. Whenever someone says they've bought some chocolate and then pull out a load of them, I always look disappointed. I'll still eat them because it's better than eating dog st. If you're reading this, Mr Hershey, feel free to use that slogan. "Hershey's - better than eating dog st."

Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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I remember being told that the reason Hershey's tastes as vile as it does is because in the early 20th century, it wasn't practical to keep the milk refrigerated on the way to the plant, so it had started to go off by the time the chocolate was made.

Once they could keep it refrigerated at a reasonable cost, they did so, but got lots of complaints about the new flavour, so went back to deliberately spoiling the milk slightly.

I tried Hershey's once. To my palate, it tasted like that disgusting puke-in-a-pot faux Parmesan that used to get trotted out with pasta in the Seventies! yuck

Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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I'd be okay with this if we applied the same rule and banned the importation of American 'chocolate'. Seems fair to me.

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Kermit power said:
I remember being told that the reason Hershey's tastes as vile as it does is because in the early 20th century, it wasn't practical to keep the milk refrigerated on the way to the plant, so it had started to go off by the time the chocolate was made.

Once they could keep it refrigerated at a reasonable cost, they did so, but got lots of complaints about the new flavour, so went back to deliberately spoiling the milk slightly.

I tried Hershey's once. To my palate, it tasted like that disgusting puke-in-a-pot faux Parmesan that used to get trotted out with pasta in the Seventies! yuck
Butyric acid, according to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar

MartG

20,622 posts

203 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Tried Hershey's once on a visit to the US - never again ! Tasted vile frown

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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marshalla said:
Kermit power said:
I remember being told that the reason Hershey's tastes as vile as it does is because in the early 20th century, it wasn't practical to keep the milk refrigerated on the way to the plant, so it had started to go off by the time the chocolate was made.

Once they could keep it refrigerated at a reasonable cost, they did so, but got lots of complaints about the new flavour, so went back to deliberately spoiling the milk slightly.

I tried Hershey's once. To my palate, it tasted like that disgusting puke-in-a-pot faux Parmesan that used to get trotted out with pasta in the Seventies! yuck
Butyric acid, according to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar
"The process is a trade secret, but experts speculate that the milk is partially lipolyzed, producing butyric acid, which stabilizes the milk from further fermentation."

It's ok, you can keep that secret.

Claudia Skies

1,098 posts

115 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Einion Yrth said:
As opposed to smelling like vomit as Hershey's does.
Agreed. It really is very poor.

The main advantage of Hersheys over Cadburys is its ability to avoid becoming a puddle of brown liquid in US summer temperatures.

jeff m2

2,060 posts

150 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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One of our neighbours is a consultant engineer for Hershey, his wife gives us samples of new products and some existing ones.
The samples vary a lot, some of the new dark chocloate seem fine, the white choc does not have the creamy taste of UK white chocolate.
The chocolate used in Hershey kisses is pretty bad.

However the purchase of Hershey is not compulsory yetsmile

Plenty of German chocolate here.

krallicious

4,312 posts

204 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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jeff m2 said:
Plenty of German chocolate here.
Lauenstein is very good if you can get it over there.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Seems like protectionism.

funnycar

43 posts

208 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Always take bars of CDM when flying to the states, gift for hire car desk staff. Complimentary upgrade not unheard of.

FourWheelDrift

88,381 posts

283 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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In the country of such culinary delights as Twinkies and Corn dogs if they don't want our products it's their loss.

dvs_dave

8,581 posts

224 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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anonymous said:
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Seems like? Is!

The USA is very protectionist over its food industry. Same with motor vehicles. Rules for imported vehicles are much stricter than for domestically manufactured ones.

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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anonymous said:
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Cadbury (and Nestle; they make kit-kats too) agreed to licence their products to them, as the USA is a big market, and tricky to get into without the infrastructure required to do so. My guess is that Mondelez (who now own Cadbury) will attempt to work their way out of the agreement at some point in the reasonably near future though, given how global they are.