A German court has banned a supermarket from selling a product as "Dubai chocolate," ruling that the trendy confectionary may only be labeled as such if it actually comes from the Emirate.

The court ruled that the discount supermarket Aldi could no longer sell its "Alyan Dubai Handmade Chocolate" since the product in question was actually made in Turkey

Aldi argued that this was made clear on the reverse label, but the court concluded that the product's name could lead consumers to assume "that the product is actually produced in Dubai and imported to Germany."

Damn right!

by QualityOverQuant

27 comments

  1. Just call it “fine chocolate, dubai style” or something. 

  3. I didnt think Dubai chocolate was protected by a special location of origin designation (like Turkish cofee or Turkish Delight)

  9. I thought this is common knowledge that is why they cannot sell Greek yogurt if it is not from Greece

  10. kann man die sonst wo eig schon günstig kaufen? Weil lecker klingt das ding schon

  11. You know this Loriot sketch in ‘Pappa ante portas’ where Evelyn Hamann is product tester in a chocolatery?

    ‘Moegen Sie Ernst zu mir sagen?’

    Have to think of that when i see that picture

    EDIT: Downvote from dubai chocolate fanboi apparently

  13. >Damn right!

    What exactly is good about that? Asking genuinely. Like the only two consequences I can envision right now are 1. those who actually import from Dubai being rewarded, and 2. the rest having to change their packaging to say “Dubai-style” instead of Dubai, and neither of these consequences seems like great win to me?

  14. Glad they’ve clarified this; now they can call it Schokolade Dubaier Art or something 🤭 This remainds me so much of an old yet famous scene from a Tamil movie.

  16. Interesting choice, considering in germany we have:

    Hamburger, Berliner, Amerikaner, Pizza Hawaii

    And in other countries it’s the same, e.g.US:
    ~~German Chocolate Cake~~, Danish Pastry, French Toast

    Edit:  “German” was the name of the inventor

  20. What Court decided this? Because a decision like that is usually only made when TM infringement happens … can you link a source ? I’m professionally curious

  21. What about Indian Restaurant owned by Pakistani & Bangladeshi ?

  22. can anyone explain why Dubai Chocolade got so hyped?

    ELI5 plz

  23. Fun fact. Dubai chocolate is not a thing, it does not exist. If you go to Dubai and ask for Dubai chocolate, most of them will be confused.

    Its just a middle eastern milk chocolate with a pistachio cream filling. honestly not even that good, and it’s very sugary & heavy that you are supposed to eat it in small sizes (not the massive bars that sell here)

  24. The whole over the top, hand in ass marketing of Dubai is honestly pathetic.

  27. What about Wiener Schnitzel? Sauce Hollandaise? Spaghetti Bolognese? Which parts of them have to come from the respective cities or countries?

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