Yay!!! Finaly... I got sick of Boucottiing Cadburys!

Why does everyone think milk tastes different just because of where it is made?!

It does not. I am a retired dairy scientist and what makes it taste different more than anything else is the breed of cow, not the geographical location, also what the cow eats too.

Most dairy cows are Friesan or Holstein (or crosses) with a minority of Jersey herds. This is true of both NZ, Australia and (say ) the UK.

UK cows, like NZ ones, eat mostly grass in fields. In the cooler parts of the UK the cows are over-wintered and fed silage (same as here) and sometimes supplements (brewer's grains or sugarbeet pulp nuts are common).

The milk is homogonised and standardised here (it often is not in the UK) so the fat does not separate and the fat percentage is always the same.

Jersey milk is higher in fat naturally so tends to be amongst the creamiest (UK supermarkets sell it as an identified milk type, often used as single cream, double cream, whipping cream, Extra Thick cream or clotted cream there).

Ergo, Friesan milk that is grass fed and both standardised and homogonised will taste exactly the same to 99.99% of people no matter where the cow lived!

I wonder if Cadbury will now also remove the evil transfats from their brunch bars and start using ethically sourced and fair trade cocoa in their chocolate bars. Cadbury is still not to be trusted despite backing down on the palm oil.

It hasn't been the same since they stopped using rich and creamy NZ milk. I am still looking for another chocolate but Cadburys is actually 20c dearer for a smaller, oily tasting block. Cadbury has insulted its customers- and did not realise they make a luxury food- not a necessity. If it isn't luxurious, customers don't buy it. I rather like Green and Black's milk chocolate, which is a nice balance of chocolate and sweet....

As much as the taste and quality change it was the arrogance that really got me. Now they've backflipped - but how far? Will all the bars have the old recipe or just Dairy Milk. They'll "use NZ milk", but it won't be fresh if it has to go Aus. Will the 'old recipe' be the real old recipe or just a compromise. Make no mistake, this was all about MONEY, not chocolate. They don't give without take. Cadbury just wanted to take and take, and forgot about the give. Not forgiven for the ethics or the new 'mortar' chocolate.

O my I cant beleive it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cabury u guys shouldnt use that any way I was with whitakers !

You would have to pay me to eat that tasteless Aussie/Cadbury junk it tastes just like brown soap. The Ware House have had shelves full of it for years now, All their sweets look good but unfortunately are Australian made and taste disgusting. Bring back the snifters I say!!!!!Also fix up the Jaffas while you're at it they are just tasteless red balls now.

Now all we need to do is to force The Warehouse to stop charging twice for it's shopping bags, and all will be well with the world. :-)

As a commercial user of Cadbury chocolate (Over 400 tonne per yr) what most people DONT know about the chocolate is... Is not even made in NZ any more. All tablet chocolate is now made in Tasmania, and shipped thru both Melbourne and Sydney. Check out the very small writing on the back of the 'new size' block: Made In Australia From Local And Imported Ingredients. Cadbury's shut the Dunedin Tablet lines at the end of June, and all tablets now made off-shore. Hence the crap taste of their chocolate, it's made to ozzy tastes.

In response to Mark #86 12:42 pm Aug 17 2009 "Cadbury claimed they were using palm oil from a sustainable source. If that is true, their decision to stop using it is a blow to both the sustainable provider and a developing country. This may be an example of how the public majority unwittingly make a negative impact due to lack of information."

Too true - but what it really shows is that to get the public concerned about anything, you need to make it immediately personal to them. Like many of the submitters today, I don't particularly think about where palm oil comes from, but I prefer cocoa butter in my chocolate, and I have no idea what's in my cosmetics as long as they do the job I want them for. I don't want a wind turbine or a cell phone tower in my back yard, but I sure want reliable cheap electricity and excellent cellphone coverage.

This is the world we created. Be creative about how to make issues immediate for individuals, or be prepared to see the results of apathy.