Cadbury's chocolate

[eccles]

I found this interesting observation on Quora:

Why did Cadbury decide to ruin its chocolate by moving production from the UK to Poland? It’s tasteless now.

Because it was bought out by Kraft Mondelez, who also own the Hershey brand, a few years ago, and all they care about is the profit margin. They made all kinds of promises to the UK at the time; they were not serious about it.

However, I learned something really interesting today. Somewhere online (here? On Facebook?) I read that there is an important code on the back of Cadbury’s bar wrappers, which tells you where this bar of chocolate was made. If the code begins OBO, it was made at Bournville in Birmingham, in the UK; if it begins OCO, it was made at Coolock, near Dublin, in Ireland; if it begins with any other letters, such as OWR, then it was made somewhere else, such as Poland. I'm guessing that last one means Wroclaw.

And if it's made in either the UK or Ireland, then IT'S STILL MADE TO THE ORIGINAL RECIPE!

I bought an OBO bar this afternoon, to check this story. The chocolate was a bit harder, a bit stiffer, and it tasted right!

So I'm convinced, I think. Go looking, find some Cadbury’s bars (or Flakes, or Buttons) with the OBO or OCO code, and try it for yourself. You might be as pleasantly surprised as I am.

[Furby]

I have a Cadbury buttons Easter egg but I can't see any codes on it.

[eccles]

Maybe it's just chocolate bars?