Candy Question

Dude111 · 11-06-2009, 08:00

Im wondering if i could ask a small favour of everyone.....

I used to like a bunch of candy here BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 and now the recipes have changed and they taste disgusting (@ least to me)

Im wondering though if this change WAS ONLY MADE IN THE USA!! (As the govt here seems to think they can tell people what they can and cant have)

Im wondering if someone the next time they are @ the market could look @ the ingredients for the following candy

Hershey bars - USED TO BE MADE WITH 'SOYA' LECITHIN (They changed to 'SOY' LECITHIN HERE AND TASTE HORRID NOW (TOO SWEET)) -- Might still use SOYA LECITHIN elsewhere.... (Which is a better ingredient)

M&MS (Plain) -- Used to be made with "MILK" .. (Changed in 2000 to using SKIM MILK,MILKFAT and also tastes disgusting) - Might still be using regular Milk elsewhere

If these candies ARE STILL MADE THE SAME WAY where you guys are,perhaps i could order both from somewhere in manchester or something!! (I havent had good candy in years)

Thanks for your help

**Maggy J** · 11-06-2009, 08:20

Hershey chocolate is hard to come by here..In fact I have to go to a specialist online shop based in London and Brighton to get my fix especially of my fave Reece's Peanut Butter Cups.So I suspect that the ingredients will be the same for us as for you.however I'm sure they wil answer any query you make..they are a very helpful company.

http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/aaasmt/

**Graham M** · 11-06-2009, 08:21

They sell the Peanut Butter Cups and Nutrageous Bars in both the Sainsbury's Local and the Tesco Express here but I've NEVER EVER seen any other sort of Hershey's bar in this country, to be honest I don't really like the chocolate that much anyway

**Maggy J** · 11-06-2009, 08:26

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Originally Posted by Graham M

They sell the Peanut Butter Cups and Nutrageous Bars in both the Sainsbury's Local and the Tesco Express here but I've NEVER EVER seen any other sort of Hershey's bar in this country, to be honest I don't really like the chocolate that much anyway

I used to find them in Woolworths for a while..no chance now that they have gone bankrupt.

Then I could find them in my favourite newsagents but no more.

Then Asda were selling them..not seen any for 6 months or more.

I've run out of places locally that sell them.

Cybercandy are now the only place I know sell them and the Hershey bars..In fact the company are amazing for what you can get..they even sell hard to find soda drinks that are out of production here.

Nugget · 11-06-2009, 08:30

I wasn't aware that there was any difference between 'soy' and 'soya' lecithin - I was under the impression that soy was the American word for the bean, and soya the English

The lecithin wouldn't make any difference to the flavour anyway - it'll be used as an emulsifier, so it's holding some ingredients together that normally would be unblendable (to make it simple). Are there any other differences in the ingredient declaration?

**Maggy J** · 11-06-2009, 08:36

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Originally Posted by Nugget

I wasn't aware that there was any difference between 'soy' and 'soya' lecithin - I was under the impression that soy was the American word for the bean, and soya the English

The lecithin wouldn't make any difference to the flavour anyway - it'll be used as an emulsifier, so it's holding some ingredients together that normally would be unblendable (to make it simple). Are there any other differences in the ingredient declaration?

Interesting to find out what some ingredients actually do..though maybe I should be wondering why anyone would want to blend things that are unblendable..

Nah! I think I'll remain in ignorance..I'd hate to have another food group closed to me.

Nugget · 11-06-2009, 08:41

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

Interesting to find out what some ingredients actually do..though maybe I should be wondering why anyone would want to blend things that are unblendable..

Nah! I think I'll remain in ignorance..I'd hate to have another food group closed to me.

You're alright - butter and margarine are both emulsions, so you can carry on

**Graham M** · 11-06-2009, 09:23

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

Interesting to find out what some ingredients actually do..though maybe I should be wondering why anyone would want to blend things that are unblendable..

Nah! I think I'll remain in ignorance..I'd hate to have another food group closed to me.

For instance an oily substance and a watery substance

**Maggy J** · 11-06-2009, 09:37

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Originally Posted by Graham M

For instance an oily substance and a watery substance

You mean like oil and vinegar..well I just put them in a bottle and give em a good shaking before placing on my salad...no need for emulsifiers then...

Nugget · 11-06-2009, 10:27

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

You mean like oil and vinegar..well I just put them in a bottle and give em a good shaking before placing on my salad...no need for emulsifiers then...

That just means that you're a natural emulsifier Coggy

Druchii · 11-06-2009, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

You mean like oil and vinegar..well I just put them in a bottle and give em a good shaking before placing on my salad...no need for emulsifiers then...

Ah, but leave them to stand and what happens?

Nugget · 11-06-2009, 11:00

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Originally Posted by Druchii

Ah, but leave them to stand and what happens?

Wouldn't have thought that would matter, seeing as Coggy would have eaten all that she wanted by then

**Kymmy** · 11-06-2009, 11:02

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Originally Posted by Druchii

Ah, but leave them to stand and what happens?

Depends if it's got some egg yolks in there as well

**Stephen** · 11-06-2009, 11:13

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Originally Posted by Dude111

Im wondering if i could ask a small favour of everyone.....

I used to like a bunch of candy here BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 and now the recipes have changed and they taste disgusting (@ least to me)

Im wondering though if this change WAS ONLY MADE IN THE USA!! (As the govt here seems to think they can tell people what they can and cant have)

Im wondering if someone the next time they are @ the market could look @ the ingredients for the following candy

Hershey bars - USED TO BE MADE WITH 'SOYA' LECITHIN (They changed to 'SOY' LECITHIN HERE AND TASTE HORRID NOW (TOO SWEET)) -- Might still use SOYA LECITHIN elsewhere.... (Which is a better ingredient)

M&MS (Plain) -- Used to be made with "MILK" .. (Changed in 2000 to using SKIM MILK,MILKFAT and also tastes disgusting) - Might still be using regular Milk elsewhere

If these candies ARE STILL MADE THE SAME WAY where you guys are,perhaps i could order both from somewhere in manchester or something!! (I havent had good candy in years)

Thanks for your help

Not sure I really understand your post, Milk Choc M&Ms still taste the same to me. As far as I know most confectionary companies use semi skimmed milk or even skimmed as its healthier

Also any Hershey choc found in the UK is imported from the USA so will still have the same ingredients as over there.

Also could you please stop with all the capitals and @ signs. Type properly please.

Dude111 · 11-06-2009, 11:53

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Originally Posted by Nugget

I wasn't aware that there was any difference between 'soy' and 'soya' lecithin

Yup there is a slight difference...

The bars taste sweeter and not as good....... (Only thing they changed in them so it has to be that)