Composition of "Milky way". What is the secret of taste?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Everyone probably knows the advertising slogan of popular sweets "Milk is twice as tasty if it's Milky Way". And the sweet tooth, most likely, even salivated. Are these sweets really made from real milk? Do they owe it to some other ingredients?

What are these candies?

Originally "Milky Way" is a chocolate bar with a delicate filling of soft nougat with vanilla flavor. Their release began in 1923 by the American confectionery company "Mars". In Russia, they appeared much later and in a slightly different variation than in their homeland. So, in the composition of "Milky Way" for our compatriots, as well as for residents of Europe, there is no caramel, and densechocolate nougat (as in the Mars bar) is replaced with light vanilla.

Despite the difference from the original recipe, bars have become very popular in Russia and European countries. In this regard, the range of products has expanded - now in stores you can find not only bars, but also Milky Way sweets. The composition, and accordingly the taste, is identical.

Advertising is the engine of trade

The name of the Milky Way bar is translated from English as "Milky Way", it corresponds to a dark blue package with a white ring, in which the name is written. The brand's slogan is "Milk is twice as tasty if it's Milky Way". The authors of the advertising campaign did not fail, because milk is so he althy, so many parents force their children to drink it, and so often babies do not like it.

It is natural that a product that is twice as tasty as boring milk, but at the same time allegedly possessing all its useful properties, will attract buyers. By the way, in order to prove that Milky Way contains only milk, the authors of the advertisement came up with the idea of immersing the bar in a glass with this he althy drink… glass.

Mythbusters

But let's not be so naive and fall for advertising tricks. Let's better check what the composition of Milky Way sweets is personally. No, we will not conduct a laboratory analysis, because according toBy law, the label of a product must contain reliable information about its composition.

Mars Corporation is one of the world leaders in the production of confectionery products, so they value their reputation, which means they comply with all norms and requirements for products. Based on this, we consider that reading the composition of the Milky way product on the bar wrapper will be enough.

From what, from what….

So, the main ingredients of sweetness (they always come first) are sugar and glucose syrup, and not milk at all, as we would like, although whole dry and fat-free - it is still present in the filling. Also, to prepare a tender soufflé, vegetable fat and dry egg white are used.

As a moisture-retaining component, m alt extract is used to make Milky Way, and thanks to it, the candy does not deteriorate longer (this is an absolutely natural ingredient, so you should not worry about its presence in the product). In addition, a little s alt is added to the filling, as well as vanillin - this is what gives the sweets a characteristic aroma.

Of course, in addition to the filling, it is part of Milky Way and chocolate. Dairy - one in which the dry residue of cocoa contains at least twenty-seven percent, and dry dairy products - at least twenty percent. And in which, alas, there is a lot of sugar.

Nutritional value

Of course, such a large amount of sugar in the composition of the productaffects its nutritional value. One hundred grams of the product contains 450 kilocalories, which means that a standard bar weighing 26 grams is 117 kcal, that is, five percent of the daily intake of an adult, and a small eleven-gram candy is fifty kcal (two percent). At the same time, for every hundred grams of sweetness, there are 72.3 grams of carbohydrates, of which 67 grams are sugar. Agree, it’s better not to overdo it with the Milky Way bar. Fats, including saturated fats, per hundred grams of the product account for 16.3 grams, which is also a lot. But in protein, unlike whole milk, chocolate is not rich - only 3.2 grams per 100 grams.

So, "Milky Way" is a delicious, tender delicacy, which does contain milk, but in such insignificant quantities that the huge amount of sugar contained in the candy kills all its benefits. Otherwise, the composition of "Milky Way" did not cause any complaints.