Chocolate bars nestle. Nestle - from its origins to the present day

Everyone knows the products of the Nestle company: cocoa, chocolate, sweets are produced under this brand. It is famous for its quality and popularity, it is recommended for use by children, since any product of the company contains many useful substances necessary for a growing child's body. But few people know the history of the company.

History of the company

The man after whom it got its name was a simple pharmacist, his name was Henri Nestlé. In 1966, he invented powdered milk formula, which was filled with water. It turned out very healthy and nutritious milk of artificial origin. This discovery was made for mothers who, for one reason or another, could not breastfeed their children. The invention received rapid recognition and popularity. Henri decided not to stop on his achievement and opened a factory for his own production of dry mixes for children. Its opening took place in the second half of 1966.

In parallel with this, Henri constantly experimented with ingredients. So, shortly after opening, condensed milk appeared. Further, Henri developed a unique recipe for a tasty and healthy treat by mixing milk powder and cocoa bean powder. Milk chocolate was invented in 1975. Soon Nestlé factories were founded in England and Spain. Developing, the company founded subsidiaries in Germany, Hong Kong, Bombay and Singapore.

Composition and calories

Today, the company's chocolate comes in a variety of flavors. Almonds, hazelnuts, coconut, nuts and raisins are added to it. There is a variety that combines white and dark chocolate. The taste of this product is surprisingly soft and delicate. Unlike most other similar treats, it is not overly sweet. The content of natural powder is 31 percent. For a dairy treat, this is a fairly high figure, which indicates good quality.

Ingredients: vanilla, flavor, soy lecithin, cocoa mass, cocoa powder, milk powder.

Calorie content is 514 kcal. This company also has low-calorie products, such as Nestlé Fitness cereal.

Despite the natural composition, it should be remembered that it is not recommended to eat it too often. High caloric content is good for schoolchildren and students during difficult learning tasks. However, if you abuse even natural milk chocolate, there is a risk of obesity. There may be problems with blood sugar, an increase in the level of bad cholesterol. Increasingly, there is an allergic reaction to the cocoa powder contained in any chocolate.

Nestlé is a bright representative of quality products that has maintained its reputation for many years. Chocolate and its other products are loved by sweet tooth of all ages. Remember to take precautions, then Nestlé delicacies will bring you benefit and pleasure.

Are there people who are indifferent to chocolate? Probably not. This delicacy is equally loved by adults and children, men and women around the world. And if you don’t like chocolate, you simply didn’t find “your” taste or tried a low-quality product. A well-known Swiss chocolate company, Nestlé, can satisfy the most demanding gourmet. Doubt? Then the following article is for you.

Why do we love chocolate?

Few of the lovers of cocoa products know that initially chocolate was a bitter drink, to which they added hot pepper and drank to invigorate the spirit and tone the body. Quite by chance, the pepper was replaced with sugar and chocolate got a new life - completely new taste properties were opened, while the tonic effect remained.

Indeed, chocolate has not only pleasant taste qualities: it contains substances that produce a “hormone of happiness” in a person, and also give a feeling of cheerfulness and clarity. In moderation, chocolate also has a positive effect on the walls of blood vessels, blood pressure and the digestive system.

The other side of the coin, oddly enough, is the taste of the product. For a wide range of consumers, a lot of sugar is added to the composition of chocolates, and unscrupulous manufacturers use vegetable fats, flavoring and aromatic additives and preservatives to reduce the cost of production. In combination with a large amount of sugar, this set can damage teeth, lead to weight gain, deterioration of the skin and blood vessels.

Is all chocolate equally good?

Chocolate, which enters the markets, can be divided into bitter, milk and white. Bitter or dark chocolate is the most useful: it contains the largest amount of cocoa in its composition (more than 55%) and the minimum amount of sugar. Not everyone can appreciate its taste. For example, children traditionally do not like such a delicacy, preferring milk chocolate to it.

Nestlé milk chocolate was first made by adding condensed milk to the classic recipe. A little later, it was replaced by milk powder, which simplified production, but at the same time did not affect the taste.

