Re: OT: consuming dark chocolate linked to reduced risk of type 2 diabetes?

On 10/12/2024 16:25, Martin Brown wrote:

On 10/12/2024 15:51, john larkin wrote:

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:36:35 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
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We also had US Hershey bar available to taste - the world's only vomit
flavoured "chocolate" (doesn't meet EU regulations to be chocolate).
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https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Hersheys-not-popular-in-Europe

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The Hershey Special Dark bars are OK in an emergency, like stranded in
a life raft or a prison cell.

 Maybe... but I'd have to think carefully about it.

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I won't forgive Hershey for buying Joseph Schmidt Confections and
killing it.
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Cadbury is mostly inedible. As is Dove.

 Cadbury was better before it was taken over and ruined by Kraft. I think to a large extent people think chocolate is whatever they grew up with.
 https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cadburys-chocolate-fairtrade-fair-trade-mark-farmers-kraft-american-brand-abandoned-promise-a7445826.html
 Dove is a soap brand in the UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_(Unilever_brand)
 I wouldn't dream of eating it as chocolate.
 I presume like Kenwood Hifi (foodmixers only in UK) the branding is very different in the USA. I don't recall noticing Dove chocolate there.

The same brand of chocolate can have very different tastes according
to where it is bought.  The formulation is adjusted according to the
preferences of each market.
I once visited a professor at City University of New York who collected
chocolate from various parts of the world.  I was able to try a
few samples and confirmed that this was true.  The USA version of some
well known brand (which I forget) was much sweeter than the UK version.
John