I'm not convinced this limited edition version of Munchies is a "game changer". Nestlé's white chocolate is notoriously sweet, and when combined with the sweet caramel and sweet biscuit, this might be a bit too much sugar to handle. They have been a firm fan favourite since 1957, and now there is another reason to love Munchies – they come in white chocolate too! Sad news for chocolate lovers as 2 fan-favourite bars are to be discontinued – after more than 60 years. Nestlé launches a new white chocolate version of its popular range of Munchies confectionery this month. How about Cadbury’s Caramac? Well, they call it Caramilk, and it causes some mixed opinions. Some people love it, some hate it – perhaps depending on whether or not they’re precious about the original bar! Cadbury’s Caramilk isn’t quite Caramac, in our opinion, but it’s great that there are options out there to suit everyone’s tastes!

We know fans will be disappointed to see it go, but this change will enable us to focus on our best-performing brands, as well as develop exciting new innovations to delight our consumers’ tastebuds.'

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The Addition of new flavors to existing brands is a major market driver in chocolate confectionery. It is therefore no surprise to see more varieties added to the Twix and KitKat brands in Australia. Twix from Mars is now available in a Triple Choc variety. The KitKat Chunky brand (Nestle) is now available in a white chocolate variety.

Biscuits with caramel continue to be a favored combination, both by manufacturers and consumers. Nestle is using the blend to revive two of its brands in the UK – BreakAway biscuit and Caramac caramel chocolate tablet. The new BreakAway Caramac wholemeal digestive biscuits have a 25% caramel flavor coating. The meals market becomes ever more adventurous. New in Germany from Dr Oetker within the Ristorante range is a pizza topped with spaghetti. In the UK, an ethnic touch is being given to burgers. New from Kitchen Range Foods is Mexican Salsa, a meal kit for two comprising salsa flavored beef burgers, chilli flavored bread buns and sachets of hot salsa relish.Mintel’s Global New Products Database has seen many new food product introductions from around the world in September. Sugar, glucose syrup, milk powders (whole and skimmed), cocoa butter, vegetable fats (palm, mango kernel, sal, shea, rapeseed), invert sugar syrup, sweetened condensed skimmed milk (skimmed milk, sugar), butterfat (from milk), lactose and proteins from whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), wheat flour (contains calcium, iron, thiamin and niacin), cocoa mass, barley malt extract, emulsifier (lecithins), raising agents (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate), salt, natural flavouring

Munchiesare made at Nestlé’s Fawdon factory, near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. This is the same factory that churns out other familiar brands, including Fruit Pastilles, Fruit Gums, Breakaway, Caramac, Matchmakers, Rolo, Toffee Crisp and Smarties Buttons. Now you know! After major protests, in 2020, Nestlé announced that it was leaving the Canadian bottled water market. However, it is selling its facilities and wells to another major water taking company, Ice River Springs. Nestlé has courted further widespread criticism for its approach to sourcing its bottled water. In Canada, Nestlé faces boycotts from non-profit The Council of Canadians and indigenous rights organisation Lakota People’s Law Project for extracting water from watersheds that have seen droughts in recent years. Henri Nestlé created his first infant formula from cow’s milk, flour and sugar in Switzerland in 1867. Roughly 100 years later, in 1974, Nestlé baby milk became the subject of an international scandal with the publication of War on Want’s ‘The Baby Killer’, which claimed that it was discouraging breastfeeding through its promotion of breast milk substitutes.

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Despite the claims that the poster was making it up Nestle replied to their question confirming the news. It told the bakery: "Unfortunately we had to withdraw Caramac from our range as sales were relatively low. It was a difficult decision for us because we're proud of all our products and don't like to disappoint our consumers. Linda said: "What a disgrace how many more of our favourite chocolates are going to disappear my hubby loves these." And Angela added: "Noooo. I'm still not over the Topic going!"