It rapidly gained popularity and today remains the most sought-after delicacy around the world.

But not all chocolate is equally good: the taste and beneficial properties of this sweet product directly depend on the composition. It should not contain artificial additives and vegetable fats. Therefore, there is no need to save money and experiment: it is better to choose proven brands that follow their reputation and know what real chocolate is. Nestlé is a Swiss company that is considered one of the world leaders in this field.

Variety of choice

When choosing chocolate, you need to be prepared for a huge assortment that manufacturers can offer today, so as not to get confused and not succumb to the persuasion of sellers. So, to make a decision, you need to know the following main products:

• Bitter or dark chocolate. It has a pronounced taste of cocoa, contains a minimum amount of sugar and additives. Most helpful.
• Milk chocolate. It contains milk powder and a sufficient amount of sugar. When choosing, you should monitor the absence of vegetable fats in the composition.
• White chocolate. Does not contain cocoa beans, but is made with cocoa butter. Includes the largest amount of sugar, which is why it has the highest energy value.
• Chocolate with additives. In any of the above types of products, nuts, raisins, marmalade, yogurt, waffles, etc. can be added. It is especially worth choosing such delicacies for people suffering from allergies.

The product is most often packaged in tiles of 100 or 200 grams, as well as in bars. In addition, each manufacturer comes up with their own exclusive forms of packaging and packaging: for example, you can buy Nestle hot or bulk chocolate and enjoy the taste as much as you want.

Milk rivers, chocolate banks

However, milk chocolate is by far the most popular. If you decide to opt for this particular type of confectionery, remember that Nestlé chocolate is the first and highest quality on the market.

The products of this company are manufactured in Switzerland and meet the highest quality standards. In addition, you can find a product for every taste. In addition to standard tiles, Nestle produces hot chocolate and bars that are in no way inferior to the classic product.

White chocolate

True connoisseurs of this dessert do not get tired of arguing about whether the white analogue has the right to be called chocolate itself. Undoubtedly! Yes, in the composition it does not contain cocoa powder and does not have the characteristic taste of a classic product. But the content of cocoa butter and the original recipe allow white chocolate to take its rightful place among the huge range of products.

Produces such a product and the company "Nestlé". White chocolate of this brand can be safely bought by those who appreciate quality. In its manufacture, vegetable fats and flavor enhancers are not used, and just enough sugar is used so as not to interrupt the taste of the chocolate itself.

White chocolate is a great alternative for those with a sweet tooth who are allergic to cocoa beans.

Gourmets must try

Chocolate "Nestlé" can satisfy the most refined taste. If you don't like the classic sweet squares, maybe you should try it hot? It is available in convenient dosed sachets and is very easy to prepare: you just need to pour the contents of the sachet with hot water or milk - and the drink is ready. It will warm the coldest evening and bring a feeling of inner warmth and happiness.

And for those who are difficult to surprise, Nestle chocolate with mint is suitable. This is a truly extraordinary combination for true connoisseurs of fine taste. The company produces such an unusual delicacy in thin small slices that resemble tea bags. Each piece skillfully combines the mild sweetness of dark chocolate with the refreshing taste of mint. If you need to surprise someone with an unusual gift, choose Nestlé mint chocolate. The photo below shows how original and unusual the box with such an exotic delicacy looks.

What do chocolate lovers say?

Of course, before choosing any product, you should not only find out as much information about it as possible, but also read the reviews of chocolate lovers. Today it is not at all difficult to do this.

Chocolate "Nestlé" leaves an exceptionally favorable impression on everyone who has tried it. Girls note a pleasant creamy aftertaste, soft delicate texture and beautiful packaging of the product.

More practical men talk about great taste along with excellent quality and convenient packaging. Everyone, regardless of taste preferences, notes the worthy composition of the product, which indicates high quality and compliance with production technology.

Therefore, it is definitely worth trying the product of this brand.

We use consciously

Of course, chocolate is a tasty and healthy delicacy. But when buying and printing another tile, you need to remember that this confectionery contains a large amount of sugar, which can negatively affect the condition of the teeth and figure.

