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Try a company www.michton.com . Michton Ltd is a company based don is
Swansea which makes wonderful tasting chocolates and they export to the Far East. Mark Thorson wrote: > I was in my favorite Oriental supermarket this morning, > and I happened to notice a new (for me) product, a > selection of Meiji dark chocolate bars. The lowest > cocoa content was 72%. I believe the others were > 85% and 99%. > > For anyone unfamiliar with Meiji, they are the largest > candy company in Japan, with a local market dominance > far surpassing that of any candymaker in any other > country. They market a very diverse product line, > mostly gimmicky confections with lots of artificial > coloring and flavoring. So, it was a surprise to see > an attempt to appeal to the serious chocolate consumer > from them (similar business model to the recent > "Special Dark" offerings from Hershey, except that > the maximum cocoa content in that line is only 60%). > > I was surprised how good this bar was. It had good > snap, similar in that way to Villars. It was fruity, > but not to the extent of a Valrhona Le Noir Amer 71% > or Chocovic Guaranda 71% (my two current staples). > For that reason, I don't think Alex would like it > very much, because he prefers more overroasted > chocolates. > > I noticed some trace of a flavor I couldn't put my > finger on, which at first faintly suggested coffee. > The ingredients list consisted of normal chocolate > ingredients except for the last ingredient, which > was listed as "artificial flavor". I don't know > what that might be, but if I recall correctly > benzoic acid is sometimes used as a flavor > additive to impart a burnt note. That might > be it. > > Overall, I quite like it, and at only $1.99 > for a 70 gram bar, it's competitively priced. > The bar is thinner than most bars in this category > (and the center pieces are thinner than those > along the edge) making it rather wide so it has > the feel of a 80-100 gram bar, sort of like > what Villars does with their bar shape. |
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