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8 Chocolate Brands That Use the Lowest Quality Ingredients

Is that candy you're eating chocolate, or just "chocolaty?"
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Did you know that in America, as in many places, "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now." is actually a closely regulated term? It goes much You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. of a food, and instead, deals with the details of its composition. Under FDA rules—and numerous rules, at that—a foodstuff must meet strict criteria to call itself chocolate, though that varies based on what type of chocolate is in question.
According to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., milk chocolate "must contain at least 10 percent chocolate liquor, at least 3.39 percent milkfat, and at least 12 percent milk solids." White chocolate "must contain at least 20 percent cocoa butter, at least 14 percent total milk solids, at least 3.5 percent milkfat [and] it cannot consist of more than 55 percent nutritive carbohydrate sweetener." Finally, to be considered dark chocolate, its only source of chocolate flavoring must be "an ingredient that complies with one of the standards of identity for cacao products."

To skirt the rules, many chocolate brands will use wording like "chocolaty" or "chocolate-flavored" in order to be able to use You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., stand-in ingredients. Here's the thing: even within technically legal bounds, companies can still make chocolate cheaply. The secret? Usually, it's just using a whole lot of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., oil, and HFCS alongside the genuine chocolate ingredients. Here are 8 chocolate brands that are using the lowest-quality ingredients. And next, don't miss You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..


1. Butterfinger Bars

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Long marketed as "Crispety Crunchety Peanut-Buttery!" but never marketed as chocolate, these popular candy bars may taste chocolaty, but technically, there's no chocolate to be found here. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is made with ingredients like corn syrup, vegetable oil, milk, and cocoa, but it does not meet the bar for being real chocolate.



2. Lindt Excellence 50% Cocoa Mild Dark Chocolate Bars

Lindt Excellence 50% Cocoa Mild Dark Chocolate Bars
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This candy bar may try to pose itself as a fancy, rich treat from a so-called "Master Chocolatier" brand, but take a closer look at the ingredient list than you do at the "50% Dark Cocoa" claim emblazoned on the wrapper. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. And yes, chocolate comes second, but when sugar (or corn syrup) comes first, you'd do best to sink your teeth into something else.



3. Palmer's Double Crisp Hearts

Palmer's Double Crisp Hearts
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Here again is a candy that bills itself as "chocolaty" because it can't call itself chocolate. These foil-wrapped Valentine's Day staples are made with only one chocolate-like ingredient, and that's "cocoa (processed with Alkali)." They also feature plenty of ingredients you'd likely rather not feature in your diet, like the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

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4. Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bars

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bars
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There's nothing inherently wrong with a Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar, but there's some misleading going on here. If you love the decidedly rich, fancy Cadbury chocolate you get in Europe, then these will be a letdown, as they are made in Pennsylvania Hershey's under a license agreement from Cadbury. And while they are made with real chocolate ingredients, cocoa butter and all, note that You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., too, which lists the first ingredient as "Milk Chocolate," but then in a parentheses shows that the first ingredient within "milk chocolate" is simply sugar.



5. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

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Delicious as they may be, it's probably no surprise that these classic candy cups are so low-priced because they're made with cheap ingredients. Yes, there is technically real chocolate here, but it's milk chocolate, in which the first ingredient is sugar. And there's also hydrogenated vegetable oil here, the go-to for companies looking to cut back on You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..



6. Russell Stover Sugar Free Mint Patties

Russell Stover Sugar Free Mint Patties
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What these chocolate patties leave out in sugar they compensate for with a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. That's things like maltitol, an artificially produced sugar al-cohol, fractionated palm kernel oil and hydrogenated palm oil, sorbitol, and more. In short, when you cut out the sugar, you add in the chemicals–not always a good trade.

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7. Hershey's Syrup

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Yes, it's a classic you remember from countless glasses of childhood chocolate milk. No, it's not a chocolate product. That's why it says "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now." on the label of Hershey's Syrup instead of saying "Chocolate Syrup." The first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup, the second ingredient is corn syrup, the third is water, and the fourth is cocoa. And the fifth? Sugar.



8. Tootsie Rolls

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Sure, this chocolaty taffy candy has been around for more than a hundred years, but that's a testament to the American sweet tooth, not to the quality of the candy. At best You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., Tootsie Rolls consist of sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, condensed skim milk, cocoa, whey, soy lecithin, and artificial and natural flavors. They barely touch the bar for being real chocolate and certainly don't cross it.

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Ito yung chocolate na hindi ko ipagpapalit sa mga international brands tinipid sa lasa pero pang masa available sa lahat ng inyong suking tindahan.
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mahal na ito ngayon mommy, 4 pesos na isa yung malaki
Parang namapak kalang ng peanut butter pag natikman yung Reese's di mo malalasahan yung chocolate haha
hahah uu kaya bili ka na lang ng mani hahahah
Pa-send na lang ng high quality na tsokolate. Joke lang. Salamat sa trivia
wala talaga ako nyan hahah hanggang tingin lang ako ahhahah
salamat sa matamis na info
buti nalang wala dyan ang paborito kong Flot tops ba yun haha
wala talaga mommy kasi imported lahat yan.
 
Ito yung chocolate na hindi ko ipagpapalit sa mga international brands tinipid sa lasa pero pang masa available sa lahat ng inyong suking tindahan.
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paps Lelouch eto yung fevorite ko na chocolate ba matatawag to o puro asukal lang,,ahh basta Hany parin ang affordable.,na taste like chocolate but full of sugar,hahaha

salamat sa matamis na info
buti nalang wala dyan ang paborito kong Flot tops ba yun haha
Hahaha..Maam Reen dont you worry po,kahit di kasama sa list ni paps Lelouch yung flat tops,macoconsider parin ang flat tops na one of the most well known chocolate nating mga pinoy,,number 1 yan sa akin parang ikaw reen diba,,simply irresistable.
 
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paps Lelouch eto yung fevorite ko na chocolate ba matatawag to o puro asukal lang,,ahh basta Hany parin ang affordable.,na taste like chocolate but full of sugar,hahaha


Hahaha..Maam Reen dont you worry po,kahit di kasama sa list ni paps Lelouch yung flat tops,macoconsider parin ang flat tops na one of the most well known chocolate nating mga pinoy,,number 1 yan sa akin parang ikaw reen diba,,simply irresistable.
haha opo hindi talaga kasama ang flat tops dahil mga tinukoy jan ay mga sikat sa amerika at mga chocolate na mababa ang chocolate content hahahha... same here.. Hany parin dahil may peanut hahaha
 
haha opo hindi talaga kasama ang flat tops dahil mga tinukoy jan ay mga sikat sa amerika at mga chocolate na mababa ang chocolate content hahahha... same here.. Hany parin dahil may peanut hahaha
paps Lelouch ang galing talaga nila gumawa ng chocolate na másáráp ,pero hindi nakakadiabetes,,kasi dito sa atin pinas,hindi sasarap kapag hindi dinamihan ng asukal o di naman kaya sa ulam,vetsin asin o magic sarap,hahaha
 

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