Jos. Louis
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| Owner | Vachon Inc. a division of Saputo inc. |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Markets | Canada United States |
| Previous owners | Arcade Vachon and his wife Rose-Anna Giroux later bought by Saputo Inc. |
| Website | http://www.vachon.com/ |
Jos Louis is a plastic-wrapped confection consisting of two red velvet cake rounds with a cream filling within a milk chocolate shell. It resembles a chocolate version of the May West dessert.
The spelling being French in origin, the name of the cake is pronounced similarly to Joe Louie. The pastry's name, then, is pronounced similarly to that of the famous boxer Joe Louis, and so it is easy for one to surmise that it was named after him, as a tribute and/or for the name's marketing value.
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The Jos Louis is also available in a 30-gram half-moon shape, called the 1/2 Jos Louis. The Jos. Louis is also made in a bar-shaped version called the Jos Louis choco-vanilla bar. The bar contains the normal cream filling found in the Jos. Louis and also has a chocolate filling and weighs 53 grams. The "Lune Moon" cake produced by Vachon Inc. is essentially a Jos. Louis, but has a smaller portion size of 51 grams. The Lune Moon is available in either chocolate or vanilla.
A Super Jos. Louis exists in individual format only, with an increase in portion size from 68 to 100 grams. It has two layers of cream filling.
In 2006, Entenmann's began distributing a duplicate of the Half Moon in the US, with "Enten-Mini's Chocolate Half Rounds".
The Jos Louis is now available in 100-calorie individual packages, with 16 individual packages in a box.
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