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Published 11:59 IST, August 30th 2019

Cadbury 'Unity Bar' promoting diversity in India sparks global debate

Cadbury released a 'Unity Bar' in India featuring four different types of chocolate namely dark, blended, milk and white which has triggered a herculean debate

Reported by: Radhika Sarkar
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The globally acclaimed confectionery, Cadbury released a 'Unity Bar' in India featuring four different types of chocolate namely dark, blended, milk and white. While the multi-flavored bar rolled out on August 15 teaming up with advertising agency, Ogilvy in order to celebrate the country's Independence Day, in a rather unfortunate situation, many fans and audiences missed the mark, thus prompting a herculean argument on the internet. 

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While unveiling the Unity Bar, the advertising agency had stated that India is a diverse country with people of different castes, creed, languages, religions, and region, and in order to celebrate it, the company had come forward with the idea of putting them together with 'love'. 

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Cadbury's 'Unity Bar' triggers debate: 

Triggering a massive debate on social media, many netizens flagged the British confectionery stating that the advertisement was racist in nature. However, a few others supported their brainchild. A user from the UK tweeted saying, "boycott the unity bar", another user chimed in saying, "I don't understand what the fuss is about, this is lovely". 

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For the uninitiated, the advertisement was lauded widely  for its inclusivity, despite Hindi being the most common language, the front page ad used different languages, for different areas which read, "Sweet things happen when we unite" 

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Updated 12:24 IST, August 30th 2019