Yes "Food Junkie" there are many products with palm oil -- some "health bars", South Beach "diet" bars, some crackers, Twizzlers brand red licorice, microwave popcorn, some non-dairy coffee creamers, and Viactiv "calcium chews", and Goober peanut butter/jelly, etc. In other words -palm oil is in a lot of junk food. Why not just check labels and avoid it? Palm oil extends shelf life in mostly junk food for developed nations. The sad part is that many of the palm oil plantations are on land that makes them non-sustainable. Once the thin layer of top soil washes away without the natural vegetation to hold it in place, the land looks like barren desert. Some former rain forest areas turn into cement pits.

kathryn #277

THERE IS NO WAY that hersheys could ever compare to anything even remotely similar to chocolate. It is a foul attempt to pass itself off as chocolate...and leaves an unsavoury aftertaste!

Cadbury need to do something because it doesn't taste like it did 5 years ago!!!

i live in Malaysia and palm oil is very important to our economy and livelyhood. what is wrong with palm oil? where do you get cocoa butter? you don't need land to plant cocoa? common wake up. unless you stop consuming it won't change a thing.

OK, so the palm oil is gone but it still is a smaller block and also seems to not taste the same. Have Cadbury reduced the cocoa content from their previous recipe? Whatever, I won't be buying it again and it used to be the only chocolate i bought. Have to try others..

OMG... I cant believe the ridiculous comments on here. LOL. Some people have absolutly no idea and moan at any chance they get! Warren... why would you want to support Whittakers and help kiwis in work? THEY ARE ALL IN AUSTRALIA ANYWAY! LOL. For god sakes, a big uproar about Palm oil... it didnt seem to bother consumers for years before, but ALL of a SUDDEN... you cant do this nd you cant do that... because why? Professinals say something and ohhhh godddddd, we better do it. Professionals get it wrong all the time, people are so scared to go against the grain, let their kids get dirty, scared to live life, its so stupid! I say good on you Cadbry for making the change, yeah.. you recognised and listened to the consumers, and at least you admitted that you got it wrong, I take my hat off to you, you wouldnt see NZ politics admitting to anything, they would rather make you guess and cover there behind, even if it means putting everyone else in jeprody! I am a loyal return customer of Cadbury and always will be the brand choice in my household along with thousands of other people, I enjoy the products and the quality, good for you Cadbury!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought a cake of chocolate in the weekend 4.10.09 to see if it was back to it's old yummy self, but it unfortunitly still tasted horrible. I used to absolutely love cadbury's chocolate..used to melt on your tongue, delicious!! But am so disappointed with the way it currently taste's that I won't be buying it again, much prefer nestle!!

well done to cadbury for changing the chocolate its a big step in the right direction i think but even then i still think whittikas or hersheys is a way better brand of chocolate.sorry.

Made me try Whittakers chocolate...sorry Cadbury, Whittakers is much better!

Score '1' to the consumer. Maybe we could also finally get them to pay attention and make their chocolate Fair Trade in NZ too like they have in other countries.... keep voting and protesting with your wallets people!!!

Hey everyone - Cadbury have only made 1 small change by removing palm oil, what about the rest of the recipe they changed? They expect to fool the public and have us still buy their now inferior chocolate that contains only 21% cocoa mass (cocoa and cocoa butter). Can they spare it? There is ABSOLUTELY NO NEED to add any vegetable oils at all to chocolate, this is totally a cost saving decision that contributes to making their product less desirable. Bye bye Cadbury, it was nice to know your previously enjoyable chocolate that I have enjoyed all my life.