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Within Vinony's link graph, Kinder Surprise is referenced by 89 other articles, and connects out to German, Italian and European Union.
It is catalogued under topics including Chocolate-covered foods, Ferrero SpA brands and Italian brands.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Product type
- Chocolate egg
- Owner
- Ferrero SpA
- Introduced
- 17 February 1974 ; 52 years ago ( 1974-02-17 )
- Website
- kinder.com/sorpresa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- trademark
- Owned by
- Ferrero SpA
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Manufacturer
- Ferrero SpA
- Official website
- www.kinder.com/it/it/kinder-sorpresa
- Image
- Kinder egg open.jpg
- Brand
- Kinder
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Kinder Surprise
- discoverer or inventor
- William Salice
- native label
- Kinder Sorpresa
- contains
- toy
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Encyclopedic overview
Kinder Surprise (Italian: Kinder Sorpresa or Ovetto Kinder), also known as Kinder Egg or Kinder Surprise Egg, is a milk chocolate consisting of a chocolate egg surrounding a yellow plastic capsule with a small toy inside. Manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero since 1974, it was co-created by Michele Ferrero and William Salice, and is one of several candies sold under the Kinder brand.
Kinder Surprise was originally created with children in mind, replicating an Italian Easter family tradition in which adults give children large chocolate eggs with toys inside. However, Kinder Surprise toys have become collectible for adults as well. As of 2016, 30 billion Kinder Surprise eggs have been sold worldwide since its launch in 1974.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kinder Surprise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.