Milk Chocolate
by Menakao
Impact
A Very Private Label bar in what the C-spot® dubs 'drive-thru chocolate'.
Just how private? Well, when shoppers sweep thru Trader Joe's® to Costco®, they know. This is far more discreet.
CINAGRA, the actual manufacturer of this in Madagascar, functions the same way as Tulicorp that pumps out a spate of product from Ecuador. Both have machines & equipment (& even beans too) at the ready for any & all comers who got game & want a private label chocolate to play on the int'l market.
In Menakao's® case... show more »
Just how private? Well, when shoppers sweep thru Trader Joe's® to Costco®, they know. This is far more discreet.
CINAGRA, the actual manufacturer of this in Madagascar, functions the same way as Tulicorp that pumps out a spate of product from Ecuador. Both have machines & equipment (& even beans too) at the ready for any & all comers who got game & want a private label chocolate to play on the int'l market.
In Menakao's® case... show more »
Appearance 4.8 / 5
| Color: | a gorgeous shade of coral pink |
| Surface: | unblemished |
| Temper: | retreating |
| Snap: | pulls more than it Snaps |
Aroma 9.3 / 10
warm biscuits (cream inclusive) & fruit basket -> breathes out to just a soupçon of floral perfume
Mouthfeel 10.9 / 15
| Texture: | In an era when language sounds so clinical ('shell-shock' now PTSD or schizo = OCD), let's just say breastaurant has mighty fine 'haptics' with sticky fudge luv-handles |
| Melt: | lackadaisical |
Flavor 45 / 50
caramel roll right off the top, cut ever so slightly by those florals in the Aroma (ylang) -> dairy butter imparts a salty umami, then cool cream -> vanilla-litchi ending
Quality 16.3 / 20
Other MCs from Madagascar configure a formulation that highlights the acidic fruit register of this island's cacáo. Most notable in this regard: Cluizel's Magaro Lait or Soma's Madagascar Milk.
This takes another tack.
Virtually identical to the Madécasse Milk Chocolate; just a different wrapper. Both bars share the same manufacturer (CINAGRA) & both are predominantly low end affairs but thicker / even more plodding here, due to a slightly altered seed mix & greater vanilla ratio.
The hi-fruit accents show as mere backdrop lighting, which allows this bar to avoid turning into a deep toffee roll while never quite lifting up either.
ING: sugar, whole milk pwdr, cocoa mass, cacáo butter, lecithin, vanilla
Reviewed July 25, 2012
This takes another tack.
Virtually identical to the Madécasse Milk Chocolate; just a different wrapper. Both bars share the same manufacturer (CINAGRA) & both are predominantly low end affairs but thicker / even more plodding here, due to a slightly altered seed mix & greater vanilla ratio.
The hi-fruit accents show as mere backdrop lighting, which allows this bar to avoid turning into a deep toffee roll while never quite lifting up either.
ING: sugar, whole milk pwdr, cocoa mass, cacáo butter, lecithin, vanilla
Reviewed July 25, 2012