Pocket Coffee
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 Opened Pocket Coffee | |
| Product type | Bonbon |
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| Owner | Ferrero SpA |
| Country | Italy |
| Introduced | 1968 |
| Website | ferrero.it/pocketcoffee |
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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| Energy | 1,842 kJ (440 kcal) |
58.8 g (sugar 56.6 g) | |
20.5 g | |
4.0 g | |
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] | |
Pocket Coffee is a brand of the Ferrero company for a chocolate confectionery, sold internationally. First marketed in Italy in 1968, each Pocket Coffee is an individually wrapped shell of dark chocolate containing liquid espresso.[3] As with Ferrero's Rocher, Mon Chéri, and Raffaello, production limits sales from November to April.
William Salice, assistant to Ferrero's owner, Michele Ferrero, conceived the product in the early 1960s after noticing no bars at Italy's then relatively new Autogrills, a proprietary eponym synonymous with Italian highway rest stops. Ferrero conceived a product for anyone working long hours, e.g., truck drivers. Michele Ferrero conceived the slogan: "the energy of chocolate and the charge of coffee".[4]
Ingredients[edit]
- Coffee (sweetened liquid)
- Chocolate (paste)
- Chocolate milk
- Cocoa butter
- Cocoa paste
- Lactose
Availability[edit]
Pocket Coffee is sold widely in Italy, with Ferrero headquarters in Alba, Piedmont; Germany is the second largest market. In the 70's it was easily available in shops in France as well.
For many years, it was difficult to obtain Pocket Coffee outside Europe but, the product is available online and in certain major food markets.
References[edit]
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pocket Coffee". Ferrero Italia. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Il braccio destro di Ferrero". 17 February 2015.
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