Food and Health Room

[Piling]

I am one of the those rare people who love brussels sprout

True, I think you are the first one in all my life who tells a such thing.

[Anthea]

CHOC HORROR Cadbury's Dairy Milk is now being made in POLAND

US owner breaks promise to MPs to keep production at the Bournville base in UK

Mondelez, which was created by Kraft, has moved some production to Wroclaw
Large 300g bars of Dairy Milk and some classic size 95g bars are affected
Kraft had pledged it would continue production at its historic Bournville home
James Cadbury, a member of the founding family, said he's 'very disappointed'

The US owner of Cadbury is breaking a key promise and making an increasing amount of its iconic Dairy Milk chocolate bars in Poland rather than at its British base.

Mondelez, which was created by Kraft, is making large 300g bars of Dairy Milk and some classic size 95g bars of the brand in its expanded factories in Wroclaw.

This breaks a pledge given in the wake of Kraft’s bitter takeover of the British company seven years ago that it would continue to make the sweets at its historic Bournville home in the West Midlands.

The Mail on Sunday found large Dairy Milk bars – brandishing a specific code on the wrapper indicating they were made in Poland – on sale in the UK in various major retailers, while the 95g bars were on sale in smaller shops.

Last night Mondelez insisted that the production in Poland of 95g bars was a ‘temporary move’ because Bournville had been busy.

But many traditionalists claim it is another sign that the link between Britain’s biggest chocolate brand and its old Quaker headquarters near Birmingham is being weakened.

James Cadbury, a member of the founding family, who now runs his own chocolate company, Love Cocoa, said: ‘I’m very disappointed. Bournville and Dairy Milk are synonymous.’

Within weeks of Kraft’s £11.5 billion takeover of Cadbury in 2010, it closed a factory in Somerdale, near Bristol, putting 400 people out of work.

As a result, Kraft executives were quizzed by MPs. Trevor Bond, president of Kraft Foods Europe, said the company would continue to make Dairy Milk in the UK ‘for as long as our consumers are delighted by the taste and the product’.

Last night, Mondelez said: ‘The 95g bar has returned to Bournville.’

History

1824: John Cadbury opened a grocer's shop in Bull Street, a fashionable part of Birmingham. Goods include cocoa and drinking chocolate.

1831: John Cadbury moved into manufacturing, renting a small factory in Crooked Lane, Birmingham, to make cocoa and drinking chocolate.

1847: With business booming, a larger factory was rented in the centre of Birmingham on Bridge Street.

1861: Richard and George Cadbury took over the business from their father John who was in poor health. They were aged just 25 and 21.

1866: The brothers launched Cocoa Essence after George bought a revolutionary cocoa press from Dutch manufacturer van Houten.

1879: Production began at the new 'factory in a garden' in the countryside at a greenfield site, four miles outside Birmingham, which they named Bournville.

1893: George Cadbury bought more land in Bournville in order to build a 'model village' for industrial workers.

1897: Cadbury launched its first milk chocolate for eating ,created by adding dried milk powder to cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar. The Bournville Almshouses, a group of cottages round a central garden, were built for pensioners who had worked at Cadbury.

1900: The Bournville Village Trust was created to create a community and safeguard the area from other developers.

1905: Cadbury Dairy Milk was launched to compete against the leading brands of Swiss milk chocolate.

1906: A pension fund was launched for workers, with a capital gift from the company.

1915: Milk Tray was launched in this year: a stylish but no-frills box of chocolates for every day eating.

1918: Democratically elected 'works councils' for men and women were set up to discuss factory issues.

1919: Cadbury merged with J.S. Fry & Sons Limited in order for both companies to compete against Rowntree.

1921: Cadbury opened their first overseas factory in Hobart, Tasmania, followed by New Zealand in 1930.

1939: The Second World War begins, rationing is enforced and the making of chocolate and cocoa comes under Government control.

1955: Cadbury move into TV advertising on the launch night of commercial television on September 22, 1955.

1969: Cadbury merged with Schweppes in order to give better value to the customer, boost its foods arm and gain the resources to enter international markets. The new company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

2003: Cadbury becomes the world's No 1 confectionery company after buying up various chewing gum brands, such as Trident and Stride.

2008:Cadbury and Schweppes demerged, splitting its confectionery and drinks business.

2009: Cadbury Dairy Milk becomes Fairtrade.

