Black Gold ; Our Love Affair with Chocolate Just Got Darker ++ Dark Chocolate Used to Be an Acquired Taste. the Trouble Is, We've All Acquired It. as Cocoa Prices Soar, and a Shortage Looms, Our Changing Tastes Could Be Threatening the Very Source of Our Pleasure. by Susie Mesure

Mesure, Susie, The Independent (London, England)

Maybe it was the great Dairy Milk salmonella scare last year, or perhaps it's just the snob factor associated with bringing out the post-dinner slab of Green & Black's. Either way, a 25 per cent jump in dark chocolate sales in the UK pretty much speaks for itself.

As a nation we are turning our backs on the bland taste of milk chocolate, which is often saturated with vegetable oil, and coming over all Belgian or French when it comes to treating ourselves to something sweet. Dark chocolate now dominates counters in many supermarkets and even Woolworths, that arbiter of mass-market tastes, agrees that demand is soaring.

But chocoholics should brace themselves. …

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Publication information: Article title: Black Gold ; Our Love Affair with Chocolate Just Got Darker ++ Dark Chocolate Used to Be an Acquired Taste. the Trouble Is, We've All Acquired It. as Cocoa Prices Soar, and a Shortage Looms, Our Changing Tastes Could Be Threatening the Very Source of Our Pleasure. by Susie Mesure. Contributors: Mesure, Susie - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: March 21, 2007. Page number: Not available. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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