Kinder Bueno

Kinder Bueno (Kinder is German for "children", bueno is Spanish for "good") is a chocolate bar made by Italian confectionery maker Ferrero. Kinder Bueno, part of the Kinder Chocolate brand line, is a hazelnut cream filled chocolate bar, that contains small amounts of wafer.

Kinder Bueno
Product typechocolate bar
OwnerFerrero SpA
CountryItaly
Introduced1978 (1978)
Websitekinder.com/bueno
Nutritional info
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy1,000 kJ (240 kcal)
49.5 g
37.3 g
4.2 g
MineralsQuantity
%DV†
Sodium
7%
106 mg
†Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.

It has been up for some debate whether a Kinder Bueno is a chocolate bar or a wafer. It is sold in packs of two, three, six, and boxes of twelve.

Kinder Bueno was first marketed in Italy in 1978 and 1991 in Germany.

Production

The Kinder Bueno bar is made in the factories of France and Warsaw, Poland. In its early beginnings, the twin Kinder Bueno had hazelnut cream inside an actual hazelnut shell, but because the product was targeting children the idea was dropped after only two years, and only the nut filling remains. In 2012 they made the same bar, except with ingredients such as white nougat and white chocolate. Currently they also added to their assortment Kinder Bueno White and Kinder Bueno Mini[1]

Criticism

Mineral Oil Hydrocarbon Contamination

The European Food Safety Authority found the chocolate to be contaminated with high levels of aromatic hydrocarbons, a likely carcinogen.[2] Hydrocarbon contamination is often caused by grain processing techniques, or is introduced to the food by the product's packaging. Kinder's parent company Ferrero disagreed with the EFSA finding, and maintained all products contain below the maximum levels for human consumption. Other common chocolate products were found to contain similar or higher levels of contamination.[3]

References
  1. "The indulgent taste of Kinder Bueno". Kinder Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  2. Kinder chocolate 'contain dangerous levels of likely carcinogens'. The Independent. Retrieved on 22 March 2021
  3. "Kinder chocolates 'don't cause cancer', but go easy on them". The National. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
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