Fake Chocolate

[BarneyGrubble (Aficionado of Beethoven, and Latina singers)]

Fake Chocolate Is on the Rise—Here’s How to Tell What You’re Really Buying —...

[Saregama]

What’s missing from your favorite chocolate bar? It may be chocolate.

Almost no one noticed when, sometime over the last few years, the packaging on Almond Joy, Mr Goodbar and Rolo was updated to remove the words “milk chocolate.” Experts say high cocoa prices have triggered a wave of “reformulations,” the industry term for recipe changes… …replacing expensive cocoa butter with other fats, a swap that means their products no longer meet the US regulatory definition of milk chocolate and can no longer be called that on packaging. Asked about reformulations in a …

[StephanieL]

A lot of UK chocolate brands have used vegetable fats for years. I wouldn’t consider that to be “fake” per se.