They have been a firm fan favourite since 1957, and now there is another reason to love Munchies – they come in white chocolate too! 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 This new variety - Munchies White Chocolate - sees the traditional milk chocolate replaced with white chocolate. White chocolate versions of classics are all the range right now, and you only need to look at social media or the mainstream media to spot the enthusiastic cries of "game changer" and "yum". According to Delish, this announcement makes "All Our Dreams Come True." 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! Available in 94g sharing bags, the newest Munchies variety features a soft caramel and biscuit centre, covered in delicious white chocolate. It joins the existing range, which comprises original Munchies, Munchies Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Munchies Cookie Dough.

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. Nestlé also took millions of gallons from a California creek network for a US water brand, leading the US Forest Service to state “the current water extraction is drying up surface water resources”. 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! Nestlé is believed to have invented the first white chocolate when, in 1936, while working on a vitamin-enriched condensed milk, workers added cocoa butter to make a solid tablet form of the milk. In doing so, white chocolate was created!

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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. Caramac bars are one of the things which many of us remember extremely fondly from our childhoods, and for good reason! These bars were extremely distinctive, with bright colours and bold font covering the front of the bar. That lovely swirly yellow text is enough to set the mouth-watering, and whether or not these were a part of your childhood, we can pretty much guarantee you’ll love them! Unilever Canada has brought the Brecel Pro-Activ brand from Europe to Canada. This is the cholesterol-reducing margarine that is the same as the US brand Take Control. Becel Pro-Active is widely sold in Europe. I can confirm that Animal Bar is also being delisted due to the low performance of the product and a steady decline in its sales over the past few years.' 'What sad news to wake up to'

Munchies have been produced in a variety of flavours over the years, including chocolate orange, hazelnut, banoffee and mint. They contain no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

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Of course, some people will remember the Caramac Easter Egg, produced in 1987. Wow, that was a good one, with beautiful shiny paper and a lovely box with printed characters. Don't fancy a full bar? Caramac buttons are a brilliant alternative and a great cinema or picnic treat. Indeed, MunchiesBrand Manager Cat Mews confirmed the move is in response to current consumer trends. Mintel’s Global New Products Database has seen many new food product introductions from around the world in September. 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!" Munchies Brand Manager Cat Mews said: “ Munchies has been a popular brand for over 60 years, but we know that consumers love an on-trend twist to a classic too. “Fans couldn’t wait to try Munchies Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Munchies Cookie Dough when they launched last year, and we are sure that white chocolate Munchies will prove just as popular an addition to the range.”

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. Boycotts were launched against Nestlé in numerous countries. An international marketing code (the ‘WHO Code’) was developed to prevent the comparison of manufactured baby milk with breastmilk. In response to the clamour, Nestlé implemented its own policy based on the code during the 1980s. Following the splatterings of colored ketchup, ConAgra will introduce in the US, a tinted margarine under its Parkay brand. Blue and Pink will be on shelf in squeeze bottles this Fall. Nestlé launches a new white chocolate version of its popular range of Munchies confectionery this month. Nestlé SA, the Switzerland-based parent of the Nestlé group, is the world’s biggest consumer goods company.

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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.' The Ovaltine brand from Novartis Nutrition is best known as a malted drink mix, but has been extended in the past to include functional beverage mixes (Ovaltine Smart), energy drink mixes (Ovaltine Power), biscuits and cereals. Kowloon Dairy has now extended the brand in Hong Kong with two new lines – a liquid malted milk and an ice cream. Both products are flagged “nutritional”, are enriched with multivitamins and minerals, and contain the traditional blend of barley and malt extract. The ice creams come in a box of four single-serve pots. 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. 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.

Sad news for chocolate lovers as 2 fan-favourite bars are to be discontinued – after more than 60 years. However, many still view Nestlé’s marketing as irresponsible and dangerous. Baby Milk Action has thus been running a UK boycott of Nestlé, since 1988. While Nestlé may have accepted that exclusive breastfeeding for 0-6 months is the best for infant nutrition, the market for formula for 6+ months is growing. 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.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.