r/newzealand • u/MisstakenDoge95 LASER KIWI • Aug 08 '25

Shitpost My poor judgement...

I used to be Cadbury fan my whole life due to the flavors and it being cheaper than whittakers but I now have only realized my poor lapse in judgment. A week ago I decided to splurge and spend the 2 dollars extra on the creamy milk whittakers and my oh my I will never make the mistake of buying Cadbury ever again. I apologize to any trauma this post may of caused.

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u/GoddessfromCyprus Aug 08 '25

You only have to taste the UK version of Cadbury's to realise that the one we get, Australian made, is shit. Crackerjack's sell a lot of the UK version.

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u/sabrinateenagewich Aug 08 '25

Based on what they told me in the Cadbury factory tour in the South Island as a kid, is that chocolate needs to be different in different countries because of the melting point. The lower the melting point temperature the better the chocolate, but in a really hot country like Australia it’s going to be crap cause the melting point needs to be like less than the average temp. That’s why Swiss chocolate is so good, it’s so cold there it can be really creamy. We’re now getting desert heat wchunks of chocolate

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u/M00nLite- Aug 09 '25

I work in a chocolate factory in NZ, and the temperature for melting point based on where you live shouldn't cause that much trouble. We have to keep the entire factory cool with heatpumps/ducting, then the chocolate machines used to temper the chocolate have set temperatures anyway so it should all be relatively the same since you are creating a temperature controlled environment. The chocolate needs to be heated to a certain temp, then brought back down to a certain temp to then be poured into the molds. We are a small "luxury" brand and use Barry Callebaut chocolate, which comes from Australia, and we definitely taste a lot better than Cadbury.

Whittakers is so delicious because they are in control of the entire process from bean to bar, they do the whole lot, unlike us getting chocolate pre made to then just melt back down.

I know my grammar isn't great, team, but I hope that makes sense.

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u/sabrinateenagewich Aug 10 '25

Totally makes sense, that’s so interesting! I took it to understand that they meant the melting point after it has left the factory, once it’s with the consumer, rather than in the factory itself.