I received an email from See's today about the FDA trying to change the ingredients....this could really affect Chocolate Sweepstakes & Giveaways!
Some of the proposed changes would:
Allow manufacturers to substitute vegetable oil and trans fat for the natural cocoa butter product currently required in chocolate.
Enable the use of milk substitutes in place of real milk.
Alter the taste of "chocolate" products.
Not require labels to clearly disclose the "chocolate" is not made with cocoa butter. As a result, consumers will be less likely to distinguish if the manufacturing of the product is different than the "chocolate" they have previously purchased.
So - See's provided links to voice your opinion....Here is one:
Guittard chocolate: http://dontmesswithourchocolate.guittard.com/
http://dontmesswithourchocolate.guittard.com/howtohelp.asp
A quote from See's:
As our President and CEO, Brad Kinstler, said in a statement last week, "Chocolate as we know it today is a natural product... Allowing the introduction of vegetable oils and milk substitutes to enable distribution of a cheaper product is not in the public's best interest."
some U.S. manufacturers are trying to lower our industry's "Chocolate Identity Standards" so they may produce cheaper, lower-quality products and still label them as "chocolate"; and they have submitted a petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval.
Just thought I'd share this info.
Some of the proposed changes would:
Allow manufacturers to substitute vegetable oil and trans fat for the natural cocoa butter product currently required in chocolate.
Enable the use of milk substitutes in place of real milk.
Alter the taste of "chocolate" products.
Not require labels to clearly disclose the "chocolate" is not made with cocoa butter. As a result, consumers will be less likely to distinguish if the manufacturing of the product is different than the "chocolate" they have previously purchased.
So - See's provided links to voice your opinion....Here is one:
Guittard chocolate: http://dontmesswithourchocolate.guittard.com/
http://dontmesswithourchocolate.guittard.com/howtohelp.asp
A quote from See's:
As our President and CEO, Brad Kinstler, said in a statement last week, "Chocolate as we know it today is a natural product... Allowing the introduction of vegetable oils and milk substitutes to enable distribution of a cheaper product is not in the public's best interest."
some U.S. manufacturers are trying to lower our industry's "Chocolate Identity Standards" so they may produce cheaper, lower-quality products and still label them as "chocolate"; and they have submitted a petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval.
Just thought I'd share this info.
