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Milka
Sign in to savethumb|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 Originally made in Switzerland in 1901 by Suchard, it has been produced in Lörrach, Germany, since 1901.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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Milka is referenced by 158 other articles, and connects out to Cadbury, Germany and Switzerland.
It sits within the topics 1990 mergers and acquisitions, Brand name chocolate and Canton of Neuchâtel.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- 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
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Advertising
- Products
- Chocolate bars
- Toffees
- Other products
- European varieties
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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 Originally made in Switzerland in 1901 by Suchard, it has been produced in Lörrach, Germany, since 1901.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.
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.