White Knight (chocolate)

For other uses, see White knight (disambiguation).

A White Knight split

A White Knight is a chocolate-coated, chewy, mint-flavoured confectionery bar sold in Australia. It is manufactured by Nestle Australia. The packaging is blue and white and features a picture of a knight on a horse. Its slogan is 'Mighty Mint Chew'.

The 25 gram bar is composed of a white, mint flavoured chewy center coated in compound chocolate.

It the 1980s the bar used to lay on top of a piece of cardboard within the wrapper. On the reverse of the card was a picture of a fictional knight which could be bent at the base to stand up. Children would aim to trade and collect the set of these knights. This part of the packaging was discontinued years later, presumably as a cost-cutting measure.

It is sold in major Australian supermarkets, such as Woolworths and Coles, as well as some discount department stores (e.g. Kmart) and milk bars/convenience stores. The bar was sold at a cheaper price point reflecting it's smaller size (e.g. 75c in 2008) but it is now priced similar to the larger (50-60g) sized chocolate bars e.g. 90c (Coles/Woolworths/Kmart) as of February 2010.

Ingredients:
Sugar, Glucose Syrup (Derived from Wheat or Corn), Vegetable Fat, Milk Solids, Cocoa, Gelatine, Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, 492) Peppermint Oil, Salt, Flavours, Colour (133)

Nutritional information:
Serving size: 25g (One bar)

Average quantity per serving:
Energy 450kJ, Protein <1g, Fat (Total) 3.4g (Saturated Fat 3.3g), Carbohydrate 18.5g (Sugars 18.4g), Sodium 10 mg.

Average quantity per 100g (Shown as per Australian food labelling standard):
Energy 1810kJ, Protein 2.2g, Fat (Total) 13.7g (Saturated Fat 13.1g), Carbohydrate 73.9g (Sugars 73.5g), Sodium 45 mg.

Links

• http://www.nestle.com.au/OurProducts/Cat/Confectionery/White_Knight/Chocolate_Bar.aspx Official Nestle Nutrition Information