White chocolate 2004, white chocolate must be (by weight) at least 20% cocoa butter, 14% total milk solids, and 3.5% milk fat, and no more than 55% sugar or other sweeteners. Before this date, American firms required temporary marketing permits to sell white chocolate. The European Union has adopted the same standards, except that there is no limit on sugar or sweeteners. In the 1930s, the white chocolate Milkybar was launched in Europe by Swiss company Nestlé. In North America, Kuno Baedeker developed a white chocolate while working for the Merckens Chocolate Company in 1945. White chocolate White chocolate does not contain
Nestlé Milk Chocolate segment-leader Hershey bar, and was even created in a similar form as their competitor. The closest Nestlé product to them is the Nestlé Crunch, which is very similar to Nestlé Milk Chocolate, the main difference being that Nestlè Crunch has puffed rice, while Nestlé Milk Chocolate does not. A similar product, Yorkie made by Nestlé, is not to be confused with Nestlé Milk Chocolate as it is a completely different product, as the Yorkie bar was originally created by British firm Rowntree of York to compete with Cadbury Dairy Milk. Nestlé also produces many other brands of chocolate/syrup. Nestlé Milk