Minties lovers are outraged their favourite lolly has been messed with.
The Kiwi classic from Cadbury has gone softer and less minty, according to media reports.
It’s believed moving production offshore could be the cause for newfound consumer complaints – the manufacturing of Minties, Mint Imperials and Curiously Strong Mints was outsourced to Thailand in August.
Minties have a long and proud history in New Zealand.
The sweet's "It's moments like these" marketing campaign remains a national favourite and in July Cadbury was voted New Zealand's most trusted brand for the sixth year in a row.
But one Minties lover who had enjoyed the lolly for the past 30 years might not be enjoying too many more Minties moments.
She told media the recent versions tasted "110 per cent different".
"They are horrible compared with the old ones," she said.
Spokesman for Cadbury Australia and New Zealand Daniel Ellis said the Minties recipe remained fundamentally unchanged, but they had been made softer after complaints over the years about how hard they were to chew.
"Since we began selling the softer Minties from August this year we've had a number of people contact us to thank us for making them easier to eat," Mr Ellis said.
Though Minties will be manufactured overseas, other lollies including Pineapple Lumps and Jaffas, will continue to be made in New Zealand.
The change to Minties came just weeks after Cadbury was forced to put the brakes on an attempt to change its famous dairy milk chocolate recipe by adding palm oil to it.
Kiwi chocolate lovers rejected the change, forcing Cadbury to switch back to its original recipe.
This week thousands of original recipe bars are being given away nationwide in a bid to appease disgruntled customers.
In September last year there was a similar uproar when the iconic Snifter lolly was axed by the company at the same time as Tangy Fruits and Sparkles got the boot.
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