Where To Buy Godiva Chocolate Bars
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Where To Buy Godiva Chocolate Bars
I went to brussels for my school trip and my parents gave me 40 euros. I brought godiva chocolates and I sure regretted it. When I went back home the box and chocolates looked delicious but little did I know it would taste the same as a chocolate I could buy for 1. My parents were angry I spent this much. I WILL NEVER BUY RIPOFF CHOCOLATES LIKE THESE AGAIN!
These days, Godiva creates everything from solid chocolate bars to icy treats that are sucked through a straw. But as for the chocolate that started the Godiva empire, it's the praline. While Godiva didn't invent the praline, which refers to a filled chocolate bonbon, the company has certainly become the most well-known purveyor of the candy.
This American-made Godiva hasn't always been easy to swallow with some chocolate consumers, though. In 2019, Steve Hesse and Adam Buxbaum filed a lawsuit against Godiva, arguing that the brand misrepresented the product because "Belgium 1926" on the wrapper falsely implied that it was made in Belgium. Naturally, Godiva disputed the lawsuit's claims and the $5 million in damages Buxbaum and Hesse wanted. The case was eventually dismissed and Godiva clarified any confusion by releasing a statement that explained the "Belgium 1926" logo is a way of "paying homage to the time and place where our story first began." Duh.
This doesn't mean that the chocolates don't have subtle differences. For example, the American-made Godiva truffles are a little more round than the Belgian ones. Then, of course, there's the issue of ingredients. Many U.S. states have restrictions on alcohol in candy. This means that the U.S.-made Godiva chocolate is, of course, different than its liquor-enhanced European counterpart. There's also a difference in the sugars used in the American versus European Godiva chocolate. For example, in the chocolates made in Reading, Pennsylvania, cane sugar is used, whereas in Belgium beet sugar goes into those chocolate truffles. Godiva officials admit that the two sugars might be different in their raw state but assure customers that in the end, there's no difference. Of course, some palates may disagree.
"I'm not positive I could tell you the difference blindfolded, but the American and Belgian tastes really are quite different," Giselle Eggermont, first secretary at the Embassy of Belgium in Washington told The Washington Post. Albright said that some people assume that Americans want sweeter chocolate, but argues that assumption doesn't apply to "sophisticated chocolate eaters." However, the mint and caramel Godivas do tend to sell better in the U.S., whereas the Europeans are all about marzipan and hazelnut.
Because Yildiz is based in a country where the majority of the population is Muslim, the company felt pressure to remove alcohol from Godiva's chocolates because consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the Islam religion.
The chocolate industry has been grappling with ways to lower those levels. To see how much of a risk these favorite treats pose, Consumer Reports scientists recently measured the amount of heavy metals in 28 dark chocolate bars. They detected cadmium and lead in all of them.
Consumer Reports tested 28 dark chocolate bars, including Dove, Ghirardelli, Lindt, and Hershey's, for lead and cadmium. For 23 of those bars, just an ounce of chocolate violates California's maximum allowable dose levels (MADL) for lead or cadmium, which are 0.5 micrograms and 4.1 micrograms per day, respectively, the publication said.
But the Consumer Reports tests proved it is also possible for dark chocolate bars to maintain low levels of heavy metals, as five of the 28 bars had levels of lead and cadmium agreeable with California's limitations. 59ce067264