What Is Chocolate?
Chocolate is a food product made from roasted and ground cocoa pods mixed with fat (e.g. cocoa butter) and powdered sugar to produce a solid confectionery. There are several types of chocolate, classified primarily according to the proportion of cocoa and fat content used in a particular formulation.
Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civilization (19th–11th century BCE), and the majority of Mesoamerican people, including the Maya and Aztecs, made chocolate beverages.
What Are Chocolates Made Of In South Africa?
Major Cadbury chocolate brands present in South Africa include Dairy Milk, Flake, Sweetie Pie, Crunchie, Milk Tray, Tumbles, Tempo and Caramello Bears, the latter of which is targeted at children.
What Is The Best Chocolate In South Africa?
Three confectionery companies – namely Cadbury owner Mondelēz, Nestlé, and Beacon owner, Tiger Brands – account for nearly three quarters of the market in South Africa.
Citing Euromonitor, BusinessDay noted that Mondelēz tops the country’s chocolate confectionery with a value share of 42%, followed by Nestlé SA at 23%, and Tiger Brand’s Beacon at 8%.
Mondelēz South Africa is the largest confectionery business in the country, enjoying market leadership in the chocolate, chewing gum and bubble-gum categories.
The company’s portfolio includes some of the largest snacking brands in the world, including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Halls, Oreo and Stimorol gum.
In addition, Mondelēz SA is the custodian of iconic and well-loved local brands such as Chappies bubble gum, Chomp, Lunch Bar and Dentyne chewing gum.
Mondelēz SA’s best selling chocolates are:
- Cadbury Lunch Bar 46g
- Cadbury Lunch Bar mini 23g
- Cadbury Chomp 22g
- Cadbury P.S. Caramilk 46g
- Cadbury Crunchie 41g
Citing Euromonitor, BusinessDay noted that Mondelēz tops the country’s chocolate confectionery with a value share of 42%, followed by Nestlé SA at 23%, and Tiger Brand’s Beacon at 8%.
Mondelēz South Africa is the largest confectionery business in the country, enjoying market leadership in the chocolate, chewing gum and bubble-gum categories.
The company’s portfolio includes some of the largest snacking brands in the world, including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Halls, Oreo and Stimorol gum.
In addition, Mondelēz SA is the custodian of iconic and well-loved local brands such as Chappies bubble gum, Chomp, Lunch Bar and Dentyne chewing gum.
Mondelēz SA’s best selling chocolates are:
- Cadbury Lunch Bar 46g
- Cadbury Lunch Bar mini 23g
- Cadbury Chomp 22g
- Cadbury P.S. Caramilk 46g
- Cadbury Crunchie 41g
Henri Nestlé, a Swiss pharmacist, established the world-renowned Nestlé brand in 1866, and today contains some of the most recognisable chocolate brands including: Tex, Smarties, Rolo, Milo, Milky Bar, Chocolate Log, Peppermint Crisp, and Areo.
Nestlés best best selling chocolates are:
- Kit-Kat
- BarOne
- Aero