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Why does $1.25 chocolate in Japan taste so much better than $2 chocolate in America?

>> No.7008369

Because glorious nippon chocorate is folded a mirrion times

>> No.7008370

because america can't do anything right

>> No.7008385

>>7008360

Cuz your a weab and your anime bonor tells you so.

>> No.7008394

>>7008360
Because Americans are plebs that like vomit chocolate and protest if their manufacturers try and change the recipe to something better.

>> No.7008396

>>7008360
do they put less sugar in it? if not, its probably because they use sugar.

>> No.7008407

>>7008394
Why can't Hershey put out a new product that doesn't taste like 20% chalk and keep producing the chalky crap for the plebs?

>> No.7008412

>>7008407
because that market is already well occupied. stop buying candy in the end of the isle and at gas stations.

>> No.7008416

>>7008396
Aren't Japanese outrageously sweet toothed?
Even their red bean has ludicrous amounts of sugar.

>> No.7008420

>>7008416
not in my experiance. they have way less sugar or at the very least taste less sweet than our sweets. could have more sugar over all though. who knows, I dont eat shitty candy so its moot to me anyway.

>> No.7008531

>>7008360
Because you're weeb trash tbqphwy fam

>> No.7008538

>>7008360
Because placebic effect.

>> No.7008554

>>7008407
That's actually their thing. Hershey is purposefully shitty.

>> No.7008680

>>7008416
it's the other way around. nips always complain about practically every other country's food being too sweet for their delicate little palates.

>> No.7008690
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7008690

What's some good chocolate I can get in an American grocery store? Like Krogers or Randalls? Not Hersey's or any shit like that.

>> No.7008712

>>7008690
If it sounds like it's from Europe, and has gaudy pretentious wrapping, it's more than likely a lot better than Hersey's

>> No.7008821

>>7008690
Lindt is consistently decent and fairly common. It's what I usually get.

>> No.7008903

>>7008690
Lindt, Ghiradelli, or what >>7008712 said

>> No.7008919

No it doesn't

>> No.7008923

>>7008360
I see these in my asian supermarket, can someone explain to me why it costs $3 in Canada?

>> No.7008959

>>7008407
They own Scharffen Berger and a few other artisan lines.

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>> No.7009030

>>7008923
what are import costs?

>> No.7009046

This one time I went to Europe and brought back chocolates for my coworkers. A lot of the ones who don't travel much said they didn't like the European chocolates cause they were "too decadent" then I seen them eat reese's pieces later that day...

>> No.7009423

>>7008360

Confirmation bias.

>> No.7009446

>>7008360
More fat, less sugar.

All asian snacks have significantly less sugar and salt. They taste "lighter" and much better.

>> No.7009459

>>7008360
they probably don't use palm oil like the garbage England and USA call "chocolate". cocoa butter or gtfo.

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>>7008712
>>7008821
>>7008903
Fucking love it.

>> No.7009571

>>7008360
>1.25
bullshit, I can't get a meiji chocolate bar anywhere near me that is that cheap

in fact all candies over here are super expensive

>> No.7009574
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7009574

American chocolate is real bad on a common level.

Sure, you might find that one delicatessen shop in an obscure part of town that actually makes good stuff but what most Americans consider chocolate is really just garbage.

>inb4 buttmad Americans defending their hershie's shitstains

>> No.7009614

>>7009574
American chocolate is fine if you're not expecting a strong cocoa flavor. It being artificially sweet has its benefits.

>> No.7009620

>>7009574
Do you feel better now? Is your life better knowing that there's a dystopia called America where nothing is good? It's okay, you're among friends.

>> No.7009638

>>7009525
You the guy originally asking?

>> No.7009646

Because high fructose corn syrup tbqh fam smh

>> No.7009670

>>7008821
>>7009525
oily garbage

>> No.7009676

>>7008360
Hi all, first time venturing onto /ck/ and I can answer this :D
I work for Nestlé in the UK and we use milk crumb, as does the Japan market, in America you use normal milk; which goes sour. American chocolate uses "gone off"/ sour milk for their chocolate but in other countries milk crumb is usually used.

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>>7009676
>American chocolate uses "gone off"/ sour milk for their chocolate
>made with REAL MILK

>> No.7009689

>>7008420
They are actually sweeter because Japanese people will eat like one piece of candy and then save the rest for another time. They don't eat a whole chocolate bar in one sitting, just like one piece.

>> No.7009693

>>7009046
To be fair, European chocolate is really rich and you're only supposed to eat like one piece per sitting, or cook with it. It's not usually an eating chocolate in the sense that you don't eat an entire bar in one sitting. They make it that rich on purpose because their main market is people who don't eat a whole bar in one sitting. Same with Japanese candies.

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>>7009046
>cause they were "too decadent"

Now if there's one food item supposed to be decadent, it's chocolate.

>> No.7009704

>>7009046
>I seen them
Learn English, faggot.

>> No.7009714

>>7009698
I mean I agree, but I only eat a piece of two at a time and if I try to eat more I get an upset stomach. But some people for whatever reason like eating entire bars at a time and I imagine more decadent chocolate is not to their liking because of that

Like if I was making smores or something, I probably would just use Hershey's because putting chocolate that rich and expensive on smores doesn't sound good at all

>> No.7009774

>>7009638
Yea.
>>7009670
I'm open to suggestions. But can't be arsed to go to any specialty shop or anything.

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>>7008360

>> No.7009786

>>7009779
>Colonel doesn't have a Santa hat on

C'mon, now

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>>7009786

>> No.7011314

>>7009614
That's the opposite of the impression I got.
It feels insanely thick and filling, heavy as fuck on the cocoa (fake mind you), synthetic and with very little enjoyment payoff for how fucking heavy it is.

>> No.7011329

>>7009693
You're retarded.
There are different kinds of chocolate. Europeans tend to make a lot of milk chocolate which is far lighter than american and can easily be downed by the fucking pound if you're so inclined.
You probably got either cooking chocolate or some sort of nougat which belgians are fond of mixing into their chocolate candies.

>> No.7011689

>>7009676
So, American milk chocolate is made with rotten milk?