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Kcal 349 Fat 0.0g Fat(sats) 0.0g Carbs 63.3g (per 100.0g)Replacing the usual '7Days of Chocolate Reviews' I today bring you a special review of a product 'recommended' (word used in the loosest fashion!) to me by my friend Cinabar from Foodstufffinds. Le Whif 'breathable chocolate' inhalers are a product originating from France, and can be purchased from Amazon (See HERE). The basic premise behind these inhalers are that they are supposed to deliver the same taste sensation as a normal chocolate bar, but in a calorie light form - with less than one calorie per inhalation. The pack that I bought off Amazon contained three separate 3 Whifs, or three separate flavours if you will: chocolate raspberry, chocolate and chocolate mint. This was certainly going to be an experience.
Reading the on-pack blurb the net weight was stated as 0.9g, hence me saying there was less than one calorie per puff. Looking the ingredients list it was not surprising to see that it was relatively short - cane sugar, cocoa solids and natural flavourings. The packaging itself was pretty smart looking and contained a decent amount of information about the actual product. It was also nice to see some instructions of how to inhale the product inside amongst the three different containers. In regards to aromas there was nothing aside from the most minor of sweet scents offered by any of the inhalers ... on to the taste test:
Chocolate (brown coloured inhaler) - This pure chocolate variety registered a brief sugary flirtation of chocolate when the powder mixed with the saliva in my mouth. The sensation lasted only a second and left a pretty horrible bitter aftertaste in my mouth.
Mint (light green coloured inhaler) - I tried this one next as I thought my breath needed freshening up from my experience with the chocolate flavour. All in all it delivered the same dirty tasting cocoa soundbite as above, but with just a minor hint of menthol added to the mix. Again the flavours lasted no longer than a second (thank god!).
Raspberry (light red coloured inhaler) - This flavour was definitely the strongest tasting out of the three ... shame it tasted just as awful mind you :D The flavours lasted a little longer in the mouth compared to the other two variants (part of me just wish they hadn't) and they created a fake red fruit, bitter chocolate taste sensation. The raspberry element was terribly artificial.
Overall I hated how these tasted, I hated how they made me choke and cough when I inhaled them, and I hated how they made me more hungry than before I ate them. There is no two ways of putting this - these sucked BIG TIME. In fact Le Whif have created ChocolateMission history as the worst product ever to feature on the site, they were so bad I have even rated them lower than the truly terrible Hannah's White Mice (leaderboard HERE). What can say about these that I haven't already? They failed in getting anywhere near delivering a chocolate flavour hit, they created a poor/disgusting/bitter taste in the mouth, and they left me yearning for some real chocolate more than I was before I inhaled them. Are they a novelty? ... Yes ... Are they a novelty worth paying £7.00 for? ... No, No, No!! You have been warned ChocolateMission readers - Le Whif seriously aren't worth your money. Be sure to let me know your thoughts everyone.
2.0 out of 10
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Oh my god 2/10!!!!!! These had to have really sucked.
I have been waiting for your review of these. Lol It seems a unaminous decision that these aren't worth their salt. I wont be buying them thats for sure.
Rxxx
It sounds to me like they put hot chocolate powder in some inhaler things and called it a product. They sound woeful.
What a totally stupid concept. Surely no one would be stupid enough to believe it was really going to do give you the same sort of thing a normal chocolate bar does.
It would be fun to try but not at that price thank you.
Is it sad of me to really want to give this a go? Lol imagine how brilliant it would be if it did work out for me. Chocolate minus the calories I think is something all us girls dream of. It may not be as important to you boys :P
Hold on a second. They are expecting people to pay in excess of £7 for air? Did they think we are all mad? This is nearly as mental as the whole people paying more for 'good quality water'.
This is nothing short of being totally nuts.
Lol I think my asthma inhalers taste better than these do! Thse sounds disgusting to say the least - honestly what will they come up with next!?
I could see myself giving this away as a present to one of my chocolate mad friends but that is the only thing I would buy this for. People are going to have to be pretty naive to think it would do the same job a chocolate bar would for them.
Dx
Jim I thought this might make you laugh
http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/831085-chocolate-covered-ipad-makes-perfect-birthday-gift-apparently
If these hadn't scored ok on the presentation bit they would have seriously dived wouldn't they.
