Banjo (chocolate bar)

Banjo was a chocolate bar of the U.S. food group "Mars Incorporated " and was developed by the subsidiary " Masterfoods " based in width Brunn am Neusiedler See ( Austria ) produced. The bolt was with and crushed hazelnut waffle, covered with milk chocolate cream.

History

The developer of the bar is not known. He was brought to life in the 1970s in Austria and was since 1979 in Germany commercially available. Before the product was known briefly under the name Skittles, but was hardly advertised under that name. It was not until the late 1970s, the latch is in Banjo was renamed and enjoyed greater popularity. At the beginning of the 1980s there was for a short time the variant Banjo coconut. End of the 80 was replaced with hazelnut peanut. Around 2009, the production was stopped.

Ingredients and data

In a banjo bolt following ingredients were included:

Sugar, hazelnuts, hydrogenated vegetable fat, wheat flour, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, fat -reduced cocoa powder, butterfat, lactose, demineralised whey powder, maltodextrin, emulsifier soya lecithin, raising agents sodium bicarbonate (baking soda ), flavorings, salt

The shape of the bar corresponding to an elongated, rather narrow rectangle. The weight was 31 grams. In addition, Banjo was, just like the bars of Twix, two-piece packed. The taste and the design of the package were changed in the course of time. Also Banjo Minis were commercially available.

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Sources

• Brand Name (food)
• Chocolate
• Confectionery