Overview

• McVities has eliminated cocoa butter from its White product, replacing it with palm and shea fats and renaming the biscuits “White.”
• Pladis cites a coating supplier continuity issue for the recipe overhaul and says consumer testing confirms no change in taste or texture.
• Nestlé has removed “chocolate” from White KitKat packaging and now labels its coating as a vegetable fat-based formula to comply with regulations.
• England’s Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations require at least 20% cocoa butter for a product to be labeled white chocolate.
• McVities has sent a cease and desist letter to the London Biscuit Museum over its display of Jaffa Cakes.