Maltesers
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Maltesers are a confectionery product manufactured by Mars Incorporated. They consist of a spherical malt honeycomb centre, surrounded by milk chocolate. They are most popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Japan. Malteasers come in either plastic bags (ranging in size from small 'fun-size' upwards) or in larger cardboard boxes and tubes.
A single ball is called a malteser. Maltesers' slogan is "The lighter way to enjoy chocolate" (replacing its previous slogans: "No ordinary chocolate" and "Nothing pleases like Maltesers"). In the 1930s, ads for Maltesers claimed that they're beneficial for weight loss.
Maltesers, originally known as Energy Balls, were invented by Forrest Mars Sr. in 1936. The current name is a portmanteau of the words "malt" (one of the main ingredients) and "teasers." The mystery of how the chocolate covers the porous biscuit centre is a closely guarded secret.
Ice cream, white chocolate, and dark chocolate versions are also available, as is a chocolate-flavoured malt drink, similar to Horlicks and Ovaltine.
Television adverts describe Maltesers as 'the lighter way to enjoy chocolate'. The Australian version also contains the line: "Made in Australia...... exported to the world."
A similar confection is manufactured in the United States. Known as Whoppers, they are chocolate-coated malted milk balls produced by The Hershey Company.
[edit] Ingredients
- Milk Chocolate 75% (made of sugar, milk solids, cocoa butter, cocoa, emulsifier (soy lecithin), and flavourings),
- Wheat glucose syrup,
- Barley malt extract,
- Milk solids,
- Partially hydrogenated vegetable fat,
- Sugar,
- Wheat Gluten,
- Pectin,
- Salt
[edit] Nutrition
Per 50 g serving:
- Energy - 1050 kJ
- Protein - 3.4 g
- Fat - 11.2 g (total), 7.1 g (saturated)
- Carbohydrate - 33.4 g, 25.3 g (sugars)
- Sodium - 58 mg
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