Could be so - but also different raw materials sourced from different areas..its the same with fragrance..sandalwood from India does NOT smell like sandalwood from Australia..there are environmental factors to the area somethings from that affect it.

Not to mention food stipulations...(damn you FDA!!!). I am getting my 'fill' of all foods and medicines here that the FDA wouldn't tolerate in the USA...just saw a lovely veggie kiev in Marks's that said explicitly that the veggies used therein were not genetically modified or manufactured - that is ONE thing, I wish they made law in the US...I mean they can modify everything and anything they want, i just want to KNOW if my products contain it. Because if they do, then I won't buy it. I think I deserve the right to make that decision without being forced to do a mountain of research.