Nestlé will soon launch a vegan Kit Kat bar, expected to be the first chocolate bar from a major candy brand that is 100 percent vegan.
A press release on the company’s website announced the move, noting that it was part of the global food brand’s greater effort to “help people embrace a more plant-based diet, with options for the wide range of foods and beverages.” .
“Taste was a key factor in developing the plant-based chocolate for our new vegan KitKat. We used our expertise in ingredients, along with a testing and learning approach, to create a delicious vegan alternative to our original KitKat chocolate,” said a Nestle representative. said in the press release.
Several other major candy offerings, including Sour Patch Kids and Twizzlers, are vegan, but making vegan chocolate products has proven challenging for some candy companies due to the presence of milk in many chocolate products. Dark chocolate is easier to make by vegan standards, but some major brands, including Lindt, are not vegan.
“One of the most common requests we see on social media is for a vegan KitKat, so we’re excited to make that wish come true,” Alexander von Maillot, head of the pastry shop at Nestle, said in the release. : “I can’t wait for people to try this incredibly tasty new KitKat. This is a product for anyone who wants a little more plant-based life!”
In 2015, the Food Guidelines Advisory Committee recommended for the first time that a vegan diet or a diet in which the consumer eats or drinks less animal products has a lower environmental impact.