Milka

thumb|Milka advertisement (1913) Milka is a European brand of chocolate confectionery. Originally made in Switzerland in 1901 by Suchard, it has been produced in Lörrach, Germany, since 1901. Since 2012 it has been owned by US-based company Mondelez International, when it demerged from its predecessor Kraft Foods Inc., which had taken over the brand in 1990. It is sold in bars and a number of novelty shapes for Easter and Christmas. Products with the Milka brand also include chocolate-covered cookies and biscuits.

Key facts

Brand.name: Milka
Brand.logo: Milka purple logo18.svg
Brand.logo_size: 150
Brand.image: Milka Alpine Milk Chocolate chunks and wrapper.jpg
Brand.image_size: 250
Brand.type: Chocolate
Brand.currentowner: Mondelez International(2012–present)
Brand.country: Origin: Switzerland Current production: Germany; Slovakia
Brand.related: List of Mondelez International brands

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: confection
Named after: cocoa bean
Headquarters: Lörrach
Owned by: Kraft Foods Inc.
Country of origin: Switzerland
Official website: www.mondelezinternational.com/our-brands/milka
Image: Milka Alpine Milk Chocolate bar 100g.jpg

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Commons category: Milka
inception: 1943-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Advertising
Products
Chocolate bars
Toffees
Other products
European varieties
References
Further reading
External links

The brand's name is a portmanteau of the product's original two main ingredients: "" (milk) and "" (cocoa). In the present day, sugar and cocoa butter have replaced them as the main ingredients.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.