Nestlé has reformulated two beloved confectionery favourites, Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband, in a cost-cutting move that strips them of their legal right to be labelled as chocolate, according to The Grocer.

Under British regulations, milk chocolate must contain a minimum of 20% cocoa solids and 20% milk solids to qualify for that classification.

However, Nestlé has tweaked the recipes for both treats, slashing cocoa mass whilst boosting vegetable fats. Consequently, packaging now features "chocolate flavour coating" rather than "milk chocolate" - a shift rolled out in recent weeks, The Grocer revealed.

This development comes on the heels of similar reformulations affecting Club and Penguin biscuits, both produced by Pladis, the company behind McVitie's, which saw their coatings relegate

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