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usagizero t1_j6d5wrl wrote

Reply to comment by DJWGibson in Lawsuit claims mini bottles of Fireball Cinnamon don’t actually contain whisky by TheAngryBlackGuy

>a Cadbury's chocolate bar

You are closer than you think with your analogy. "there are minimum standards for chocolate. In the UK it must contain a minimum of 30% cocoa. However, in the US it needs to only contain 10%." US chocolate is notoriously different tasting to EU chocolate, to me it tastes of paraffin, very waxy, while UK chocolate is more creamy.

Heck, cheese and butter where i live is similar, very strict about what can be called either. "Cheese food" can be seen on things not quite cheese, and it always amused me.

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-burgers t1_j6dlfld wrote

In the us we also have a problem with ice cream. It has to contain at least 10% of milk fat, and ice cream must have no more than 100% overrun and weigh no less than 4.5 lbs. per gallon. Anything lower is labeled as a frozen dairy dessert. The frozen dairy dessert ice cream is a few dollars cheaper, and 100%+ overrun, resulting in a lot of fluff and no substance.

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Sarah_withanH t1_j6dunmn wrote

I have to wonder if this is the same for other countries too. I recently got some Japanese branded Kit-Kats from the Asian market, and the chocolate was way, way better than American Kit-Kats.

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usagizero t1_j6dwvjs wrote

Oh, don't get me started on Japanese Kit-Kats! lol. Not only is the chocolate better tasting, they have so many more flavors, and while some are a miss for me, some are awesome and even just having the choices is great.

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DJWGibson t1_j6d6uxf wrote

There’s a reason I chose a UK brand for that analogy rather than Hersheys…

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DeathLeopard t1_j6en1mk wrote

It's owned by an American company for more than a decade now. Or maybe I misunderstood and you were referring to the recipe changes after they took over.

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DJWGibson t1_j6flcnw wrote

Cadbury is still headquarted in the UK. (In London actually.)

It's owned by Mondelez International, which started in America, but Cadbury is still a separate company and not a division or branch.

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