Nestle debuting first vegan KitKat bar this year
Chocolate goes plant-based.
A vegan model of Nestle’s KitKat is coming quickly for sweet-lovers in search of a dairy different, the corporate introduced on its website Tuesday. The different chocolate is slated to hit cabinets within the U.Okay. this year.
Nestle’s new vegan KitKat, referred to as KitKat V, is licensed vegan and comprised of 100% sustainable cocoa. (Nestle)
The new vegan KitKat, referred to as KitKat V, is licensed vegan and comprised of 100% sustainable cocoa; nonetheless, the model didn’t reveal precisely what it was subbing in for the non-fat milk utilized in its conventional milk chocolate bars. The firm has used rice, oat, soy, coconut, pea and almonds for its different plant-based choices; Bloomberg is reporting that this explicit KitKat will use a rice-based milk substitute.
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KitKat V was created within the U.Okay., the place Nestlé’s confectionery researchers aimed to make a vegan model of its iconic candy that may “live up to the high expectations of KitKat lovers everywhere.”
This is not the firm’s first foray into the plant-based market, both. Nestle has non-dairy ice cream, espresso creamers, rice-and-oat-based drinks and non-dairy cheese throughout its meals portfolio, along with its plant-based burgers.
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The new KitKat V bars will probably be rolled out in Britain to start out. KitKat, in the meantime, is produced beneath the license of Hershey within the United States — and never Nestle — so it is nonetheless unsure when, or if, the U.S. will get a style anytime quickly.
