Nuts bar is a chocolate that has gained popularity all over the world. It's made with simple ingredients like milk chocolate, nougat, caramel, nuts and natural flavors. The yellow and red wrapper with a simple and laconic design also attracts attention. A chocolate bar with whole hazelnut pieces inside looks very tempting.
Nuts - chocolate famous all over the world
It differs from Nestle in its delicate taste and pleasant combination of ingredients. One such fantastic combination was nougat and whole hazelnuts in the Nuts bar. The chocolate is complemented by a crunchy, nutty flavor and a soft, chewy texture and is a great treat for both children and adults.
Composition of the bar
What is the composition of a Nuts (chocolate) bar? The candy includes the following ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, hazelnuts, hydrogenated vegetable fats, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, condensed skimmed milk powder, fructose, lactose, anhydrous milk fat, egg albumin, emulsifier (soy lecithin ), E476, flavorings.
Distinctive features and history
"Nuts" is chocolate, the distinctive feature of which is the presence of whole hazelnuts. In Russia, the bar appeared in the last century, in the late 90s. In 1997, a confectionery factory in the city of Samara began producing it. In 2008, the composition of the Nuts bar was slightly changed. The chocolate was supplemented with an increased amount, which slightly improved the taste.
In 2004, a raffle promotion from the Nestlé company was launched. Consumers who found a special code on the back of the package could win valuable prizes. This interactive code-breaking game was called "Natsomania." In this regard, the wrapper, which was designed by Depot WPF and Identity, was changed.
Calories and storage
The caloric content of the bar is 488 calories, per 100 grams of product there are 5.3 grams of protein, 23 grams of fat and 64 grams of carbohydrates. It is recommended to store chocolate at a temperature of about 18 degrees Celsius, plus or minus 3 degrees. In this case, the relative air humidity should not exceed 75 percent. The expiration date indicated on the packaging usually does not exceed ten months from the date of manufacture.
Charge your brain - eat Nuts!
The Nats trade brand (chocolate, a photo of which can be seen in the article) is used by one of the largest manufacturers in the food industry - the Nestlé company. Rivals in the industry are such popular brands as Snickers, Mars, Milky Way and others.
Nuts bar (chocolate): overview of formats
Currently, candies are produced in 3 weight categories, namely 50 grams, 66 grams, and also in a large format (pack of five 5 candies, 30 grams each). The delicious bar of the famous brand contains whole, not crushed nuts, and as you know, they contain a large amount of nutrients, which, according to scientists, actively affect the brain, charging it with energy. Therefore, the slogan: “Eat Nuts - charge your brain” can be taken literally. Combined with delicious milk chocolate, nuts are an excellent fuel before any mental activity. The bar can also serve as a good snack, as it can satisfy your hunger for a while.
Delicious snack
An incredibly tasty bar with caramel filling, airy nougat and nut butter, covered with a thin layer of milk chocolate, has an incomparable vanilla-creamy aroma. The highlight of the product is that it is great as an inexpensive way to replenish energy reserves. This can be an excellent dessert for tea, a nutritious snack between main meals.
Like everything chocolate, the Nuts bar is a sweet pill for activating mental activity; every self-respecting student should stock up on his favorite treat before exams, tests or thesis defense. As a rule, not a single session goes by without the fate of chocolate. Of course, this product cannot be called dietary, as it contains fats and sugar, but from time to time you can treat yourself to delicacies that are harmful to your figure.
Now we will show you how to prepare Nuts at home. Nuts is one of the most famous and most delicious candy bars. And it's deserved. Sticky caramel, nougat and a lot of nuts are unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.
Video recipe - Giant Nuts
Ingredients for a Nuts bar
Caramel:
- sugar - 350 g;
- water - 150 g;
- heavy cream - 80 ml (here 33%);
- butter - 30 g.
- proteins - 100 g (~3 pcs);
- vanilla sugar - 1.5 tsp;
- sugar - 400 g;
- water - 200 ml;
- glucose syrup - 280 g;
- citric acid - on the tip of a knife;
- powdered milk - 4 tbsp. (~30 g);
- cocoa powder - 1 tsp. (~5 g);
- hazelnuts - 300 g (roasted).
- milk chocolate - 100 g.
Coating:
- milk chocolate - 300 g.
Step-by-step preparation
Let's prepare the form
Line a rectangular pan 30 cm long, 10 cm wide and 6 cm high with foil or parchment paper.
Let's prepare caramel
In a medium saucepan with a thick bottom, combine water, sugar and citric acid. Place on medium heat and wait, without disturbing, for the sugar to dissolve. If droplets appear on the walls of the pan, soak the brush in water and wash them off.
When the sugar has dissolved, continue to cook without disturbing until 175 degrees. Remove from heat, pour in cream and stir quickly, only very carefully. Add butter and mix again.
Place back on the heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, carefully pour into prepared pan and let cool completely.
Tip: Once the caramel has cooled slightly, you can put it in the refrigerator until it cools completely.
