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| Walnut snip: Nestlé cuts nut out of chocolate after prices surge | Walnut snip: Nestlé cuts nut out of chocolate after prices surge |
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| Company says new Walnut Whips cater to people who do not like nuts, but it comes after UK prices rose 20% earlier this year | |
| Sarah Butler | |
| Tue 15 Aug 2017 18.45 BST | |
| Last modified on Tue 15 Aug 2017 18.59 BST | |
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| Following shrinking Maltesers bags and Toblerones with bigger gaps, Nestlé has announced the “walnot whip”, launching the first nut-free versions of its oldest chocolate brand after the price of the key ingredient surged. | Following shrinking Maltesers bags and Toblerones with bigger gaps, Nestlé has announced the “walnot whip”, launching the first nut-free versions of its oldest chocolate brand after the price of the key ingredient surged. |
| The vanilla and caramel versions of the Walnut Whip, a cone of milk chocolate with a fondant filling, will go on sale this week under the Nestlé Whip brand, with a mint variant to follow next month. | The vanilla and caramel versions of the Walnut Whip, a cone of milk chocolate with a fondant filling, will go on sale this week under the Nestlé Whip brand, with a mint variant to follow next month. |
| First produced by Duncan’s of Edinburgh in 1910, Nestlé claims one Walnut Whip is eaten every two seconds in the UK. | First produced by Duncan’s of Edinburgh in 1910, Nestlé claims one Walnut Whip is eaten every two seconds in the UK. |
| The company has previously offered alternative flavours to the classic vanilla, but all have been topped with half a walnut. | The company has previously offered alternative flavours to the classic vanilla, but all have been topped with half a walnut. |
| Alison Clinton, the brand manager of chocolate classics at Nestlé UK and Ireland, said: “These new products will offer consumers more choice, enabling them to share their favourite products with their family and friends.” | Alison Clinton, the brand manager of chocolate classics at Nestlé UK and Ireland, said: “These new products will offer consumers more choice, enabling them to share their favourite products with their family and friends.” |
| The new variants cater to those who do not like nuts, but are also being launched as nut prices rise in the UK. | The new variants cater to those who do not like nuts, but are also being launched as nut prices rise in the UK. |
| A combination of the falling value of the pound, strong global demand, particularly in Asia, and a poor crop last year in Chile, one of the world’s major producers, pushed up prices in Britain by about 20% earlier this year, according to Helen Graham, an importer. | A combination of the falling value of the pound, strong global demand, particularly in Asia, and a poor crop last year in Chile, one of the world’s major producers, pushed up prices in Britain by about 20% earlier this year, according to Helen Graham, an importer. |
| “There was a shortage of crop and then there is the additional factor of exchange rates and rising transport costs as well,” she said. | “There was a shortage of crop and then there is the additional factor of exchange rates and rising transport costs as well,” she said. |
| Nestlé said walnut fans would still be able to buy single Walnut Whips all year round and six-packs at Christmas. | Nestlé said walnut fans would still be able to buy single Walnut Whips all year round and six-packs at Christmas. |
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