When Hershey moved their production to Mexico, I was not aware of it.
However, the next bag of dark chocolate chips [”Hershey’s Special Dark”] made me sick as a dog.
Sometime during that epic nausea [and worse] I discovered they’d been made in Mexico.
And we all know how sanitary Mexico is.
Have not eaten anything Hershey, since.
"In September 2008, MSNBC reported that several Hershey chocolate products were reformulated to replace cocoa butter with vegetable oil as an emulsifier. According to the company, this change was made to reduce the costs of producing the products instead of raising their prices or decreasing the sizes. Some consumers complained that the taste was different, but the company stated that in the company-sponsored blind taste tests, approximately half of consumers preferred the new versions. As the new versions no longer met the Food and Drug Administration's official definition of "milk chocolate", the changed items were relabeled from stating they were "milk chocolate" and "made with chocolate" to "chocolate candy" and "chocolaty."
Source: Wikipedia
I wonder if there are apps/databases out there to help you only buy locally/American made foods. Farm-to-table food service is doing great, and I buy local wherever possible.
Although it seems local produce and meats couldn’t make it
without EBT underwriting.