526
submitted 4 days ago by NomNom@feddit.uk to c/world@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 41 points 3 days ago

I recently had something sold as chocolate that contained 0% cocoa, its just a chunk of palm oil. First time I have ever had chocolate so bad I threw it in the bin. I can also taste it in Cadburys now, or they have increased their palm oil amount since I had eaten it previously.

I will be checking ingredient lists more often when buying chocolate now. If palm oil is the main ingredient it can fuck off.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I mean, isn't "white chocolate" 0% cocoa?

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 days ago

No solids, it should be made of cocoa butter. In the shit one I had they replaced all of the cocoa butter with palm oil. Tbh I don't think they should legally be able to call it chocolate.

[-] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Funny how the milk industry fought so hard to ban the use of milk on vegetable products. Now they are all called drink. But there was no confusion to the public just a dick move.

Yet here where the intention is clear to see something which is not it, this is magically ok.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Which country did that? Cause here in the US, we still have milk everything. Oat milk, almond milk, soy milk, you name it.

[-] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

this is what comes to mind. I don't know when the switch was made but everything is drink here:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40274645

[-] skaffi@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Many, many places. It's so strongly regulated here, I think they even have to call it goat drink, too! The cow lobby is bullish, I tell you.

[-] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

No that does not exist. Just the plant produxta

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Okay name one.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah I remember that. Because of their pettiness I stopped using milk, only thing I used it for as porridge and I use water instead now. Looked it up and you get the water boiling and can cook it at a higher temperature without it burning to the pan. Ends up fairly creamy still without using cows milk. Also costs less to make.

[-] mghackerlady@leminal.space 1 points 2 days ago

they aren't they can call it chocolatey or something similar but there has to be a certain amount of cocoa to be called chocolate

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids. No cacao.

this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
526 points (100.0% liked)

World News

54755 readers
3215 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS