Have they ruined Lindt now as well?

[crochetmonkey74]

Got bought a Lindt Teddy. My absolute favourite. Hadn't had one for about 18 months, settled down with a nice cuppa, ready to enjoy it. It tastes totally different!!

Best 70 percent was Green and Blacks Velvet (discontinued) but Lindt and the Co-op are good. Again M&S is awful. Lidl tastes awful but I like the texture. Morrisons is very reasonable as is Sainsburys Venezuelan. Tesco’s is crap.

I've yet to meet a milk chocolate I didn't like. Unless they put something wrong in it like fruit or nuts.

Will try Waitrose no 1 thanks

I bought some Coke Zero from B&M and it doesn't taste the same as when I buy it from Tesco's

That's interesting. I wonder if it's made more cheaply specifically for the cheaper shops or if the cheaper shops buy seconds. I would have thought it could be a storage issue but it shouldn't be with the Coke.

In Switzerland these are the main ones - Teuscher, Sprüngli, laderach

"I still love the balls" 🤣🤣🤣 omg, I'm dying!!!

That made me laugh ! Thankyou.

I haven't had any Lindt chocolate for a while, but was near a Lindt shop a few weeks ago and bought a pick 'n' mix to have over Christmas. I haven't tried it yet so don't know if the taste/formula has changed yet.

Regarding the B&M point, some cheaper shops (B&M, Savers, Home Bargains) sell Coke made in Ireland or Malta and I have noticed it sometimes tastes different. It might be a storage issue, perhaps the formula is tweaked for different markets, or it might be short dated.

B&M sell Australian Cadbury's chocolate, however my personal favourite is Irish Cadbury's - the Golden Crisp bar in particular. It tastes so much better than the British formula. Sadly since Brexit it has become very expensive in the UK so it's a rare treat now.

Would love to know what people think makes a good chocolate bar.

I can't understand people saying they can taste the palm oil in Lindt when it doesn't contain any. My guess is that people like to dis anything that they deem as popular. Same with hotel chocolate- people saying it's low in cocoa and high in sugar when it contains higher amounts of cocoa than the posh chocolates they are recommending.

@CocteauTwin
Could the Coke taste different because of the water content ?
The main ingredient listed is carbonated water and water in different areas tastes different.

Hear! Hear!
I've always said it tasted 'off'
It's revolting

I had some Lindt balls recently and I thought they were slightly different. Not quite as moreish, harder to bite into, and ever so slightly smaller.

I think it's how they store it or they are selling older stock. I've noticed coke doesn't taste as good if its a bit old but still in date. I won't buy chocolate from the likes of B&M as it always tastes 'off'. Its a shame as they usally have a huge choice and the more unusal bars.

Lindor balls certainly have palm oil though.
Lindor ingredients

Those balls have probably always had palm oil as the centre isn't pure chocolate. But we're not talking about the balls, we're talking about the milk chocolate itself in the reindeer/teddies and chocolate bars.

Aldi and lidl 85% are good

No! I have always sworn by Lindt as a palm-oil-free brand. The balls that I got are still fine, but Ritter Sport has really become disgusting - far too sweet and the texture is all off.

Milka and Aldi's own brand it is, then.

Soy lecithin has the same effect if you are sensitive to emulsifiers. But thanks for the psychoanalysis.🙄

My definition of a good chocolate bar is one that both tastes good and doesn't almost immediately need to leave the building.