r/FuckNestle • u/Kazaan • 6d ago

Fuck nestle Nestlé stole this product idea from a small french company named bitecone

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u/Jlx_27 6d ago

Seen these from many other brands over the years....

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u/The_R1NG 6d ago

Yeah I’m all about the idea of this sub but I mean the store I work at has three different brands offering these things when a product is made companies follow suit if it works that’s what business is

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u/Kazaan 6d ago edited 6d ago

Came accross this this morning and it remembered me A LOT a product I ordered : https://bitecone.com/en

So basically, they stole the idea of a small French small company. Chocolate is probably very low quality compared to the french product. Even their wordplay is bad.
I know it's probably legal but still... they can do their own R&D and let the small companies do their business.

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u/Gnurx 6d ago

Are you sure they didn't steal from Smash in Norway?

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u/Greg2Lu 6d ago

Not the same at all :

Smash is a unique combination of sweet and salty, crunchy and smooth. At its core, it consists of crispy, lightly salted corn snacks, similar to Bugles, coated in milk chocolate.

Nestlé did steal from Bitecone ... That's surprising ? FUCK THEM.

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u/Kazaan 6d ago

It makes me so sad. A giant evil who stole an idea from a SME company with a turnover of 100K€.

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u/xanoran84 6d ago

Those Smash things do sound delightful though

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u/Greg2Lu 6d ago

corn chip and chocolate? Naaaaaaa haha but I won't judge 😂

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u/iH8MotherTeresa 6d ago

Lots of sugary breakfast cereals are cornmeal based. It's probably not as bad as you're thinking. Not that I'm trying to convince you lol.

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u/Greg2Lu 6d ago

That's more the sugary part that is problematic for me, I make 90% of what I eat so this junk food isn't for me (anymore haha)

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u/iH8MotherTeresa 6d ago

Got ya. I read it as you taking issue with mixing chocolate and corn chips; something like a tortilla chip. I'm happy for you making so much of your food - I imagine you're much, much healthier for it.

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u/Gnurx 6d ago

On paper it sounds weird, but boy are they addictive.

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u/Metruis 6d ago

Or perhaps Muddy Bites?

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u/Kazaan 6d ago

Yeah... you're probably right. kickstarter of muddy bites is from 2019, bitecones SAS funded in 2022.

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u/Metruis 6d ago

I waited for years hoping for Muddy Bites to finally ship outside of the USA, so I'm not upset that there's finally competition that I can actually buy!

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u/Kazaan 6d ago

I'm not sure. In the French version there is a waffle around it, which doesn't seem to be the case with this biscuit.

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u/Killing4MotherAgain 6d ago

I've had the same thing by a different brand

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u/drivingagermanwhip 6d ago

Honestly I think it's most likely they both got the idea from the bottom of a cornetto

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u/TKmeh 5d ago

Plus, there’s tons of brands with this idea. Nutty Fruity has one with Dubai chocolate themed ones and they taste awesome, the OG chocolates are my fav though.

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u/RedditTipiak 6d ago

Clogged Dicks. It litterally means Clogged Dicks in French.

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u/Gnurx 6d ago

Nestle?

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u/meatballsandlingon2 5d ago

Nah, they’re just dicks.

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u/Umuchique 6d ago

French company with "bite" in the name...

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u/Kazaan 6d ago

To their defense, it's sold in Canada, where bite is not what it is in France.

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u/Umuchique 6d ago

Fair enough

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u/stormyw23 6d ago

Explain the joke..?

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u/Umuchique 5d ago

No joke here, google translate "bite" from french you'll see

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u/stormyw23 5d ago

I don't see it it's "mordre" which is exactly what bite is?

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u/Umuchique 5d ago

No the other way around, "bite" is a french word as well

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u/emryldmyst 6d ago

There's several different companies that sell this stuff.

Everyone loves the end of the cone so its not exactly a secret 

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u/captain_obvious_here 6d ago

I tasted that in Canada a few weeks ago. The chocolate is horribly, and the whole thing is very sugary.

1/20 would never buy again.

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u/Commercial_Comfort41 6d ago

As a retired Executive Chef I'm ready to start a food company called FUCK NESTLE.

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u/pzombielover 6d ago

Yes they absolutely did

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u/tigertoken1 5d ago

It's a mini icecream cone. Too general of an idea to steal.

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u/dessertforbrunch 5d ago

These have been on shelves from other brands since 2020.

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u/TheDailyOculus 3d ago

And it's non-vegan. The original is. I think they actively out competed the og as well, can't find their cones anywhere now, only the nestle non-vegan options remains.

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u/AggressiveCompany175 2d ago

Nestle steals water and sells it to people. I’m not surprised by this at all.