OREANDA-NEWS. On 08 July 2008 was announced, that the TEST Research and Development Center of Independent Consumer Expertise have tested the quality of the plain (dark) chocolate available at the Ukrainian market. The key feature of the chocolate test is the check for genuineness and safety.

Eleven chocolate brands (Korona, Svitoch, Dolci, Roshen, Korona Intenza, DominiC Poltava, Lindt Excellence Ecuador, Millennium Excellent, Nestle Gold Chocolate, Persona, Babayevskiy) were defined under the notion of "plain chocolate", having had higher content of cocoa products than in milk chocolate, and having had the respective definition "plain" in the description. In addition to the traditional test phases - the estimation of the labeling and packaging, as well as the organoleptic estimation - special attention was given to the determination whether the chocolate was genuine or manufactured with the use of substitutes, and whether the product was safe.

According to the Consumer's Guide official webpage http://www.test.org.ua/, "The absolute leader is the Roshen-branded chocolate, having been granted the excellent mark throughout all the parameters of our testing."