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Two popular chocolate bars no longer chocolate after Nestle changes recipe
Nestlé cut cocoa content due to soaring prices, replacing it with vegetable fats, causing Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband bars to lose milk chocolate classification under UK law.
- Nestle changed the recipes of Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband bars, reducing the amount of cocoa solids and milk solids, so they can no longer be called 'chocolate' bars.
- Nestle cited rising input costs as the reason for reformulating the recipes with a higher amount of cheaper vegetable fat, but claimed the changes were 'carefully developed and sensory tested'.
- The trend of substituting cheaper ingredients, referred to as 'skimpflation', has become more common in the food industry due to increasing costs and inflation.
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The Independent (US)The popular treats no longer allowed to be called ‘chocolate’
Soaring prices of ingredients has led many food companies to adapt their recipes to cut costs, as well as reducing serving sizes in a process sometimes referred to as “skimpflation”
·London, United Kingdom
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