Prepare nougat
Pour the whites into a large heatproof bowl, add vanilla sugar and set aside.
Pour water into a saucepan with a thick bottom, add sugar, glucose syrup and citric acid.
Stir, place on medium heat and cover with a lid. Bring to a boil and cook with the lid closed for about 2-3 minutes.
Then remove the lid and cook without disturbing to 130 degrees. As soon as the syrup reaches 130 degrees, beat the whites until stiff peaks form.
When the syrup has heated to 140 degrees, pour it in a thin stream into the whites and continue beating for about 2 minutes until thick.
Add milk powder, cocoa and mix until smooth.
Add nuts and mix with a spatula.
Place in the mold, level the surface and let cool slightly.
Melt milk chocolate in the microwave. Pour it over the nougat and distribute evenly. Place in the freezer for 2 hours.
Prepare chocolate for coating
Melt the milk chocolate in the microwave, just remove and stir every 10 seconds.
Place 3 identical jars or glasses in a row on a baking sheet. We take the bar out of the freezer and remove it from the mold. We put it with a chocolate base on the jars and remove the foil.
Pour the melted chocolate on top and distribute it evenly throughout the bar. Let it sit for a couple of minutes and transfer it to a plate or cake rack.
Store in the refrigerator, and 30 minutes before serving, remove and let stand at room temperature.
Nuts are very similar to the real thing and just as tasty. You can make not only a large bar, but also many small ones.
Bon appetit!
Nuts chocolate bars are extremely popular in our country, not least thanks to widespread advertising on television. It is hardly possible to find a person who has never tried this delicacy or, at least, has not heard of it. This is not surprising: there are a lot of confectionery products with various fillings on the shelves, but with all this abundance, only Nuts contains whole, not crushed, hazelnuts.
The triumphal path of a foreign “nut”
The name of the bar means, literally translated from English, simply “nuts” (by the way, a popular men’s magazine in the UK has the same name). Well, I must admit, “British nuts” were able to win their place in the Russian market. In our country, foreign nutty sweetness appeared in 1996 and immediately created a real sensation. It quickly entered the lists of the most purchased chocolate products, and a year later its production was established at one of the largest confectionery factories in Samara. Despite its respected “age,” the popularity of “Nuts” is not decreasing at all, rather the opposite. According to statistics, about 168,000 of these brain-healthy sweets are sold in Russia every day. So the advertising claims that Nuts is the best chocolate in the last 5 years can be trusted.
Nuts candies are candy bars that contain several components:
- soft sticky caramel;
- nougat;
- roasted whole hazelnuts;
- milk chocolate covering the outside of the candy.
The chocolate included in Nuts does not have the usual bitterness for products made from cocoa beans and has a very delicate taste. This is one of the “calling cards” of Nestle, which initially, since 1866, specialized in products for children. Once upon a time, Henri Nestlé, a pharmacist from Switzerland, became a pioneer in the field of dry baby food. It was this that brought fame to his company. The company began producing chocolate only in the second half of the 20th century, but did not abandon its image.
The nutritional value
Like other confectionery products, Nuts bars are very nutritious and contain a large number of substances necessary for the human body. Among them are iron, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, potassium and some other trace elements.
Hazelnuts are rich in vitamins C, K and PP, which strengthen blood vessels and stimulate brain function. It contains a lot of vitamin K, which has coagulation properties and thereby reduces the risk of cerebral hemorrhages. Hazelnuts strengthen memory, improve vision, and allow you to activate all thought processes. It’s not for nothing that manufacturers advertise their products primarily as a means to increase brain activity.
100 g of this product contains:
- 7.1 g protein;
- 25.1 g fat;
- 62.8 g of carbohydrates (for comparison, in dark chocolate varieties their amount does not exceed 48 g).
The calorie content of Nuts, for the same 100 g of weight, is 504 kilocalories - this is a quarter of the daily requirement for the average person. Needless to say, an impressive percentage of regular buyers of these chocolates are students who need a safe “stimulant” for the brain and often do not have the opportunity to eat on time? Despite the fact that nutritionists do not recommend replacing a full meal with sweets, a Nuts bar can quickly satisfy your hunger and give you enough energy to do urgent things.
Unfortunately, this popular delicacy can bring not only benefits, but also harm to health. Due to the high glucose content, uncontrolled consumption can cause excess weight; and the risk of developing diabetes among fans of these candies is higher than among adherents of healthy and balanced foods.
Release form
Nuts continues to conquer the Russian market, which had already given up without a fight, and not least of all this is reflected in the regular appearance of new varieties of the famous product. Now Nestle in our country produces its famous bars in three forms:
- classic candy weighing 55 g;
- Nuts Megabyte in 70 g packaging;
- 30-gram bars that appeared relatively recently in a multi-pack of 5 pieces.
Regardless of the release form, Nats are easily recognizable by their bright yellow-green packaging with large red letters. And, of course, the constant nuts, which clearly illustrate the main distinguishing feature of this confectionery product.
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