Ich fühle mich wie ich betrogen wurde. Ich ging heute in Gent und kaufte Schokolade in einem Geschenkeladen. Der einzige Grund, warum ich es von dort gekauft habe, war wegen seines Preises (2.50e) und des Falls, der wirklich gut aussah. Die Schokolade selbst ist nicht schlecht, aber als ich mich entschied zu überprüfen, ob es wirklich Belgien ist und ihre Website geöffnet hat, sieht es so aus, als wäre es ein Betrug. Auf der Website gibt es nichts (im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes). Ich werde mich wahrscheinlich an Pralinen von Leonidas für Geschenke halten, aber ich bin nur neugierig, ob das, das ich bereits gekauft habe, legitim ist.
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Von omega_sus
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What makes think its a scam?
I just checked and the adres is a regular tourist gift shop. It’s quite strange they would have their own chocolate. It’s probably just mass produced chocolate with a custom wrap. Hey, at least it has actual cacoa butter in it.
The address is just a souvenir shop in Antwerp. Sad to say you got scammed.
>was because of the price
Sad to have to say every big shop would have undercut that (chocolate from a Belgian company)
Concider yourself tourist trapped
I don’t recognise the brand. It’s definitely not a luxury brand.
Next time just go to a real chocolatier 😀
It could be a ‚private label‘. At [Belgian Chocolate Group](https://belgianchocolategroup.com/en/private-label) in Herentals/Olen for instance, they will package their own chocolate products under any name a private label customer desires.
Barcode starting with 87 means the product came from the Netherlands. Belgian (or Luxemburg products) products should start their barcode with 54.
https://internationalbarcodes.com/barcode-country-codes/
interesting to point out that 87 in the eancode means that there is a registration in the netherlands. it does not mean that the product was manufactured there. sometomes it is the same. a lot of 54 registered product will be made in belgium as well as well as the company being registereed with GS1 Belgium
Seems like it’s a Dutch company that deals in souvenirs KVK nr 56636393
First ingredient is sugar. Not legit at all regardless where it comes from.
They did not make the chocolate themselves, they just had a large chocolate manufacturer like Barry Callebaut make it for them and then they just put their brand on it.
It’s still chocolate and still made in Belgium. Just not artisanal.
The majority of chocolates you will find in supermarkets that are not from large brands that like Mondelez, Nestle or others are made the same way. Those large groups have such large productions that they own their own chocolate factories, but it’s not the case for many smaller brands.
Most praline makers don’t make the chocolate themselves either, they only make the fillings and shape the praline. Such is the case of Neuhaus or Leonidas for example.
It is what they call a private label generic chocolate. Could probably buy exactly the same at Lidl for a third of the price
You bought cheap chocolate from a souvenir shop. Sounds like you got what you paid for.
You got what you paid for, plus a tourist tax.
It doesn’t look awful but certainly not better than most.
Sometimes, those no brand overdressed chocolates are good quality. Other times, you would be better buying it at the supermarket. (I hate the new norm of 100g chocolate bars, precisely there as it could have at least been worth its price)
You thought you were getting high-quality chocolate for €2.50/100g… in a tourist shop?
We don’t have cacoa trees in Belgium. 🇧🇪