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Always reminds me of Christmas opening a box of After Eight

35 per box (although, not now )

Ingredients: Sugar, Plain Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya lecithin), Flavouring),Glucose Syrup, Flavouring, Citric acid.

Nutitional Info (per 100g)

Energy 1759kj/418kcal
Protein 2.5g
Carbohydrate 72.9g
Fat 12.9g

Quite what the other 11.7g are it doesn't say

Magwitch, I'll add that info

I'm still looking into the Kosher, mentioned in the other thread, it seems to be that it's only Nestle made in USA that are Kosher.

CD/Em

Don't know if this link will work:

http://www.kosher.org.uk/downloads/Nosh_Guide_06_FINAL.pdf.

but this is some of the text from that site

"After Eight Mints made in the UK (with York address on packaging) are Kosher and Parev. There are some After Eight Mints available in the UK and in Duty Free Shops that are made in Germany and contain butterfat. These are not approved."

Someone with a better knowledge of food laws will be able to explain the importance of "Parev".

this is getting complicated

This is the info referred to http://www.nestleeuropeanchocolate.com/aftereight/collection/kosher.asp

Maybe the easiest way would be to say some of Nestles factories produce Kosher products, and to check the labelling to find out.

CD/Em

Pareve, according to the online dictionary is defined as "Prepared without meat, milk, or their derivatives and therefore permissible to be eaten with both meat and dairy dishes according to dietary laws"

And from Judaism 101 the explanation of why after dinner mints need to be kosher.

"One must wait a significant amount of time between eating meat and dairy. Opinions differ, and vary from three to six hours. This is because fatty residues and meat particles tend to cling to the mouth. From dairy to meat, however, one need only rinse one's mouth and eat a neutral solid like bread, unless the dairy product in question is also of a type that tends to stick in the mouth"

*scrolls up to the ingredients in post #1*

There's none of those ingredients there, maybe Kosher.

Magwitch, that page says -

>"Products are endorsed as Kosher if they bear the OU emblem on the label. "

Can you see an 'OU emblem' on your box?

CD/Em

Had a good look over box, can't see an OU emblem but they do have the York address on them.

Okay, I'll have another look at the google images, enlarge some of them, see what I can find, though later. Going to shops soon.


CD/Em

A few days ago I was finding out about the After Eight Bar, I found a wrapper on google images, which very annoyingly, I can't find again. This is what was on the wrapper -

Ingredients: Bittersweet chocolate (Chocolate Processed with Alkali, Sugar, Milkfat, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin – an Artificial Flavour), Sugar, Invert Sugar, Water, Corn Syrup, Peppermint Oil, Salt, Invertase.

Distributed by Nestle USA, Inc. Glendale, CA 91203 'C' in a cirleNestle

It also has a 'U' inside a circle and a 'D'

and

WWW.NestleEuropeanChocolate.com

Which is the website that has the Kosher info. I'm almost sure the bar is Kosher, but there's no 'OU emblem' unless it's on the other half of the wrapper. I had to copy and paste the wrapper to Paint, cut the upside-down half, and rotate it, so I could read it without standing on my head.

I'll have to try again to find it

Just read the ingredients while 'Previewing' it's got milkfat, so it's not Kosher is it. again

CD/Em