Häagen -Dazs was never European. It was made and named by Americans, and the name is not any Danish or Nordic word. It was made up gibberish to make it sound like a fancy foreign ice cream to Americans.
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Scandinavian must buy Nidar (Orkla) or Fazer. Both Freia and Marabou are Mondelez
Haagen Dazs never had anything to do with Europe, it was started in the Bronx by a dude that wanted the name to sound posh so he went for a vaguely Danish sounding name.
vaguely Danish sounding name
And creating something that doesn't have the slightest resemblance to Danish, even using a letter "ä" which isn't in the Danish alphabet.
To be fair, Danes themselves seem only able to resemble their own language, can't really blame an outsider for no resemblance at all.
Kamelåså!
FOUND THE SWEDE! D:<
Except that the video was done by NRK - Norwegian national TV. All the Nordic countries can be brutal at heckling each other - all in good fun.
Swede. Norwegian. Potato. Potato.
They're just mad because we used to own their asses and had a flag so awesome they got jelly and copied our design.
Denmark superior country. 👏 and don't kid yourself into thinking we are compensating because our nature is flat chested af and 60% is spent on growing pig food instead of protecting wildlife. And we are totally not ass mad that there is no tone or life in our language that more so resemble throat cancer than song when we speak. DANMARK COOL. DENMARK AWESOME. Sweden lame. Norway gay. DENMARK DENMARK DENMARK.
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It’s pretty German. Nothing to do with Danish.
Very little resemblance to German either. Words with "äa" aren't a thing, neither are words that end in "zs".
Was für ein präambelartiges Witzsegment von einem Kommentar.
Compound words are cheating, but you got me with Präambel!
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I'm certain OP meant Dutch.
I thought haagen dazs never was european and it was just named to sound vaguely foreign and high end to american and japanese people
Pretty sure that’s correct.
What? Can't buy no more Milka? Chicago? CHICAGO?!
No more Milka, it is.
I'd rather buy that crappy Finm Carré Lidl chocolate that at least has Fairtrade certification.
Fuck Milka and their shrinkflation.
So true. They "won" the "Mogelpackung des Jahres 2025" award in Germany ("deceptive packaging of the year 2025"). Absolutely fuck them with a big chocolate dick.
That being said, I kinda stopped buying cheap chocolate with soy lecithine and all the other crap in it anyway. Chocolate with real cocoa butter just tastes better, I think. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.
There are some smaller companies that make much better quality chocolate for a still reasonable price. A fine example would be Rausch.
My problem is that "Milka whole milk" chocolate and Nutella are the best tasting foods of their category. Nothing reaches them. Not bought and not home made. Those are my 2 things that "really hurt" avoiding. Everything else is okay. My own Nutella is good, but the flavor is just not as "present" as with the original. Avoiding the use of an emulsifier also makes the final mixing very sensitive. It really starts to separate if you mix just a little bit too much (like 5 seconds of slow swirling can be the difference).
Yes, Nutella and Milka are probably the best tasting foods of their categories - if you factor in the price tag. They're this popular for a reason.
If you don't, I could think of a list of better tasting products than them. Problem is, they are significantly more expensive and it's up to everyone to decide if it's worth spending that much more.
As for chocolate, I'm willing to spend much more, because I've gone down that chocolate rabbit hole for a long time now. And I've tried a lot of the world's best chocolate.
It's a bit like whisky - if you've tasted Macallan, you don't want to go back to Johnny Walker.
Best tasting for you maybe. Among the roughly 100 chocolate spreads on the market that aren’t Nutella, I think at least 30 taste better than Nutella. Which ones these are depends on how much chocolate or nuts you want in there
There might be none that tastes exactly like Nutella though.
I can skip milks easily, it contains such a low amount of cacao I don’t consider it chocolate TBH. That’s my preference though, I understand tastes differ.
Häagen-Dazs was never European.
Fun fact, which has unfortunately become completely meaningless since the US company Mondelēz (formerly Kraft Foods) has bought the brand: Since around 2000, the Toblerone logo has featured a mountain, the Matterhorn, a well recognized symbol of Switzerland. Hidden in the silhouette of the mountain is a bear, the heraldic animal of the Swiss city of Bern, where the brand was established in 1908.
"Toblerone" is a play on words combining the name "Tobler," the surname of one of the company's founders, and "Torrone," the Italian name for honey and almond nougat. The brand name also includes "Berne," which is the historical English spelling for the city of Bern.
The brand name also includes “Berne,” which is the historical English spelling for the city of Bern.
The brand name also includes "Bern", which is the historical German spelling for the city of Bern.
Haven't bought a Toblerone since they did this to it.
Apparently I haven't bought one for some time either. WTF is this shit? That must be the most blatant and egregious case of shrinkflation I've ever seen
That was actually a pretty clever logo.
Seems like the last time this can be used.
Now she does deserve the Nazi chocolate!
This is a nice thought, but both American and European multinational corporations don't give a fuck where or how something is made as long as they're making money. Many of the products sold by Mondelez in Europe are in fact made in Europe, and some even have headquarters and administration in Europe. The same thing is true in reverse for companies like Unilever (London) and Nestle (Switzerland) when they're selling in the US.
A better approach than scolding only 4 brands (when there are literally thousands you want to boycott) is to focus on buying as much of your food as possible from independent, local sources.
Fuck Mondelez & Nestlé they are the epitome of corporate greed
I learned that Toblerone had a different brand icon that changed once they moved production.
The Swiss government made them change it. No production in Switzerland means no profiting off Swiss icons.
Wish Canada would do this, fuck tim hortons
I'll stick to Valor and Elgorriaga.
Now that I think about it, I haven't eaten a toblerone in years and milka might be decades.
What about Ritter Sport?
Wikipedia seems to align with what their webpage states as well.
Just looking to confirm that I am still supporting a European brand and not nestle.
Still good.
Also, Toney Chocoloney
With Tony I agree. But Ritter Sport still is working with Russia.
I know and yes, i am aware of that. The have a blog online about it.
TL;dr: Stopping exports to Russia would have cost 150 to 200 Jobs in Germany and Austria.
They only sell there, don't produce
Their solution is currently:
We donated the profits generated and realized in Russia in 2022 and 2023 to aid organizations active in Ukraine. In 2022, this amounted to around €1.51 million, and in 2023 to around €940,000. The donations went to: Humedica e.V., Help e.V., Ebersberger Förderverein Interplast e.V., and Osteuropahilfe der Landkreise Starnberg, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen und München e.V.
From what I know they’re still a german based company and are working with various coco farms across the world with good conditions.
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There has to be some kinda list or app somewhere out there for when you go shopping.
To be fair, most of their products aren't really food either.
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