KitKats a popular chocolate bar choice among Brits - but a little-known fact about how the wafer bars are made has left shoppers completely gobsmacked
We all love to indulge in a chocolate treat from time to time, and a delicious Kit Kat bar is no exception. A KitKat goes perfectly with your lunchtime meal and is the perfect food to share with a friend. While the wafer bar is a popular choice among many, some people have no idea exactly what ingredients it's made out of.
The Nestlé chocolate bar was first introduced in 1935 and millions of us will remember having one as a treat in our lunchboxes at school or tucking into one to relax after a long shift at work. But do you know how Nestlé makes their famous KitKats?
Popular YouTuber Zack D. Films shared how the chocolate bars are made in a video titled The Inside Of Kit Kats Are Not What You Think. He told viewers that the wafer inside the chocolate treat is actually made from other discarded KitKats that have been broken during the manufacturing process.
Instead of throwing away the unusable bars, the company crushes them up and uses them to make more wafers - helping to reduce Nestlé's waste output. He explained: "They [Nestlé] claim it's just a crisp wafer. But what they actually used to make it might surprise you. Some KitKats get broken while they're being made and instead of throwing them out, the company crushes them up and adds sugar. That's what's on the inside of KitKat bars – it's literally crushed up KitKats."
The viral video left people gobsmacked - as many of them said they had no idea how KitKats were made. One person said: "No way a KitKat is inside of a KitKat, I never would have thought!" While another added: "This takes recycling to another level." But one viewer was left with a very important question, as they asked: "So then … what was the original KitKat bar made of?"
The news that Nestlé uses recycled KitKat bars to make the wafers in new bars of the chocolate treat was first discovered back in 2015, when the company themselves confirmed the process on the BBC documentary, Inside the Factory.
On the show, Gregg Wallace explored the Nestlé factory in York, and employee Julie Walker explained how they make their wafers as cameras showed her pulling damaged bars off the conveyor belt and throwing them into a blue bucket.
When Gregg asked what happens to the bars she collects, Julie said: "They all go into rework, where they’re used for the fillings for the wafers. We’re picking off ones which are not of a good standard."
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