Maltesers
maltesers
Product Insights
Maltesers are a chocolate confectionery belonging to the sugary snacks and sweets categories, marketed as a bite‑size milk‑chocolate treat. With a Nutri‑Score of E and a NOVA group of 4, the product is high in fat (25 g/100 g), saturated fat (15 g), sugars (53 g) and salt (0.42 g), while providing modest protein (8.1 g) and calcium. It carries a vegetarian label and a fair‑trade claim, but contains gluten, milk and soy allergens.
Nutrient Levels
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Nutritional Values
Values per 100 g/ml
Comparative Analysis
Compared with the average sweet snack, Maltesers contain roughly twice the fat (25 g vs 10.5 g), more than double the saturated fat (15 g vs 7 g) and slightly higher salt (0.42 g vs 0.36 g), while sugar levels are similar to the category average.
Ingredients
Sugar, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, cocoa mass, palm fat, lactose and protein from whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), milk fat, emulsifiers (soy lecithin, E492), wheat flour, palm kernel fat, palm kernel oil, raising agents (E341, E500, E501), wheat gluten, salt, glazing agent (pectins), natural vanilla extract. Milk chocolate contains milk solids 14% minimum.
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