Archive for July, 2006

Cadbury linked to salmonella outbreak

The UK Health Protection Agency has said contaminated Cadbury’s chocolate was the most likely cause of a recent salmonella outbreak.

36 of 56 cases from March to July could be linked to Cadbury products, despite the firm having claimed that traces of salmonella in its products were ‘minute’ and the recent product recall was purely precautionary, [...]

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Posted by Dom on 21 Jul 2006 at 08:07 PM in News | Comments (2)

Ritter Sport Peppermint

You may remember last month I raved about Ritter Sport Cappuccino. So it goes without saying that when I saw Cappuccino’s sister, Peppermint in the local shop, I just had to try it.

The size and shape of this are exactly the same as the Cappuccino bar - a thick 100g square slab divided into bite-size [...]

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Posted by Dom on 20 Jul 2006 at 09:07 PM in Reviews | Comments (3)

Breakfast cereals contain more sugar than chocolate

According to this article in The Independent, many breakfast cereals ‘contain just as much sugar as a chocolate bar’.

This is obviously a very serious problem, for which there is only one solution. Chocolate for breakfast.

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Posted by Dom on 19 Jul 2006 at 10:07 PM in News | Comments (1)

Chocolate and lingerie

News of  a new chocolate bar caught my attention today. It could be said that chocolate claims 90% of my attention anyway, but we don’t need to go into that.
The first thing that made me go “ooh!” was the name – Wonder Bar. A nice play on words and a sure sign of success in [...]

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Posted by Chocstress on 19 Jul 2006 at 10:07 AM in Misc | Comments (3)

Thorntons Continental Cappuccino

What’s the first thing that comes into your head when you hear ‘Thorntons’? For me, it’s “last minute Christmas prezzie for Gran” or “I’ve been having an affair but my wife will never notice if I bring her some nice chocolates”.

Basically, the kind of gift you give if you have no imagination, you’re feeling guilty [...]

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Posted by Dom on 18 Jul 2006 at 09:07 PM in Reviews | Comments (2)