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Susan Seas's avatar

We lived overseas for years and when we moved back my kids wouldn’t eat bread 😅 and I won’t touch American wax, I mean chocolate .

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RunningLogic's avatar

There are very good small craft chocolate makers here in the US but the mass produced stuff (except maybe Ghirardelli) is mostly crap.

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Robin Esau's avatar

The HU brand is so good, and void of garbage. Fairtrade + organic!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes! And there are many, many others! Castronovo, Dick Taylor, Amano, Letterpress, to name just a few…

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m cameron's avatar

I read it was listed as very high in heavy metals.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Was that from Consumer Reports?

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m cameron's avatar

Would you believe Consumer Reports?

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Robin Esau's avatar

😳

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Michele's avatar

High lead levels found int he HU brand

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Ripple's avatar

Equal Exchange chocolate rocks!

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shayne's avatar

Same. When I visit home... OMG, the bread is so delicious, and the cheese, I won't get started on the cheese...

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Can you not bake your own? Janie's Mill is a regen. ag. farm in Illinois, growing and stone-milling their (many and varied) grains. www.janiesmill.com

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shayne's avatar

How funny you should mention Janie's Mill. I buy wheat for my hens from this mill, have done now for about a year. I like their Organic Red Fife Heirloom wheat, it has high protein. I buy bulk Wheat Montana for my sour dough bread. I haven't bought store bread for about three years now. Cheers.

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Karmy's avatar

Shayne are you in Montana? I’m in SW Montana.

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shayne's avatar

No Karmy, I'm in NE Kansas.

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nancylee's avatar

and sunrise flour mill https://sunriseflourmill.com

which raises and grinds the same heritage wheats still grown in Europe which the US abandoned in the 40's.

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char's avatar

nancylee--There is still a concern since both wheat and corn pollinate in the air. Non organic could easily affect [infect] organic crops.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Thanks NancyLee, I will investigate Sunrise flour mill. I have been lately baking with einkorn flour, grown, milled by Mennonite regent ag farmers in central Pa,. brought to me in Phila suburbs by my raw milk delivery truck.

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nancylee's avatar

LOLOL alas my raw milk truck only brings milk and delish cream

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Pelicanus's avatar

Wax. You're right! Hershey's bars taste like those wax lips we used to eat at Halloween.

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Tom's avatar

And don't get me started on "Fun Size."

It's supposed to be "fun" to get LESS candy?

I wasn't born yesterday.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Right about the wax, IMO. Tastes like that to me. Family brings us lots of Lidl chocolate when visiting from UK

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Dorota's avatar

There is Lidl in USA, and there are products made in Europe.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I know this. A Lidl not far from me. But cost (exchange rate being figured) is much greater. Tariffs perhaps?

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Tom's avatar

So you don't find paraffin delicious?

/sarc-off

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Leskunque Lepew's avatar

Fine & Raw chocolate. Check them out.

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