After quietly swapping real chocolate for cheaper coatings in some products, Hershey is now reversing course and promising to bring back classic Reese’s recipes, a rare admission that customers can, in fact, tell when you cheap out on the good stuff.
short of maintaining an at home chromatograph how do you tell there's no chocolate in your chocolates? weeell, supposely they *have* to indicate that in the ingredients list, however if there's no chocolate in your chocolate they can still use phrases like [1]:
> Labels that say "chocolate candy," "chocolatey," or "chocolate coating" don't meet that standard and typically contain vegetable oils instead of cocoa butter.
got that? "chocolate candy": no chocolate. "milk chocolate": some cocoa butter.
I doubt very much that any customer of Reese's "demand[ed]...innovation" and certainly not of the "please remove chocolate from the product" variety.
Whenever shenanigans like this go down, I try to imagine the meeting. Someone suggests saving a penny on each cup if they just replace the chocolate with something chocolatey, and everyone nodding along, the spreadsheet guy running the numbers... That's what hell will be like.
I don't even like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups anymore even though I did like them when they first came out.
Trying to save money by changing a 38 year old successful recipe is the stupidest money saving idea yet. Any Hershey insiders here? Is anyone going to get fired for this stupid idea?
short of maintaining an at home chromatograph how do you tell there's no chocolate in your chocolates? weeell, supposely they *have* to indicate that in the ingredients list, however if there's no chocolate in your chocolate they can still use phrases like [1]:
> Labels that say "chocolate candy," "chocolatey," or "chocolate coating" don't meet that standard and typically contain vegetable oils instead of cocoa butter.
got that? "chocolate candy": no chocolate. "milk chocolate": some cocoa butter.
[1] https://www.foodandwine.com/hershey-products-no-longer-use-milk-chocolate-11911049
Reminds me of that boneless wings case: "Boneless chicken wings do not have to be bone-free, Ohio's top court ruled"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ngyely232o
I doubt very much that any customer of Reese's "demand[ed]...innovation" and certainly not of the "please remove chocolate from the product" variety.
Whenever shenanigans like this go down, I try to imagine the meeting. Someone suggests saving a penny on each cup if they just replace the chocolate with something chocolatey, and everyone nodding along, the spreadsheet guy running the numbers... That's what hell will be like.
That's what hell *will* be like? That is what hell *is* like...we is already there 🔥
I don't even like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups anymore even though I did like them when they first came out.
Trying to save money by changing a 38 year old successful recipe is the stupidest money saving idea yet. Any Hershey insiders here? Is anyone going to get fired for this stupid idea?