They hadn’t even managed to scrabble their way back from the palm oil *slick* (despite a public apology & change of tack…) when hot on the heels of that major debacle, they changed the place of origin of their Creme Eggs, which was once again met with public outrage…on various internet sites, as well as two news channels here in NZ…

As if that wasn’t enough, around the same time they sold out to Kraft who promptly closed their historic British production base…

I boycotted them, in favour of Whittakers, for quite a while & then two weeks ago, I succumbed & bought some Old Gold 70% dark (it was too good a special)
Well I threw up on Sunday after eating some, & it burnt my throat so bad!!! Then most of Monday I couldn’t face food (or choc) I have to be pretty bad to not be able to face choc… Then I got the aches & shakes & I never get sick!! Hmmm…gotta wonder…

There is something in their Old Gold Dark chocolate that is not right… There are less carbs in their dark choc (than Whittakers) & yet it tastes sweeter…How can that be??!!

They argued that it has 2% less cocoa solids but 2% isn’t that much & also I am not convinced that the inclusion of the words MILK SOLIDS in bold is just there as a warning!!! Otherwise it would say “may contain”???!!!
From my reactions after eating

They have mucked with the recipe – why would that be no surprise??!! I hope for all our sakes that the highly addictive HFCS isn’t lurking in there somewhere???!!!!

With Whittakers I feel satiated & stop after two rows… with Cadbury Old Gold I feel sick after eating it, not satiated…

Their response to “send some down for you to test” may be all very helpful (??) but cannot be conclusive – unless they could test what I threw up… And unless the tests are conducted independently, what is it worth??!!
I will be extremely interested in their response…