Comments on: Cadbury Old Gold Roast Almond

By: Shinrai

Shinrai — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:05:20 +0000

I am eating it right now, and I agree that it’s ‘too’ sweet for a dark chocolate. I prefer ones with really bitter taste.

I was also disappointed when the first ingredient listed was sugar. =(

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:56:58 +0000

I have to agree. That and changing the formulation.

I *must* try and get a before and after block and do a side by side comparison – if my local supermarket still has any of the “before” blocks left.

I have to admit, though, that Cadbury is off my shopping list now.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:34:24 +0000

“Revamping the packaging” included resizing the bars from 250g down to 200g but keeping the price the same, an effective 25% price increase! Cadbury and a lot of the other manufacturers in Australia are desperate to sneak all their underhanded price rises in before December when unit pricing laws mean stores will have to display how much everything costs per kg, regardless of the size of the bars, 185g, 200g, 220 or 250g.

A complete underhanded con and there has been a consumer backlash against them as a result.

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:02:03 +0000

Hunt down one of the others. If you can find someone who brings in Polish chocolate, get a Wawel Gorzka Krakowska. It’s good. Really good.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:25:51 +0000

Damn, I love dark chocolate and almonds too. At 40% I think I’ll give this one a miss.

By: Kath Lockett

Kath Lockett — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:56:39 +0000

Ah yes, of the Old Gold, only the one actually marked as 70% (plain) is 70%. The rest are 40%. Still, as you say they’re run-of-the-mill, always-reliable, inoffensive and affordable. Kind of like the ‘quaffing wines’ of the chocolate world.