Suchard nougat is an indispensable classic of the Christmas holidays, almost like the Christmas ballads of Mariah Carey and Santa’s reindeer.
This crunchy classic nougat of supreme quality and its iconic golden design They are the work of the multinational Mondelez.
For years Mercadona clone everything that works at a nutritional level, looked at the success of these bars and launched its Hacendado Crunchy Chocolate Nougat.
And now, years later, in Spanish homes it is very difficult to spend every day of this celebration without bumping with one of these bars, whether at home, at the in-laws’ house or when toasting at the end of the New Year or Epiphany.
Whatever you do, this bar always hits the spot Less expectedand it does so because it goes from the category of dessert nougat to a super addictive sweet snack that, like Nocilla’s sandwiches for children 30 years ago, everyone likes.
Certainly, this nougat returns every year and does so without cracks: in a big way, anticipating as much as he can and taking up as much space as possible, even as a food hook next to the boxes so that, when leaving, no one forgets to take their bar.
And this is because Juan Roig’s chain knows for a fact that it begins to be consumed many weeks before Christmas, especially since it is not so much a dessert as a pecking snack.
In addition, this nougat has a extra bonus: a kind of blessing for celiac lovers of the Valencian supermarket chain, since it is a gluten-free version, unlike the original, which is prohibited to this group.
By Antiu Xixona
This work of marketing art is manufactured by the Alicante company specialized in nougat Antiu Xixonawhich uses sugar, nut paste (hazelnut and almond), cocoa butter and crunchy cereals to make it.
Also, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, emulsifiers and aromas. This combo, with sugar as the most important ingredient, makes every 100 grams add up. more than 500 calories to our diet (48 grams of sugar and 28 of fat).
These tablets, 1.70 euros per bar of 250 grams, they cost 6.80 euros per kilo. In the same Mercadona, the 260-gram Suchard bar costs 3.50 euros; that is, 13.4 euros per kilo.
Long live this nougat that solves pre-Christmas desserts and snacks two in one, yes, this year ten cents more expensive than the previous Christmas, a victim of the general rise in prices.
Other companies have also seen the vein and this clone is no longer just a proposal that can be found in Mercadona, since also Lidl It has a crunchy white label chocolate nougat that imitates the classic Suchard.
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For its part, the authentic Suchard continues to differentiate itself from these clones by being a supreme quality nougat and also by a series of launches for new consumers: such as the Suchard with Oreo cookies.
Photo | Joana Costa and Mercadona
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