KitKats and Yorkies are having their sugar content reduced by 10 per cent and Twitter is FURIOUS
CHOCOLATE lovers everywhere are fuming about a new change coming to a selection of their favourite bars.
After news that confectionery giant Nestle is vowing to slash the amount of sugar in some of their most well-known treats, Twitter is in uproar.
Although the firm has insisted the taste will stay the same, many dedicated folk are horrified that their much-loved KitKats and Yorkies will be changing.
Although health campaigners welcomed the move, many fans fear that Nestle’s chocolate and sweets will be different after a recipe revamp.
One user wrote: “OMG Kit Kat's and Yorkies are going on a diet in 2017..... Shake My Head.”
“Is nothing sacred?”, another added.
Another user tweeted: "Elf [sic] and safety at it again."
One young woman even said that her morning had been "ruined" by the news.
Aero fan Matthew Cottrell, 29, a mortgage advisor, from St Neots, Cambs, said: “I cannot imagine how this won’t make bars taste different.
“I understand that the we all need to eat less sugar but that’s surely a choice we can all make not be forced into? I exercise so when I have a treat I want it to taste just how I know it.”
Nestle says it will replace sugar with existing ingredients – this could mean more cocoa generally.
But, one Twitter user tried to see the bright side, adding: “This just means i can eat more sugary foods!”
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Nestle has pointed to science as a way to cut sugar and keep taste and is patenting a new way to reformulate sugar to make its molecules bigger - so they can use less and still create the same level of sweetness.
It announced the breakthrough in December and reckons it allows it to use 40 per cent less for the same taste.
Meanwhile, after it was revealed that the KitKat filling is made from ground-up pieces of other KitKats, another user sparked a whole new debate, asking: “If Kit Kat filling is made from ground up Kit Kats, then how did they make the first Kit Kat?”