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 and Ireland.[citation needed] Maltesers are sold in a variety of packaging, including plastic bags (ranging in size from small 'fun-size' upwards), larger cardboard boxes and tubes, and plastic buckets (ranging in size from medium to very large).
Maltesers' slogan is "The lighter way to enjoy chocolate" (replacing its previous slogans: "No ordinary chocolate" and "Nothing pleases like Maltesers"). The Australian version also contains the line: "Made in Australia... ...exported to the world." In the 1930s, advertisements claimed that Maltesers were beneficial for weight loss.[citation needed]
Maltesers, originally known as Energy Balls, were invented by Forrest Mars Sr. in 1936.[citation needed]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 and only vague information on how these are made is known.
First, the honeycomb dough is made and rolled out in a long sheet. This passes between two rollers which have hemispheres carved out of them to make the bubbles and compress the dough around them. When the dough is baked, little balls pop up and the compressed portion between them are broken off. The balls are then coated in chocolate and when that is dry they are rolled along a section of track which is at an angle, probably about 30-40 degrees. Only the Maltesers which manage to make it to the end of the track while still rolling on the highest part are packaged, the others are crushed up and used to make more maltesers. This is to remove lumpy Maltesers, which apparently do not roll properly and end up at the bottom of the track.
Ice cream, white chocolate, and dark chocolate versions are also available, as is a chocolate-flavoured malt drink, similar to Horlicks and Ovaltine.
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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