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bittersweet

On 20 Mar 2007 16:01:03 -0700, wrote:

>I just purchased Droste's 250 gram package of cocoa. I was looking
>for a Dutch Cocoa product. On the shelf there were two Droste sizes -
>the 250 gram in a red cardboard box and a 125 gram red cardboard
>package placed inside one of those collectible tins. Printed on the
>tin container were the words "Processed with Alkali". Neither of the
>cardboard boxes, though, had anything printed on them that would
>indicate that the product was a Dutch Cocoa.

I buy Droste cocoa in the 250-g red cardboard box. My local grocery
stores no longer carry it, so I buy it from various websites instead.
Sometimes I end up with the Americanized boxes (the one with the
picture of the cake and the cup of hot cocoa), and sometimes I get
European boxes (the one with the picture of the Dutch woman in the
"flying-nun-style" hat).

The "Americanized" boxes have labels in English and French, and
include the standard "Nutrition Facts" label. The other boxes have
writing in four languages (I think), and they don't have the regular
nution label.

The boxes I currently have are the Americanized ones, and under
"Ingredients", it says "cocoa powder Dutch processed with alkalai".

I don't have the other type of box here right now, but the contents
are the same in both kinds.

-- bittersweet