One 100-gram chocolate bar contains an average of 500 kilocalories. And this is a quarter of the daily intake for an adult. You don’t need to eat this sweet in front of the TV or under stress - the volume of what you eat is less controlled, and the hand itself reaches for a new piece.

By observing moderation in the use of high-quality chocolate, you will improve your mood and not harm your health!

During our trip to Gruyères in Switzerland, we stopped by the factory where Cailler Swiss chocolate is made. In fact, Cailler chocolate and Nestlé chocolate are one and the same, since in 1929 the Nestlé company bought this oldest Swiss chocolate brand, with which it had been collaborating for many years. And now the Swiss Cailler chocolate is considered an elite direction in the Nestle company, and the factory is called Maison Cailler.

In my opinion, if you plan Holidays in Switzerland with children- a must-do on your list of excursions is a visit to this factory in the Gruyère district of the canton of Friborg. Moreover, for children under 16 years old, admission is free. True, knowledge of a foreign language is desirable, since the tour is not provided in Russian, and the history of chocolate is quite interesting.

This Nestle chocolate factory is located in the Alpine village of Brock, not far from the town. You can get from Gruyere to Broc by train, which runs every hour (according to the winter schedule). An adult ticket costs 7 francs, the ride takes 25 minutes. Stop right at the entrance to the chocolate factory, the main thing is to buy a ticket to Broc-Fabrique, and not to Broc-Village gare.

The Cailler chocolate factory is quite new; on its territory there is a chocolate shop, a cafe and an excursion hall. The store deserves special attention. Here you can see and buy not only ordinary chocolate bars, but also souvenir chocolate figurines, caps, T-shirts and much more. We visited the Nestle factory in March, and here preparations for Easter are already in full swing. Therefore, here you can see chocolate bunnies and chocolate eggs - the symbols of Easter in Europe.

In addition, you can immediately buy special cocoa powder for cooking, which I wrote about a little earlier. Also, visitors to the excursion to the chocolate factory have the opportunity to visit the workshop where chocolates are prepared. As on, there is an atelier where you can make your own chocolate masterpiece. At the Nestle factory, the atelier looks more solid, there is more room for creativity and there were a lot of people who wanted to.

Tours of the chocolate factory are offered in five languages ​​- English, French, German, Italian and Spanish at various times. We did not have to wait long, information is displayed on a special electronic scoreboard when your tour begins according to the tickets purchased. Almost like at the airport. True, in the summer the wait can be delayed, because there are much more people who come to rest in Switzerland with children in summer than in winter.

There was no one else in our group in English and we went on our own. We first entered a dark room filled with the scent of chocolate. Then the door opened and we entered the next dark room, and the announcer began to tell us about the history of chocolate. At first, our daughter didn’t really like the darkness, she became capricious, but then she realized that everything can be touched and got carried away.

When people first began to get acquainted with chocolate, it looked completely different from what we are used to now, it took thousands of years to get chocolate in bars! The Mayan Indian tribes, and before them the Olmecs, who lived in Mexico, discovered cocoa trees and their unusual fruits a thousand years before our era. Throwing these fruits into the water and stirring them, they got a drink with a bitter and slightly strange taste. And, surprisingly, after drinking it, people felt a surge of energy, so powerful that it was even considered inappropriate to give it to women and children.

In the future, the Mayan tribes were replaced by the Aztecs, who already had entire plantations of cocoa trees, learned to add spices to the chocolate drink: cloves, chili peppers, vanillin, whipped it to a state of foam. Drinking chocolatl (as it was then called - bitter water) could only be chosen because of its great value - the Aztecs revered cocoa beans as real treasures, used them for magical rituals, and also as money: a few grains were valued higher than the cost of slaves or livestock .

