Big Food reaches out to friendly FDA to update definition of chocolate

Hmmmm, I just wonder how the Republican-tainted FDA is going to react when Big Food asks to redefine chocolate to include trans-fats and sugar substitutes. With the news of this only slipping out yesterday, surprisingly enough on the day that public comments end, does the FDA really expect to receive many comments from the public? I'm not sure how Hershey's and their fellow factory chocolate producers could make a more tasteless product that is closer to wax than it is chocolate but their new plan sounds like they're going to make every effort possible to do just that.

Ultimately, Big Food can churn out whatever they want and if they can find buyers, more power to them. However, consumers ought to know that cocoa is being replaced with "modern methods" such as trans-fats. There is no reason at all to change the definition of chocolate as it's been bastardized for years. If Big Food wants to sell this rubbish, let them change their own labeling to "chocolate-like product" or whatever strange terminology Kraft uses for Cheez Wiz and Velveeta.

Meanwhile, just sit back and enjoy a tasty Arthur Daniels Midland chocolate bar while it still resembles waxy chocolate and not the new and improved soon to arrive margarine-of-chocolate bar chocolate.