Maltesers consist of a spherical malt honeycomb centre, surrounded by milk chocolate! Yummy! They are most popular in Australia. Maltesers are sold in a variety of packaging, including plastic bags (ranging in size from small 'fun-size' upwards), larger cardboard boxes and tubes, and plastic buckets (ranging in size from medium to very large).
The ingredients are milk chocolate 75% (made of sugar, milk solids, cocoa butter, cocoa, emulsifier (soy lecithin), and flavourings); wheat glucose syrup; barley malt extract; milk solids; partially hydrogenated vegetable fat; sugar; wheat gluten; pectin; and salt.
The current Maltesers' slogan is "The lighter way to enjoy chocolate" - earlier slogans have included "The sweet with the less-fattening centre", "No ordinary chocolate" and "Nothing pleases like Maltesers", also the line: "Made in Australia... ...exported to the world." In the 1930s, advertisements claimed that Maltesers were beneficial for weight loss!! Maybe they are??!
