🍫 Chocolate

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Examples of not recommended chocolate

• 1[Brand removed due to liability issues] — holiday gift chocolate boxes and filled chocolate series

  • Significant shrinkflation: weight reduced from 300g to 220g.
  • Mostly air and plastic inside; less actual chocolate.
  • Uses cheap vegetable fats instead of cocoa butter.

• 2[Brand removed due to liability issues] — hazelnut and strawberry tablet series

  • Weight reduced from 100g to 80g.
  • Contains palm oil as second ingredient, replacing cocoa butter.
  • High sugar content and artificial flavorings.
  • Mouthfeel described as waxy and artificial.

• 3[Brand removed due to liability issues] — small children’s chocolate products

  • Small portion size (20g).
  • Mostly sugar and milk powder with minimal real cocoa.
  • Marketed on gimmicks for children rather than chocolate quality.

• 4[Brand removed due to liability issues] — bulk chocolates

  • Sold in bulk.
  • Main fat source is palm oil and hydrogenated vegetable fats, not cocoa butter.
  • Hazelnut creams are mostly margarine with artificial flavor.
  • Leaves waxy residue in mouth due to fat composition.

• 5[Brand removed due to liability issues] — pistachio chocolate series

  • Weight reduced from 100g to 70g.
  • Uses lower quality pistachio pieces and more broken nuts.
  • Cocoa content and nut quality diluted.

• 6[Brand removed due to liability issues] — chocolate wafer

  • Not real chocolate coating but "kakao kaplamalı" (cocoa-coated vegetable fat block).
  • Cocoa butter replaced almost entirely by palm oil and hydrogenated fats.
  • Misleading labeling with "chocolate" in the name.

• 7[Brand removed due to liability issues] — caramel and brownie snacks

  • Formulation changed to include palm oil and glucose-fructose syrup.
  • Weight reduced.
  • Bitter chocolate taste replaced by artificial, sugary, and waxy mouthfeel.
  • Consumer complaints about loss of original flavor.

• 8[Brand removed due to liability issues] — milk and dark square chocolate series

  • Weight reduced from 80g to 60g.
  • Uses legal loophole to replace up to 5% cocoa butter with palm and shea oils.
  • Cocoa solids barely meet minimum legal limits.
  • Considered the biggest disappointment on this list.