{"id":673,"date":"2025-07-10T13:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/?p=673"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:55:13","slug":"tiny-detail-on-certain-mcvities-and-kitkat-packets-reveals-a-surprising-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/tiny-detail-on-certain-mcvities-and-kitkat-packets-reveals-a-surprising-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny detail on certain McVities and KitKat packets reveals a surprising \u2018secret\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These items can’t be sold as ‘white chocolate’ anymore… (Picture: McVities\/Nestl\u00e9\/Ocado)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you look closely at certain packets of McVities Digestives <\/a>and Nestl\u00e9 KitKats<\/a> in the UK, you might notice something rather surprising.<\/p>\n

They are no longer being described as \u2018white chocolate\u2019<\/a> biscuits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, you\u2019ll find that it just says the word \u2018white\u2019 rather than ‘white chocolate<\/a>’ on the front of the packs. The product descriptions have also been tweaked to say the biscuits have a \u2018white coating\u2019 or a ‘white chocolate flavour’.<\/p>\n

Doesn’t sound quite as appealing, does it? <\/p>\n

It can’t be helped though, as the sweet treats no longer contain the required level of cocoa butter needed to legally be described as chocolate.<\/p>\n

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In order to be classified as white chocolate a product needs to contain a minimum of 20% cocoa butter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the amount in White KitKats<\/a> (including the Chunky version) no longer meets this requirement.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, McVities has removed cocoa butter from its White Digestive recipe altogether.<\/p>\n

Instead, both brands now use a mixture of palm and shea fats to make their white coatings. (Athough Chunky White KitKats do still contain some cocoa butter, as well as cocoa powder and cocoa mass).<\/p>\n

As such, Nestl\u00e9<\/a> quietly removed the word \u2018chocolate\u2019 from the front of its White KitKat packets earlier in 2025, while McVities made a similar change to the White Digestive packaging recently.<\/p>\n

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White chocolate has to contain a minimum of 20% cocoa butter to be sold as chocolate (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pladis, which owns McVities, said they started using an alternative to cocoa butter in their biscuits because of a \u2018business continuity issue with [their] coating supplier\u2019.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Pladis told Metro<\/strong>: ‘As proud custodians of biscuits and snacks that have been loved for generations, it is crucial that we continue to deliver our high quality products consistently. <\/p>\n

‘Recently, due to a business continuity issue with our coating supplier, we have carefully crafted a new recipe for White Digestives. Sensory testing with consumers showed the new recipe delivers the same great taste and texture as the original they know and love.’<\/p>\n

While a spokesperson for Nestl\u00e9 told The Grocer<\/a> that updating their packaging means they are ‘accurate and compliant with how we describe the ingredient which is made with vegetable fats rather than cocoa butter’.<\/p>\n

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Cocoa butter is a natural vegetable fat that\u2019s extracted from cocoa beans, it\u2019s pale yellow in colour and is used to make chocolate as well as certain skincare and beauty products.<\/p>\n

The fat gives chocolate a smooth texture and solid shape and helps create that glorious melt-in-your-mouth experience when eating.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

In other chocolate news, McVities recently issued a cease and desist letter to the London Biscuit Museum after they featured Jaffa Cakes in a display.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Dear Sirs, Madams, and Biscuit Enthusiasts,\u2019 the letter begins. \u2018It has come to our attention, with no small degree of dismay, that the Biscuit Museum has included the humble Jaffa Cake within its exhibition of Biscuitry.<\/p>\n

\u2018We write to you today, not with crumbs of animosity, but with a full slice of firm objection. <\/p>\n

\u2018Allow us to be clear: Jaffa Cakes<\/a> are, in fact, cakes. Not biscuits. Not hybrid snacks. Some would say the clue is in the name on the box.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Would you still buy these ‘white coated’ treats?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>And it seems the viral <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/25\/supermarket-imposes-strict-new-rule-shoppers-buying-dream-lindt-chocolate-bar-22791724\/\">Dubai Chocolate craze<\/a> might finally have some competition, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/08\/move-dubai-chocolate-a-new-craze-hitting-shops-23609055\/\">new chocolate bar has been spotted in shops<\/a>, known as Angel Hair chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s made with ruby and white chocolate, and like the Dubai bar features a pistachio cream filling. However, instead of Kadayif pastry, it\u2019s filled with \u2018cotton candy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Food futurologist, Dr Morgaine Gaye, told <strong>Metro <\/strong>that this cotton candy is actually what\u2019s known as Pashmak, and it\u2019s this ingredient specifically that\u2019s set to be the next big thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Do you have a story to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk\">MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These items can’t be sold as ‘white chocolate’ anymore… (Picture: McVities\/Nestl\u00e9\/Ocado) If you look closely at certain packets of McVities Digestives and Nestl\u00e9 KitKats in the UK, you might notice something rather surprising. They are no longer being described as \u2018white chocolate\u2019 biscuits.\u00a0 Instead, you\u2019ll find that it just says the word \u2018white\u2019 rather than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}