Is Cadbury even chocolate anymore?

yes, they changed the recipe when they changed the packet, as adding vegetable fat will make it softer to bite.

It's actually harder and waxy... and super super sweet. not like it used to be at all. You put it in your mouth and it doesn't melt.

I googled and it said something about Palm Oil vege fat filler and its not even really chocolate anymore. Its chocolate flavoured confectionery.

I think its best that my son doesn't eat that. It sounds disgusting and doesn't taste good anymore at all.

I'm dumbfounded why they would change a good product except to make more profit.

ewwwww the chocolate is now horrible, i wont be buying cadburys again, and there are a lot of people who hate the new look, new taste.

and its also really bad that they have made the blocks smaller but not changed the prices

yeah, and I noticed that Pams butter which is always the cheapest in our supermarket is only 400gm!!!

My theory with chocolate (unless its a life or death situation) is go for the best stuff and have less off it!!! I have also trained myself to like dark chocolate...its better for you and therefore easier to justify eating heaps....not that you can!

Eww that's so gross about the Cadbury's makeup. How silly.

Cadbury's tried to say in the paper that they had dropped their price of their bar when they dropped the weight so it was the supermarkets' fault for not passing the saving on to the consumer. What they failed to point out though is that because the packaging makes the bar the same size it takes up the same amount of space on the shelves so the supermarkets have to charge the same or lose out. They're so cheeky!!

The should call the "centre of excellence" the "centre of profit" because that is all this is about ... making more profit. I'm definitely going to check out the cocoa content and vege fat content for Roses etc now even tho I probably won't buy Cadbury ever again - I bet they've changed it across the board.
The food standard says that minus that extra 1% (21%) and they would legally have to call it 'chocolate flavoured' vege fat (that just turned my stomach).

Good point Bobbie. The new packaging does basically try to make it look like its the same size as the old one. Like we're fools or something and didn't notice the 50gram change. That just makes me so angry!

nzpiper - I was thinking of 'dark chocolate' but Stacey doesn't like it at all. It might have to be Whittakers. I hope they end up doing little bars for little fingers!

There is good news! They havn't changed the recipe of the chocolate almonds yet!!

Well, I found this australian article about the change here.. Has there actually been anything about it on NZ news?

I have a block of the "new" choc in my pantry which I thought I would try..and I think I did notice a difference, but not sure if it's because I know about it haha. It seemed less creamy somehow..

Green and Blacks is owned by Cadbury now so depends if your protest is taste or environmental or moral lol

The palm oil production process is extremely detrimental to the environment too, wipes out rainforests and makes orangutan's homeless. I know its in heaps of stuff we probably use every day and dont think about but I'm sure Cadbury would be a massive user of the product so boycotting them would be a start.. maybe... makes me feel better anyhow!

Whittakers do a Sante bar that is the size of your finger , maybe that's a good option for little people?? Or at least we can order them in the UK from the NZ shop so I assume you can get them too.

Four_eyes wrote: ugh cadbury is the only one i like:( i hate dark chocolate or any other brand :(

Have you tried whittakers milk? I think its dreamy... other than that the Greens and Blacks organic chocolate is awesome .. just the price isn't ...

Kiwikid - I am very upset about Orangutan news! I am certainly banning Cadbury from the house now!

Pepsi - the feeble excuses in that article are ridiculous! OMG there blaming us for their own marketing / profit making disaster .. its laughable.

I only found one thing so far on Facebook here : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=96420193885&ref=ts

But my girlfriend says there is a Twitter group as well?? Anyone else find any media coverage?