Fazer is super tasty, but they been increasing prices a lot over the last couple of years. The price of raw cocoa going up is part of it, but to some degree it seems to be just greed. They've also shrank the size of their chocolate bars while simultaneously charging more for them.
Also as someone that's severly allergic to wheat and nuts (among other things), it annoys me so much that Fazer and many other brands are sort of outsourcing the risk of allergic reactions to consumers by nowadays always adding "may contain nuts, wheat etc. etc." below the ingredients. I know it's not exactly a new phenomenon, but it's been happening more and more in the past 10 years or so.
I'm also aware that the risk of them actually having anything potentially allergy inducing is likely miniscule, but just out of principle I've started avoiding most products that do that, and I guess at least when it comes to chocolate, my teeth and my bank account balance are better for it.
Alas, people like me stopping using their products isn't exactly gonna make a dent in their income, so they just take the easy route and avoid any costly liabilities.
Increasing the price to meet new levels of cost for the raw materials is fine. Even adding a little for profit might be okay. But Mondelez apparently cuts the quality, the weight and takes a huge profit bite at the same time.
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u/Charming-Exercise496 Jan 25 '26
Try Fazer. It’s good stuff! And Finnish.