Are they officially the worst thing ever?
http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/home.jsp?template=newsarticle&artid=20017784208&pubid=ag005
New mars bar in the US
I can't believe anyone with half a brain cell would believe this would be as good as a normal chocolate bar.
@colin if you look at the rest of the things that have scored 2 you have white mice which get 2.3 and a calorie mate thing that got 2.8. It is the worst thing ever lol.
This must be the weirdest product I have ever seen on here! I can sort of see the idea behind it but it sounds silly. It reminds me of the times when I wanted chocolate but had to make do with licking hot chocolate powder off a spoon. Lol, embarassingly yes I have done that.
It is just chocolate dust. I got some in Paris and 2.0 is probably a generous score! Actually, this product provides the only occasion when Margery Dawes' advice that dust is a diet food is right!
Boy these sound rubbish. Thanks for the heads up Jim they sounds so crap.
Jesus man you were really not impressed by these huh. I just looked at some other review sites and they condemn them just as much. I think I will forget these then.
Le Whiff? More like Le Suck!!!!!
That new Mars Bar/Milky Way bar sounds interesting - except Mars already have the same thing under the Mars Bar name lol (was it in Canada?? I can't remember for sure) I've never known a chocolate company to produce so many similar products in so many different disguises under so many different names lol
Looks like Cadbury have made a bit of a serious error with that awful new Flake ad!:
http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/home.jsp?template=newsarticle&artid=20017784204&pubid=ag005
My friends was telling me about these the other day. She said she couldn't stop choking when she was inhaling them. I don't see the point in them at all.
Sorry Jim!!! What a bizarre novelty it is - wonder if it has every had a repeat purchase from anyone?
I never thought I would see something score worse than those white mice. Lol I guess I was wrong.
I don't understand these whatsoever. Why would someone pay for air? The profit the must be making on these is criminal.
David
Yes that would be a very fair assesment.
Rachel
I haven't read a single positive review about Le Whif yet. It can't be conincedence.
Steven
Well yes that is exactly what they did ... and it wasn't very good.
Golden
I wasn't expecting it to give me the same chocolate flavour hit but I was expecting to taste better than it did.
Katie
It's not something I would recommend you try, but I would welcome your views if you do.
Alan
Maybe someone will devise Zero calorie chocolate ... you just buy the paper wrapper.
I seriosuly don't know what they are going to try next. After these I don't really want to know haha.
Duncan
At least with water if can be purified and filtered.
This was literally just chocolate powder. Totally disgusting.
Daisy
I admit the novelty thing is there, but it very soon wears off believe me.
David
I could think of better uses for an Ipad :D but covering it in chocolate isn't half a bad way to buy one is it :D
Colin
Yep officially the worst scoring product ever. That is some title to hold.
Anon
The Mars Simple caramel? That has been out for a while now.
Try search for the Mars Caramel I reviewed from Belguim. It is exactly the same bar.
Nick
Haha you would have to be pretty stupid to think it would give you the same satisfaction wouldn't you.
Phil
Haha that did make laugh about the hot chocolate thing. To be honest I think we have all done that in the past. It never tasted as good as you expect to did it?
Gareth
2.0 was generous. As someone said above, without the average score for presentation these would have totally bombed out.
Duncan
Language please this is a family site :D But yes there were woeful.
Justin
As I have said I haven't read a positive word about them yet. I can't imagine they will be around for long.
Mysterio
Indeed that is a good analofy.
Alan
You are right it was from Canada not Belguim as I have said above (woops!).
The Mars range is so fragmented isnt it. I guess that just comes with the way the company is set up region by region.
Nice faux pais by Cadbury there. It might help them out by not allowing them to air that stupid ad.
Estelle
I can see what your friend was talking about. At times the dust did hit the back of my throat causing me to cough. It wasn't nice.
Cinabar
Haha Na this made for an interesting post to write. I very much doubt anyone has repeat purchased these yet. They are one of those things you buy once then instantly regret.... I did anyway.
Golden
I bet the PM%'s are astronomical. They really are taking people for a ride charging £7 for a pack.
Thanks everyone - glad you enjoyed the review of this truely terrible product.
JIM
nooo - I knew I should have patented chocolate covered electronics before joking about cell phone cases on CM! ;) lol @Phil I have been there! except it wasn't even sweetened...but I still don't think I would ever try these.
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