Nestle launches a new chocolate bar using sugar-reduction technology
Nestle’s structured sugar is claimed to help reduce sugar by up to 40 per cent in confectionery and is said to dissolve faster in the mouth, the same as in cotton candy
By David Reid
The food giant Nestle unveiled its first chocolate bar that showcases the company’s new sugar reduction technology.
The firm announced in 2016 that its researchers had managed to change the structure of sugar using only natural ingredients.
Milkybar Wowsomes are being advertised with 30 per cent less sugar and go on sale in the United Kingdom and Ireland next week. The white chocolate bar will contain no artificial sweeteners.
Nestle said in a press release Tuesday that its scientists created “an aerated, porous sugar that dissolves more quickly in the mouth.”
It’s made by spraying a mixture of sugar, milk powder and water into warm air. “The milk stabilises the spray-dried sugar and stops it becoming too sticky”, Nestle added.