Nestle has made a major manufacturing change to two of its most popular products, meaning they can no longer be called chocolate. Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband are no longer classed as chocolate after their reformulation pushes them below the threshold. In order to be labelled as milk chocolate in the UK, a product needs a minimum of 20% cocoa solids and 20% milk solids.

Due to an increased cost in ingredients , Nestle has reformulated the two items, but has insisted they were "carefully developed and sensory tested". Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband will now be described as "encased in a smooth milk chocolate flavour coating" rather than being coated in milk chocolate. It added that the company has no plans to change the recipes of any other chocolate products.

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