CADBURY’S Freddo bars have undergone a major change but not everyone seemed happy with the new look.
Chocolate fans slammed the beloved frog’s transformation, saying they’ve “lost another British icon”.
A parody account called “Manic Kieth Preachers” posted a before-and-after picture of what looked to be a chocolate Freddo frog from Cadbury on X.
Interestingly, he appeared to have lost a few pounds over the years, looking a bit more athletic compared to its chubby look in the first photo.
The post was quick to gather thousands of views, with shocked users taking their surprise to the comments section.
One person wrote: “We used to be a real country.”
While another chimed in: “Liposuction strikes again.”
A third replied: “What has happened to this country.”
But some quickly pointed out that Freddo isn’t really a “British icon” as he was reportedly created in Australia in the 1930s and then sold to Cadury in 1967.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Harry Melbourne created the well-known frog while he was employed as a confectioner for MacRobertson Chocolates at just 18 years old.
“Freddo Frogs are Australian, not British,” one person slammed.
Another added: “Britain stop stealing from your colonies.”
WalesOnline claims that in reality, Freddos increased in weight from 17g to 20g in 2007 but then decreased again to 18g four years later.
The popular frog is even skinnier in Australia, where bars are supposedly only 12g.
It comes after rumours that Cadbury has lowered the size of its Dairy Milk sharing bars by 10%.
The reduction was made reportedly after the chocolate giant was charged with “shrinkflation,” which is the practice of reducing a product’s size while keeping its price the same in order to boost profits.
But parent company Mondelez attributed this to surging production costs in 2022.
A Mondelez spokeperson said at the time: “We’re facing the same challenges that so many other food companies have already reported when it comes to significantly increased production costs – whether it’s ingredients, energy or packaging – and rising inflation.”
Meanwhile, McDonald’s is shaking up its iconic Happy Meal for the first time in years.
Four new menu items are coming to the Happy Meal range as part of a McDonald’s UK trial.
The new Happy Meal menu is trial-based and will only be available in the North West region of the UK and in selected restaurants in the Republic of Ireland.
It will involve 187 restaurants in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire, and the Republic of Ireland.
The new items will hit menus for 14 weeks from Wednesday, May 29.
