Hershey’s and Grocers’ sentiment.
Once again we see how the taxation and minimum wage laws are driving businesses to adulterate food in order to lower costs. Sadly Chocolate is now on the ‘hit list’.
Price is at the heart of the argument over whether manufacturers should be allowed to change the ingredients of chocolate, said Kinstler of See’s, which has 205 stores and is based in South San Francisco.
“You can make chocolate a lot cheaper with vegetable oil,” he said.
A pound of chocolate contains more than 4 ounces of cocoa butter, at a cost of about $2.30, said Guittard Chocolate, based in Burlingame, Calif. The same amount of vegetable oil was 70 cents.
Hershey Co., which supports the Grocery Manufacturers’ petition, said the standards were created decades ago and should be modernized.
By adopting the proposal, the FDA would be providing “flexibility to make changes based on consumer taste preferences, ingredient costs and availability and shelf life,” said Kirk Saville, spokesman for the Hershey, Pa.-based company.
No more Hersheys Chocolate for me. How disgusting is this? Hersheys links to a a site that proclaims they are improving the lives of cocoa farmers. Worse, I just read the list of members for this site, and they are one. Unbelievable.
Cacao farming is a major source of income for millions of farm families around the world. These families often struggle, however, as they face such challenges as pests and disease that destroy almost one third of the crop each year.
The World Cocoa Foundation and its nearly 60 member companies, including The Hershey Company, actively work to help these farm families. The Foundation develops and manages effective, on-the-ground programs, raises funds and acts as a forum for broad discussion of the cocoa farming sector’s needs, bringing real benefits to farmers and their families.
What better way to help them than to destroy them. Good job.
Go here to tell the FDA that you want real Chocolate and not the fake stuff.
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