Everyone is loving Freddo hot chocolate – but is it any different to the Cadbury’s original?
Freddo hot chocolate has been around since September last year but suddenly everyone is talking about it
FREDDO fans are LOVING the hot drink version of the popular chocolate bar.
But proper fans will know that Freddo hot chocolate launched back in September last year.
Also, eagle-eyed shoppers will have also spotted that the ingredients and calories count for the Freddo tub and Cadbury’s hot drink chocolate are exactly the same.
But the cost of the frog-faced version is more expensive.
Freddo drinking chocolate costs £1.50 for 175g at Tesco, while the same supermarket sells a 500g tub of Cadbury’s for £2.99.
This means Freddo version is sold at 86p per 100g, while the original version is 60p per 100g.
You can also get 500g and 750g tubs of the Cadbury’s hot choc.
Despite this, Mondelez, the company that owns Cadbury’s, claims that its recommended serving suggestions create a “completely different taste and chocolate experience” .
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A spokesperson from Mondelez said: “We have a wide variety of Cadbury hot chocolate products and launched Cadbury Freddo Drinking Chocolate in 2016 as Cadbury Freddo is a much loved brand.
“Cadbury Freddo Drinking Chocolate is designed to be a treat for families and we recommend a serving suggestion which ultimately delivers a completely different taste and chocolate experience thanCadbury Drinking Chocolate, which is designed for adults.
Cadbury's vs Freddo ingredients
Cadbury's hot drinking chocolate, by appointment to H.M The Queen, has the following ingredients:
Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Flavouring, Sugar, Cocoa: traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards, total 99%, Cocoa Solids: 25% minimum
Cadbury's Freddo hot drinking chocolate, by appointment to H.M The Queen, has the following ingredients:
Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Flavouring, Cocoa Solids: 25% minimum, Sugar, Cocoa: traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards, total 99%
“So, once prepared, the two products taste substantially different and present a different nutritional profile.”
But why has the Freddo version suddenly become popular?
The reason for the mix-up could be down to cashback website Shopmium.
It ran a promotion at the beginning of the month where shoppers could get a 175g tub for free at Tesco or Sainsbury’s.
This then caught the eye of hot chocolate fans as savvy shoppers shared snaps of their freebie on social media, with many people then mistaking it for a new launch.
It's not the first time that Freddo fans have been furious.
Eaters of the popular bar expressed their fury on social media earlier this year after the cost of a bar jumped from 25p to 30p.
Cadbury's vs Freddo serving suggestions
Cadbury's hot drinking chocolate serving suggestion:
Preparation Instructions (with 200ml semi-skimmed milk) Swirl three heaped teaspoons of Cadbury Drinking Chocolate into a mug of hot milk and stir.
Alternatively, mix the powder with cold milk in a microwaveable mug and heat in an 800W microwave on high for 1 min, stir then microwave for a further 30secs. Stir before drinking.
Cadbury's Freddo hot drinking chocolate serving suggestion:
Preparation Instruction (with 200 ml semi-skimmed milk). Swirl one heaped teaspoon of Cadbury Freddo Drinking Chocolate into a mug of hot milk and stir. For a cold drink, make a paste with a dash of cold milk and stir until the mixture is dispersed, then add the remaining cold milk and stir well.
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