Lion Bar

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Lion Bar is a chocolate bar made by Nestlé, previously a Rowntree's product. It originated in Preston, England.

Nestlé Swiss food company

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink company headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenues and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017 and No. 33 on the 2016 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest public companies.

Rowntrees English confectionery company

Rowntree's is an English confectionery business based in York. Rowntree developed the Kit Kat, Aero, Fruit Pastilles, Smarties brands, and the Rolo and Quality Street brands when it merged with Mackintosh's in 1969 to form Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery.

Preston, Lancashire city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England

Preston is a city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, on the north bank of the River Ribble.

Contents

About

The Lion Bar was originally designed by Rafael Amjad, experimental confectioner, at a factory in Fawdon, Tyneside, England. [1]

Fawdon

Fawdon is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census, 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6% this is lower than the city average of 54.7%.

Tyneside Place in England

Tyneside is a conurbation on the banks of the River Tyne in North East England which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Tynemouth, Wallsend, South Shields, and Jarrow. The population at the 2011 census was 774,891.

It consists of a filled wafer, caramel (32%) and crisp cereal (26%), covered in milk chocolate (42%). [2] It was introduced by Eric Nicoli of Rowntree's in the 1970s, after a trial in the Dorset area in 1977.[ citation needed ] It was in some areas known as Big Cat until the late 1990s.[ citation needed ] When Nestlé acquired the brand in 1988, the recipe was changed as it used to contain peanuts, as was the packaging.[ citation needed ]

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In the United Kingdom, BlackWhite [3] , White Lion, and Peanut Butter Lion limited-edition bars have also been available, as well as a "king size" variety. The bar is occasionally found in the U.S., Canada, Tajikistan, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand in European import shops, although a similar bar, Mr. Big, is made by Cadbury in Canada.

Cadbury British multinational confectionery company

Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company wholly owned by Mondelez International since 2010. It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Uxbridge, West London, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, the Creme Egg and Roses selection box, and many other confectionery products. One of the best-known British brands, in 2013 The Daily Telegraph named Cadbury among Britain's most successful exports.

In recent years, the Lion Bar has been dramatically reduced in size, which has caused controversy among fans.[ citation needed ]

Lion Cereal

A Lion Bar cereal, called "Lion Cereal", is made and is sold in Europe, later the UK and Ireland, as well as the Middle East. It is produced in France by Nestlé. [4] It was first produced in the early 2000s until 2003. In 2011, a slightly different version was released.

Ingredients and nutritional information

Ingredients

Sugar, Glucose-fructose syrup, Sweetened condensed milk, Skimmed milk powder, Cocoa butter, Nuts, Lactose, Crisped cereals [5%] (Wheat flour, Sugar, Wheat starch, Vegetable fat, Raising agent: Sodium carbonate, Salt, Caramelised Sugar), Cocoa mass, Whey powder, Butterfat, Wheat flour, Emulsifiers (Soya lecithin, E476), Flavourings, Stabiliser (Carrageenan), Salt, Raising agent (Sodium carbonate).

Nutritional information

Typical values per Bar:

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