Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more

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Link: Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more - BBC News

 

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Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband bars can no longer be called chocolate after maker Nestle changed their recipes.

 

To be described as milk chocolate in the UK a product needs to have at least 20% cocoa solids and 20% milk solids, a level each product fell below once a higher amount of cheaper vegetable fat was used.

 

Nestle said its reformulations were needed due to higher input costs but were "carefully developed and sensory tested" and there were no plans to alter the recipes of other chocolate products.

 

As many ingredient costs, such as cocoa and butter, increased food companies have altered recipes to use less of the expensive ingredients, as well as shrinking serving sizes.

 

Nestle now describes the treats as being "encased in a smooth milk chocolate flavour coating" rather than being covered in milk chocolate.

 

A spokesperson for Nestle said the food giant had seen "significant increases in the cost of cocoa over the past years, making it much more expensive to manufacture our products. We continue to be more efficient and absorb increasing costs where possible"...

 

[dcwhitworth]

Poor darlings need to protect their profit margins. Only made slightly under 10 billion pounds last year.