Chocolate...?

Interesting seems Ghirardelli do NOT use PGPR, which makes Hershey taste 'off' to the UK palette
(several programmes about this recently - in uk)
Big corporate chocolate manufacturers like Hershey’s do not sell true chocolate products. It is too expensive for them to provide you with real chocolate, so they use an ingredient call Palsgaard4150 (PGPR) in all of their products. PGPR is a substitute for coca butter. Without coca butter, which is derived from the cacao, pod the FDA does not allow any manufacturer to claim that it is a 100 percent chocolate product. You’ll see things like made with chocolate or chocolaty on their labels. The FDA deemed PGPR safe for humans as long as you restrict your intake to 7.5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. Otherwise you’d be open to reversible liver enlargement at higher intakes.
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however comments in first article, if correct, say they do use (tbhq=butane)
Ghiradelli chocolate, which I also have, has TBHQ in it! As well as HFCS,
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This antioxidant is a petroleum-derived additive which is primarily used in animal-derived food products, fats and oils. May be used alone or in combination with BHA and/or BHT.
The FDA states that the total antioxidant content (TBHQ) must not exceed 0.02 percent of the oil or fat content of the food. TBHQ is banned in some countries including Japan. Countries which consume high amounts of fats containing TBHQ may exceed acceptable daily intake (including Australia, China and the United Kingdom).
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They are available on amazon uk, (I wonder whether amazon do review ingredients)
 
Monty Bojangles are giving me my chocolate fix at the moment, their truffles are seriously amazing. I've seen them in Waitrose and Asda, not sure on the other supermarkets.
 
not so expensive in the USA ? 6$ 250g
( Cocoa runners - sorry but web sites that have flash animations on entry page don't get past my browser ad ware, if I get a 6-8 core i7 maybe I will relent )
 
toblerone war is over
they should hold a competition for re-design ?

Poundland will redesign its Twin Peaks chocolate bar, following a three-month trademark dispute with Toblerone owner Mondelez.

The bargain store delayed the July launch of its Toblerone-like product after receiving a legal letter from Mondelez concerning the chocolate’s shape and appearance. Unveiled a month earlier, the copycat confectionery was inspired by the top of Wrekin Hill in Shropshire, Poundland said. Each of the ‘mountains’ has a double peak, while the chocolate-and-nougat bar weighs 180g – 30g more than the Toblerone of nearest equivalent size.

As part of the legal settlement with Mondelez, Poundland will be allowed to sell the 500,000 Twin Peaks bars already in production as long as they sport “distinctive packaging” that differs from Toblerone’s design. The value retailer would then relaunch Twin Peaks in the new year “with a modified shape that still offers customers 180g of British-made chocolate inspired by the Wrekin and Ercall hills in Shropshire”, it said.

“Following positive discussions, we can confirm Poundland and Mondelez have come to an agreement that allows both businesses to put their Twin Peaks dispute behind them.”

Mondelez welcomed the end of the trademark wrangle, saying: “Poundland is an important and valued customer of Mondelez, so we are glad that we have reached a solution for their Twin Peaks bar.”
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as link shows, the gaps are smaller, more toblerone'esque, I never saw them in £land shop, maybe for xmas;
when brexit/austerity is over maybe Tobelerone will start selling the originals again.

Anyway, no white ones in asda/b&M yet for xmas.

The frey ones are a better/denser design, but rarely find them in the UK.
 
weringo said:
Way too much love for Hotel Chocolat in here.
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*revival*
I hadn't stopped eating it and not january free legislation

these folks have free-publicity a show on channel 5 at 20:00 ... maybe as good as the Greggs,KFC, and (was it?) dominoes series,
which had the inter-shop pizza speed competition.
 
As this thread popped up again.......I discovered some awesome chocolate in Amsterdam last time I was there......Tony's Chocolonely.

They've just started selling it in the UK, Selfridges and also Waitrose! So if you pop in either, I really recommend picking up a bar.......especially the orange one. Caramel sea salt!
 
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