I've just picked up the parents from the airport the other day and they brought with them the UK goodies I asked for. One little experiment I wanted to carry out was whether UK Cadbury Dairy Milk was that much different from Australian Cadbury Dairy Milk. Here are my in depth findings:

I broke up two 250g blocks of Cadbury Dairy Milk from each country and passed them round the household on plate A and plate B. I say household, there were only 4 of us taking this taste challenge. There was a 50/50 spilt in preference but no one could really pin point which was the UK or Aus' one. I don't suppose that's the point though is it? They are not better or worse than each other, but they are certainly very different.

I thought the UK was better. It tasted more chocolatey and melted in the mouth much better. I could really taste the cocoa. The Aus' one was too sweet and tasted a bit blander. It seemed like they'd overdone it with the sugar and milk content.

Have you ever tried a side by side taste test? What did you think?

I've not done a side by side test, but I didn't eat that much chocolate until I came here!

UK is definatley better.....IMO

I was told that something is put into Oz Cadbury's chocolate to stop it melting so quickly....not sure whether this was a wind up though

I prefer the european taste (thank **** for Aldi!). I guess it's just what you're used to.

Do you still have the wrappers? If so, can you post the ingredients of each?

From previous threads it looked like the secret anti-melting ingredient was more cocoa powder.

Of course the UK version uses the Polymorph 5 crystal structure to control the melting temperature which wouldn't work in Aus.

Thank you for performing so worthy an experiment without a second thougt to your own safety.
I take my hat of to you !

It's a myth. The only real difference is the type of emulsifier used in each country.

Emulsifiers allows the combination of substances that would otherwise refuse to bond. One example is butter, which is used as an emulsifier in most cake recipes.

Ingredients of Australian Cadbury chocolate:
Source.

476 = E476, otherwise known as polyglycerol polyricinoleate.

Ingredients of UK Cadbury chocolate:
Source.

442 = E442, otherwise known as ammonium phosphatides.

It's actually not the only difference, Vash. You'l notice that the ingredietns list is not exactly the same as the Aus chocolate...
Milk solids, cocoa butter etc are in different levels in both chocolates.

Both chocs list the ingredients starting from the highest amount, down to the smallest amount of ingredient.
Both have the same amount of full cream milk and sugar, but then the Aus choc has Milk solids next, which the UK one doesn't have in it.

I have an uncle that worked for Cadbury's for years (recently retired) and he tells me it's not just the emulsifier and you can see that if you observe the order of the ingredients on both.

Haven't we done chocolate to death on here?

It should be telling that my uncle never ate Cadbury's, even though he got it free... only 70% cocoa Lindt. A man of taste.

Of course it's not identical - but my point is that the differences are negligible. The only substantial difference (IMHO) is in the type of emulsifier. So the Australian one has milk solids; so what? Big deal. Who the hell cares?

Yes, we can see that for ourselves now that I've listed the ingredients. But again, so what?

My purpose in responding was to disprove the myth that Australian Cadbury chocolate has some sort of "mystery ingredient" which (a) allegedly prevents it from melting, and (b) makes it taste different.

You would have thought so, wouldn't you? Along with Fairy Liquid, Bovril, Coleman's mustard, Hellman's mayonnaise, salad cream, and all the other "essentials" without which the average Pom is simply incapable of surviving from one hour to the next.

And yet...

I'm a Lindt man myself.

And before anyone asks: yes, Lindt chocolate IS available in Australia, and it's fully imported.

Am I the only person in the world that doesn't care too much for chocolate ?

I had a request the other day to take the 9 yr old to Cadbury World - I went once before - she was too small to remember - biggest rip off other than Euro Disney i've ever seen!

Never have liked Cadbury Dairy Milk.

Now Galaxy is another matter ... here it is called Dove

Oh God Issie what have you done? You've started Vash off on his "mystery ingredient" rant!

People, people... who give's a rat's arse what's in them both? I'm only asking which you prefer

Because it makes a difference to the depth of the flavour of the chocolate.

That's all... <shrug>

I don't personally care myself, because I eat Lindt too.

Isn't the vegetable oil in UK version important? iirc the EU wanted UK to re-label their choc as "flavoured vegetable oil" at one point??

The more I eat, the more I'm getting to like Canadian Cadbury's. We'll try a blind taste next time I get my mitts on some UK stuff

well seein as iv not set foot on oz soil yet i cant comment . . . . waits for a shipload of choc to be posted maybe?