Cadbury Snack
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Cadbury Snack can refer to different types of chocolate confectionery, made by Cadbury but marketed in different regions.
n Snack is a bar with six chunks, each filled with a different flavour: strawberry
, pineapple
, orange
, coconut
ice, Turkish Delight
and caramel
. The selection of flavours has remained the same since being developed in 1974 by the Cadbury product development team. Prior to this time, blocks of chocolate known as "Snack" was marketed in Australia by MacRobertson's
which had exactly the same flavours but different pattern moulds on the "chunks".
It is available in 220 g, 110 g and 55 g blocks, and is also available in New Zealand
and parts of Asia
.
In June 2009 Cadbury changed the size of their family blocks down in weight to reflect a more healthy approach, which is what their consumer research has found customers want, although consumers are not happy as to what they see as a reduction in goods for no reduction in cost.
Although Snack is now branded as part of Cadbury's Dairy Milk
range, the chocolate is sweeter than that used in the standard Dairy Milk bar.
. It has now been discontinued in the UK, but three completely different Cadbury products use the same name. The Snack products currently sold in Ireland and Britain, which are not branded Dairy Milk, come in four different versions. The first is branded Snack Shortcake - six chocolate-coated shortcake
biscuits. The second is called Snack Wafer - three chocolate-coated wafer fingers. The third version is named Snack Sandwich - an individual chocolate and biscuit bar. The fourth, most recent addition is the "Snack Cereal Bar"- a chocolate covered cereal bar formerly called "Brunch". Each Snack product has distinctive coloured packaging - Wafer is pink, Shortcake is yellow and Sandwich is purple. The Snack cereal bar has red package.
Australia
The AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Snack is a bar with six chunks, each filled with a different flavour: strawberry
Strawberry
Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...
, pineapple
Pineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
, orange
Orange (fruit)
An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....
, coconut
Coconut
The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...
ice, Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
Turkish delight or lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; the cheapest are mostly gel, generally flavored with rosewater, mastic, or lemon...
and caramel
Caramel
Caramel is a beige to dark-brown confection made by heating any of a variety of sugars. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, and as a topping for ice cream, custard and coffee....
. The selection of flavours has remained the same since being developed in 1974 by the Cadbury product development team. Prior to this time, blocks of chocolate known as "Snack" was marketed in Australia by MacRobertson's
MacRobertson's
MacRobertson's, officially the MacRobertson's Steam Confectionery Works, was the name of a company that produced chocolates and various other confectionery in Australia. The company was founded in 1880 by Sir Macpherson Robertson and takes its name from a combination of his first and last name...
which had exactly the same flavours but different pattern moulds on the "chunks".
It is available in 220 g, 110 g and 55 g blocks, and is also available in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and parts of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
In June 2009 Cadbury changed the size of their family blocks down in weight to reflect a more healthy approach, which is what their consumer research has found customers want, although consumers are not happy as to what they see as a reduction in goods for no reduction in cost.
Although Snack is now branded as part of Cadbury's Dairy Milk
Dairy Milk
Dairy Milk is a brand of milk chocolate currently manufactured by Cadbury; except in the United States where it is made by The Hershey Company. It was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1905 and now consists of a number of products...
range, the chocolate is sweeter than that used in the standard Dairy Milk bar.
United Kingdom and Ireland
The version of Snack now marketed in Australia was formerly available in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It has now been discontinued in the UK, but three completely different Cadbury products use the same name. The Snack products currently sold in Ireland and Britain, which are not branded Dairy Milk, come in four different versions. The first is branded Snack Shortcake - six chocolate-coated shortcake
Shortcake
Shortcake is a sweet biscuit .Shortcake is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs. The dry ingredients are blended, and then the butter is cut in and mixed until the mixture resembles cornmeal...
biscuits. The second is called Snack Wafer - three chocolate-coated wafer fingers. The third version is named Snack Sandwich - an individual chocolate and biscuit bar. The fourth, most recent addition is the "Snack Cereal Bar"- a chocolate covered cereal bar formerly called "Brunch". Each Snack product has distinctive coloured packaging - Wafer is pink, Shortcake is yellow and Sandwich is purple. The Snack cereal bar has red package.