Nestle to slash amount of sugar in chocolate bars by 10 per cent by 2018

SOME of the UK's most popular chocolate bars - including KitKats and Yorkies - will contain 10 per cent less sugar by 2018, Nestle has announced.

Nestle to slash amount of sugar in chocolate bars by 10 per cent by 2018

The confectioner said it would use around 7,400 tons less sugar to make its products by next year.
The sugar will be replaced with higher quantities of other existing ingredients or other, non-artificial ingredients. 

The confectioner said it would use around 7,400 tons less sugar 

Products will also be kept below a certain amount of calories.
Fiona Kendrick, the chairman and CEO of Nestle UK and Ireland, said: "Our confectionery brands have been enjoyed in the UK for more than a century and we know that if we can improve these products nutritionally, provide more choice and information for the consumer, together with other categories, we can have a significant impact on public health.
"Nestle is at the forefront of efforts to research and develop new technology that makes food products better for our consumers.