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Toblerone: Swiss rules mean chocolate bar to drop Matterhorn from packaging
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Posted on 03/05/2023 3:43:54 PM PST by BenLurkin

Toblerone is to remove the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging when some of the chocolate's production is moved from Switzerland to Slovakia.

US firm Mondelez said the image of the 4,478m (14,692 ft) mountain will be replaced by a more generic summit.

Strict rules have applied about "Swissness" since 2017.

They state that national symbols are not allowed to be used to promote milk-based products that are not made exclusively in Switzerland. For other raw foodstuffs the threshold is at least 80%.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: matterhorn; toblerone
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1 posted on 03/05/2023 3:43:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 03/05/2023 3:44:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Slovakia has some nice mountains in the Tatry Region.


3 posted on 03/05/2023 3:45:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

At least it’s not like Hershey’s, where the “chick” has a big Matterhorn.


4 posted on 03/05/2023 3:45:46 PM PST by Rastus
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To: BenLurkin

I like Swiss cheese made in Wisconsin.


5 posted on 03/05/2023 3:47:18 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,942,927 Truth | 87,539,833 Twitter)
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To: BenLurkin

I was in Zurich last year, and toured the Lindt Factory.

Highly recommened, and you can get a lot of samples.


6 posted on 03/05/2023 3:47:50 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Zermatt verklempt!


7 posted on 03/05/2023 3:53:35 PM PST by xp38
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To: BenLurkin

the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia are scenic


8 posted on 03/05/2023 3:54:48 PM PST by RaginRak
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To: BenLurkin
Just following the Land O Lakes protocol. The Indian content of their butter was zero.


9 posted on 03/05/2023 3:57:40 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (There is lots of money and power in Green Communism and we all know where Communism ends.)
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To: dfwgator

Costco was giving out free Lindt samples at Christmas. Best samples ever!


10 posted on 03/05/2023 3:58:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (There is lots of money and power in Green Communism and we all know where Communism ends.)
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To: dfwgator

That tour would kill me. It’s hard enough staying alive in Spain.


11 posted on 03/05/2023 4:01:34 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: BenLurkin
This one's available.

12 posted on 03/05/2023 4:01:42 PM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: BenLurkin

Toblerone made outside of Switzerland is not Toblerone !!


13 posted on 03/05/2023 4:02:01 PM PST by libh8er
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To: BenLurkin

My favorite chocolate for the last fifty years has been Milka though it too has changed a little for the worst.


14 posted on 03/05/2023 4:13:11 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: BenLurkin

Good for them keeping quality standards and authenticity high. Italy does the same with stamps of approval of products coming from designated zones (Prosciutto, tomatoes, olive oil, etc) so people know they’re getting the real thing.


15 posted on 03/05/2023 4:17:35 PM PST by Mozzafiato
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To: libh8er

Another country that has gone woke. They use to make lots of fine things. Now they host WEF and other globallony organizations


16 posted on 03/05/2023 4:20:14 PM PST by AndyJackson (.)
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To: broken_clock

Yep, same here. :-)
Milka Noisette is my favorite. Yummy!


17 posted on 03/05/2023 4:22:49 PM PST by ANKE69
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To: broken_clock

I’m not very picky about chocolate (itself), but the best milk chocolate is our local Baltimore shop, Rheb’s.

Soup NAZI knee-buckling level taste.

Milka is very good. Got lots of it due to my cousin living in Germany for 20 years.


18 posted on 03/05/2023 4:26:29 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Just following the Land O Lakes protocol. The Indian content of their butter was zero.”

I hear ya. And don’t even bother trying to order panda at Panda Express.


19 posted on 03/05/2023 4:27:30 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: AndyJackson

Woke?

They are sending production to a foreign country and their stupid Swiss rules say they can’t have anything “Swiss” on the packaging then.


20 posted on 03/05/2023 4:28:14 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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