2010: Cadbury is taken over by US owner Kraft in a deal worth £11.5billion

[Piling]

Funny thing. UKIP and pro Brexit expel and hunt Polish workers in UK and now a UK company want to work in Poland.

It is as if couldn't employ Polish in UK anymore, companies follow them in their land of return.

[Anthea]

I refuse to eat any Cadburys that is not made in England

[Piling]

I listened to an interesting radio program about nutrition and mood. Apparently, eating pickles and other fermented food as sauerkraut gives you a happy mood.

I love a good sauerkraut but there is not in Kurdistan. But there are pickles and I like pickles. So I will eat them more often (they say thrice per week).

I suppose that the fermented cabbage and Korean stuff of Londoner has the same effect : it is nutritive for probiotic in guts.

[Anthea]

[quote="Piling"I suppose that the fermented cabbage and Korean stuff of Londoner has the same effect : it is nutritive for probiotic in guts.[/quote]

Seems as though Londoner was correct but I am still not going to eat fermented food - unless they find a way of fermenting chocolate

[Anthea]

Are YOU being plagued by a hacking cough this winter? Leading expert reveals the best cold treatments available on your local High Street

Millions of us, including the Queen, have been affected by a cold virus this winter

A cough related to a cold occurs when a virus starts controlling the cough reflex

Respiratory expert Alyn Morice reveals the best treatments available near you

Millions of us — including the Queen — have been plagued by a hacking cough this winter.

A cough related to a cold occurs when the virus hijacks the cough reflex (which normally works to stop things such as food getting into the windpipe).

The virus uses this defence mechanism to spread itself further: it makes the nerves and cough receptors in the upper respiratory passages hypersensitive (this sends messages to the cough centre in the brain).

'This causes us to cough more frequently and spread the virus around,' explains Alyn Morice, a professor of respiratory medicine at the University of Hull and a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Cough.

An acute cough is a viral infection, and the doctor has nothing to offer you — antibiotics will not work. If you must have something, then see a pharmacist.'

So, which remedies will make a difference?

Last week, it was reported that bottles of Sanderson's Throat Specific Mixture, a gargle popular with actors, had all but sold out amid soaring demand.

But a recent review of studies by the American Chemical Society concluded that cough medicines are generally no better than a placebo.

However, Professor Morice insists that some can alleviate symptoms.

Here, he offers his verdict on some popular treatments, which we then rated for their ability to stop coughs.

Link to FULL Article - Photos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... inter.html

[Piling]

I heal my cough with vodka lemon : lemon is C vitamin and Vodka kills microbes, virus and bacterias

[Anthea]

Revealed: The unexpected and unwanted ingredients in your food - from beef in yoghurt to BONES in your sugar

Low-fat yoghurts contain gelatine, while Asda's chicken bites contain pork

Some white sugars are whitened using charred bones of animals

Some ice creams contain secretion from beaver anal glands

Figs may contain dead wasps which break down into protein inside the fruit

BONES IN SUGAR

As sugar isn't naturally white, some manufacturers use bone char to make it that colour - often referred to as 'natural carbon'. It is quite literally the charred bones of an animal.

According to PETA, supermarket brands obtain their sugar from several different refineries, making it impossible to know whether it has been filtered with bone char.

Link to FULL Article containing information on unusual items used in manufacture of common foods:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/ ... ealed.html

I am extremely glad that I NEVER use white sugar

[Piling]

At least, I am sure that Kurdish yoghurt is only yoghurt !

[Anthea]

At least, I am sure that Kurdish yoghurt is only yoghurt !

Not sure that I would enjoy eating something containing pigs skin, tendons, ligaments and bones

You are extremely lucky you live in Kurdistan, I am certain that it has much healthier food than France

[Londoner]

Funny thing. UKIP and pro Brexit expel and hunt Polish workers in UK and now a UK company want to work in Poland.

It is as if couldn't employ Polish in UK anymore, companies follow them in their land of return.

Now it is hard brexit. Soon everything get monopolised and the country will be brought to its knees.

[Londoner]

Seems as though Londoner was correct but I am still not going to eat fermented food - unless they find a way of fermenting chocolate

You can ferment raw chocolate but that is not what you are after.

[Anthea]

Seems as though Londoner was correct but I am still not going to eat fermented food - unless they find a way of fermenting chocolate

You can ferment raw chocolate but that is not what you are after.

I rather enjoy chocolate the way it is

[Piling]

I've read that pop corn is a very healthy snack :

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/ ... en-enough/

Good, I love salted pop corn