No --- it was Cadbury's & then became Cadbury/Schweppes.
You're all forgetting about Cadbury Trebor Basset.Actually it is back to Cadbury again now as it divested Schweppes last year!
It most certainly is chocolate, and mighty fine at that. Whether it matches the EU/US definition of the stuff is irrelevant to that fact.As I understand it most of the stuff Cadbury's makes is not proper chocolate anyway- not by Swiss or Belgian standards.
No I haven't, but I'd imagine it's probably of the same quality as American 'cheese'It most certainly is chocolate, and mighty fine at that. Whether it matches the EU/US definition of the stuff is irrelevant to that fact.
Ever eaten US 'chocolate'? OMG, It's vile!
It's because vegetable oil is used in the manufacture of Cadburys.No I haven't, but I'd imagine it's probably of the same quality as American 'cheese'
I don't know the ins and outs of it but I thought it was to do with either the quantity of cocoa used or the process to make it. All I know is that Belgian or Swiss chocolate tastes so much better and 'chocolatey' than anything Cadbury's makes.
Kraft buying Cadbury feels like another nail in the coffin of the idea of capitalism with any kind of a social conscience, though I'm not entirely sure how ethical cadbury really have been over recent years anyway.
Not sure how green and blacks is going to fit with the Kraft corporate ethos, but I'd be surprised if it's ethics survived intact.
Kraft should fuck right off IMO, but they probably won't
It most certainly is chocolate, and mighty fine at that. Whether it matches the EU/US definition of the stuff is irrelevant to that fact.
Ever eaten US 'chocolate'? OMG, It's vile!
... I don't want Kraft to takeover Cadbury. I'm still smarting from the whole Nestlé/Rowntree disgrace.
I don't want the world to be reduced to 10 transnational megacorporations who provide us with everything from chocolate to education to tv programmes to jewellery to medical services.
I had this once in America.
The boundaries for definition of 'cheese' are entirely questionable in this instance.
American chocolate is rubbish though, except for Russell Stover
It's because vegetable oil is used in the manufacture of Cadburys.
In the US that doesn't make it chocolate, whereas sugar-infested concoctions like Hesheys are allowed to be labelled as chocolate.
The biggest ingredient in Hersheys is sugar. In Cadburys, it's milk. 'Nuff said.
A nation should always maintain native industries vital to the survival of the people. Chocolate qualifies.
Sounds like Cadbury and Kraft have come to some sort of deal - more to follow later today.
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Carr said the new offer represents "good value" for Cadbury shareholders and that directors were "pleased with the commitment that Kraft Foods has made to our heritage, values and people throughout the world".
Listen to this shocking spin from Cadbury's chairman: