Reeseâs chocolate heir accuses Hershey of altering recipes: âIt wasnât real peanut butterâ
Grandson of Reeseâs cups inventor claims Hershey faked a pledge to switch back to original chocolate recipesThe grandson of HB Reese, the inventor of Reeseâs Peanut Butter Cups, has accused the chocolate giant Hershey of faking a pledge to investors to switch back the recipes of its popular products â including KitKat â to the original milk and dark chocolate ones.A confectionary-focused dust-up between Brad Reese and the $42bn Pennsylvania-based company began in February when Reese, 70, accused the company of âquietly replacingâ the ingredients â or âarchitectureâ â in his grandfatherâs invention with cheaper âcompound coatingsâ and âpeanut-butter-style crèmesâ. Continue reading...
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