Chocolatl was the favorite drink of the great Aztec emperor Montezuma. Christopher Columbus was the first European to taste a chocolate drink. He even brought it with him from his expedition, but either the Spanish king Ferdinand did not like his taste, or the correct cooking recipe was lost, or other treasures brought by Columbus were of much greater interest, but then Europe was the same with chocolate. did not meet. This happened a few years later thanks to the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico and the Aztec tribe - Hernando Cortes. Initially, chocolate fell in love with the Spanish royal court and among high society. They began to add sugar, vanilla to the chocolate drink, and tried to warm it up. From Spain, chocolate came to France, then to England, and so spread throughout Europe, but was still the privilege of aristocrats. In England, milk was added to the drink, and its taste improved a lot.

And the most significant changes occurred with chocolate in the 19th century. First, in Holland, they learned how to extract oil from cocoa beans, resulting in cocoa powder and cocoa butter. During the tour, we were given a taste of this oil - a completely tasteless creamy mass. But with the subsequent mixing of this mass in certain proportions with cocoa powder and sugar, it has already become possible to cast chocolate bars.

The invention of powdered milk powder in Switzerland made it possible to create milk chocolate. Swiss chocolate masters Henri Nestle and Daniel Pieter worked on this process for several years. Another Swiss, Rudolf Lindt, managed to invent a special machine for long-term mixing of the chocolate mass, due to which excess moisture was removed from it and the chocolate acquired the most delicate homogeneous structure. That's why the Swiss chocolate brands Nestlé and Lindt, and also Kohler, are such a real classic. It was their founders who stood at the origins of the invention of chocolate. Like this history of chocolate, which you will be told about during a tour of the Nestle chocolate factory in Maison Cailler.

Do you know how dark chocolate differs from dark, milk and white? Dark chocolate contains almost no sugar, it consists only of cocoa powder and cocoa butter. Have you ever tried chocolate with 99% cocoa content? He's downright bitter! Probably, this was the taste of the chocolatl drink that the Mayans and Aztecs drank 🙂 If the percentage of cocoa is reduced to 60%, but not less than 35%, then dark chocolate will turn out, it has more sugar, but it is considered more useful than milk chocolate. Although milk chocolate tastes much nicer and sweeter - milk powder, vanillin, more sugar are added to it. Milk chocolate contains 25 to 35 percent cocoa. And white chocolate contains no cocoa powder at all! It contains only cocoa butter, vanillin, milk powder, sugar and many different additives.

During a tour of the Nestle chocolate factory in Switzerland, you can see whole bags of cocoa beans and various nuts, as well as see how chocolates are made on a special machine.

And this is a real life-size chocolate cow!

Well, the most interesting thing about the whole tour is that you can taste various chocolates made at the Cailler factory.

In total, we were given about 20 types of sweets. Knowing that we would have a tasting, we took a bottle of water with us. But, even drinking chocolate with water, we could not taste all the sweets, they were so sweet.

Tour tickets to the Nestle Cailler chocolate factory costs 10 francs, for students - 8 francs, for children with parents - free of charge. The atelier is a little more expensive than at the chocolate factory in Geneva - 75 francs. But for children, the studio costs 25 francs. It is advisable to look at the official website of Maison Cailler before the trip, you may be able to find promotional offers and discounts on tickets. We visited this factory with the book Passeport Loisirs, which I wrote about in a story about a trip to Gruyères, and we got one adult ticket for free.

I hope you enjoyed the history of the origin of chocolate and acquaintance with the Swiss chocolate brand Nestle at the Maison Cailler factory and also now you know where you should definitely go if you are going on vacation in Switzerland with children 🙂

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Nestle, perhaps almost the only manufacturer that know absolutely everything, because Nestle produces an incredible variety of products under its own brand. This list includes baby food and cereals, coffee and various drinks, breakfast cereals and biscuits, sweets and chocolate, pharmaceutical products and even cosmetics. Thus, Nestlé product range currently has over 2000 trademarks, which can be easily found on the shelves in the supermarket, from food to household chemicals.

Next door to Henry Nestle lived young man Daniel Peter, who was engaged in the production of chocolate and for many years tried to create milk chocolate. But, like many other chocolate manufacturers, nothing worked out for him until he had a wonderful idea - to use Henry Nestlé's milk powder instead of regular milk. And so milk chocolate was born.

