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Post by sugaralchemy on Oct 20, 2006 23:56:05 GMT -5
I'm curious what everybody's reaction/thoughts regarding this move are...
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Post by Alchemist on Nov 6, 2006 14:26:18 GMT -5
I really don't want to comment from a professional standpoint, but as a consumer, I find it a sad day.
I would like to know more from Frederick.
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Post by dragonmama on Dec 3, 2006 17:28:31 GMT -5
Kraft bought Toblerone, and their label hasn't changed, but the ingredients surely have. My daughter and I have been able to eat their chocolate bars for the past two years, but we bought one on Halloween and had very clear wheat reactions to it.
Whenever one of the giant corporations buys a small company, esp. one with a decent reputation, the quality invariably goes down. Sharply. Tom's of Maine is a case in point. They have a name for excellent quality natural toothpastes and deodorants and such. But after they were bought out, they've switched to cheap corn crap ingredients.. .xylitol and sorbitol, both of which are highly toxic. My vet gave me a professional write up about tiny amounts of sorbitol being responsible for killing dogs ... a poisoning process in which a truly tiny amount, about three sticks of gum, takes three days to kill a 70 pounds golden retriever, while the hospital tried desperately to save them.
I used to think only stockbrokers kept up with corporate mergers. But now I do strictly out of self preservation. I didn't know about Hershey's buying Dagoba though... off to let a few friends know who rely on their product that it won't be safe soon... Thanks for posting this!
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Post by Brad on Dec 4, 2006 5:46:14 GMT -5
Maybe they'll (dagoba) will start making better chocolate now.
Every week I go to the local organic food store up here and buy a couple of bars of Dagoba chocolate for $4.00 each to use as comparison with what I produce.
I first have them taste a small piece of Dagoba, rinse with water, and then try mine.
EVERYONE says the same thing: The taste of the Dagoba bar is like chewing mud. A couple of people have even spit it out, and have been leary to try mine. After eating a piece of mine, they take the whole bar and ask for more. Every week, I thank Dagoba for making me look great!
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Post by sugaralchemy on Dec 13, 2006 12:47:34 GMT -5
dragonmama: I do agree changes/quality can be an issue when an acquisition happens. However, I do need to clarify that xylitol and sorbitol *are not toxic* to humans.
Frankly, dogs and humans are very different animals, which consume very different diets. If you ate some of what dogs can eat, you could easily end up dead. It's no surprise that the reverse can be true.
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