Quality Street — An intricate look into the beloved chocolate tin box

In a remarkable and wonderful piece of pedantry, a person online called Inequality Street meticulously weighed up and measured the sweets to present a fully-costed analysis of their relative value for money.

On Facebook, they presented their findings and discovered that in an 800 grams Quality Street tin, there are just four of the coveted green triangles, but 12 caramel swirls.

OK, no one is worried about the number of caramel swirls – the more the better – but the sparse green triangles represent a big problem.

They’re easily the best one, right?

However, the reviewer did reserve praise for Cadbury’s Roses, as they discovered that the box had no less than 10 golden barrels, as well as 10 caramels.

Furthermore, the 800 grams Roses tin weighed in at 818 grams, which is a whole extra 18 grams of sweet chocolatey goodness.

Quality Street — they remarked — weighs the wrappers as well, adding them to the overall total.

It’s a minefield, basically.

The person wrote, “Kicking off the Christmas 2021 chocolate audits are the two big hitters: The Quality Street and Roses 800 gram tins. On first viewing it definitely appears to be a case of Quality Street by name, Inequality Street by nature with a whopping disparity of 12 Caramel Swirls (14.3%) to a measly 4 Green Triangles (4.8%).”

“Delve a little deeper and the picture is even bleaker for the delicious 3-sided featherweight: Weighing in at just 8.2 gram each, their 32.8 grams contribution to the tin represents an even more paltry 4.1% of the overall 800 grams tin – Hang your heads in shame, Quality Street!” 

Over at Cadburys things definitely seem to be far more democratic with a top to the bottom spread of 10 Golden Barrels and 10 Caramels (13.2% each) to 7 Signature Truffles (9.2%). An honourable mention to the folks at Bournville for the fact that their 800 grams tin is Christmas-Tree-Busting 818 grams when you include the wrappers (yes, Quality St include the wrappers in their 800 gram). Quality St could’ve given us an extra 2 Green Triangles if they had been a bit more generous with their accounts.”

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Source: Agencies