Soon Daniel Peter's chocolate factory is part of Nestle, which has already become a rather big and well-known corporation in its field.

When Henry Nestle saw that his products are gaining popularity and there are too many competitors in both milk formula and chocolate, he decides to use a nest with birds as a trademark on his products. By the way, Nestle is translated as "little nest". This badge is the family coat of arms of the Nestlé family.

Nestle strictly monitors the quality of its products. Doing everything for competitiveness with other manufacturers of chocolate products. It should be noted that Nestle is fighting fiercely with everyone who tries to "borrow" from them not only the recipe, but also the appearance of the chocolate produced.

An example is recent Nestle lawsuit against Cadbury who tried to copy the shape of the KitKat chocolate. Nestle spent seven years and a lot of money on this, but they achieved their goal. Although Cadbury tried to appeal, but, as the court ruled, the four-fingered form KitKat chocolates was invented back in 1935 and has always been associated with by Nestle.

The bright yellow packaging of Nesquik chocolate has long been a symbol of wonderful creamy taste and excellent quality for the sweet tooth. And for good reason: this delicacy really differs from other chocolate bars in its affordable price and the taste of real chocolate. But Nesquik is not only chocolate, it is also cocoa, and chocolate balls, and chocolate bars for a snack on the run. How did this brand become famous?

The history of the Nesquik chocolate brand

Nesquik didn't start with chocolate. The company that now makes the beloved bars was originally a baby food business, and in 1948 developed the first cocoa powder-based product: instant cocoa powder, designed to make it easier for mothers to pamper their children. This cocoa was called Nestle Quick for the speed of its preparation. And only two years later, in 1950, the first milk chocolate bar was released, also under this name. Years passed, and in 1999 Nestle Quick turned into the familiar, short and capacious name Nesquik, as if absorbing all the chocolate sweetness of products manufactured under this name.

Rabbit Quickie - "Face" Nesquik

The well-known cheerful rabbit on the packaging of Nesquik products also did not appear immediately. He first became known as the hero of an advertisement for the Nestle Quik drink, but his sociable nature and memorable appearance made him a favorite of the public, and then the mascot (mascot) of the entire Quik product line. Around his neck, this rabbit, originally called Quick Bunny, wore a medallion with the letter Q. With the name change of the brand itself in 1999, he changed the name and the rabbit, and became Quicky. The rabbit medallion has also changed: now it has the letter N on it.

Nesquik Products

Nesquik is not only chocolate, although it is he who is known first of all to the sweet tooth. Of course, who can forget its rich taste after tasting this delicacy at least once? Nesquik is not just chocolate, it is a combination of the noble creamy taste of a milky treat made from the best ingredients, and a milk or strawberry filling that adds new, soft and slightly sour notes to the taste. As part of this chocolate, there are no artificial colors and preservatives, which makes it not only tasty, but also healthy. And the games and stickers in each pack are great fun for kids.

In addition to chocolate under the Nesquik brand, a delicious instant cocoa drink still appears in stores. Despite the fact that strawberry is also produced, buyers are much more familiar with and love the chocolate taste and alluring cocoa aroma. This drink is quickly prepared and really makes life easier for mothers, allowing them to pamper their children with a delicious and healthy treat every day.

The demand for ready-made Nesquik breakfasts is not falling either. Delicious chocolate-flavoured balls and pillows, combined with milk, have become a favorite treat not only for many children, but also for adults. This product not only has a wonderful taste, but also contains many useful substances. A plate of chocolate-flavored Nesquik balls will surely energize you for the whole day. And milk, thanks to the ball, acquiring a chocolate taste, will definitely please cocoa lovers.

Another favorite sweet of many gourmets is Nesquik bars for a quick snack. This chocolate treat with milk filling and crunchy cereal balls pleases the sweet tooth with its wonderful taste and satiates those who have no time to waste time on a snack, and those who prefer to eat on the run. There are many useful substances in the composition of the bars, and their consumption has a beneficial effect on the health and well-being of sweet lovers.

The only drawback of Nesquik brand products is that because of their breathtaking taste, they never stale either in stores or on the table at home.