Iced Vo Vo

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An Iced Vo Vo is a wheat flour biscuit topped with a strip of pink fondant either side of a strip of strawberry jam and sprinkled with coconut.[1] It is a product of the American-owned Australian based biscuit company Arnott's. The brand was first registered in 1906.[1]

The ingredients of the biscuits are described on the packet as follows: Wheat flour, sugar, raspberry flavoured filling[sugar, apple, glucose syrup, raspberry, food acid(E330, E331), gelling agent (E440), colour(E29), flavouring], desiccated coconut, vegetable oil, milk solids, salt, humectant (E422), gelatine, raising agent (E500), flavouring, colour (E129), emulsifiers (E322, soy).

The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, made a light hearted mention of Iced Vo Vo's in his election victory speech of 24 November 2007, jokingly urging his team to have a strong cup of tea with an Iced Vo Vo on the way through, before getting to work.[2]. This reportedly led to skyrocketing Iced VoVo sales, prompting Arnott's to send a shipping palette of the biscuits to the Prime Minister's office in Canberra's New Parliament House.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Iced Vo Vo. Arnott's. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
  2. ^ "Rudd claims Labor election win", Brisbane Times, Fairfax Media, November 24, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-25. 
  3. ^ Annabel Crabb, 'The Politics of the Archibald Prize', Art After Hours, NSW Art Gallery, 8 May 2008


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