About Cadbury Crème Egg Nutrition

Cadbury Crème Eggs, also known as simply "Cadbury Eggs," are a type of chocolate-based candy produced by Cadbury PLC. In the United States, the eggs are produced in the Cadbury division of The Hershey Company. While they are manufactured and sold all year long, Cadbury Eggs are typically associated with Easter. Nutritionally, Cadbury Crème Eggs are extremely rich in taste and known for their high content of sugar and saturated fat.

History

• Cadbury Eggs were first produced in 1923 by Richard and George Cadbury, using the company name of The Cadbury Brothers. The Crème Egg formula that is on the market today, however, was not manufactured until 1971. While popular items in the UK market since their creation, Cadbury Crème Eggs did not become common in the United States until The Hershey Company licensed Cadbury products in 1988. Eggs for both countries are produced at the Cadbury factory in Birmingham, England, where almost 2 million are manufactured daily.

Composition

• A Cadbury Crème Egg is made with a thick milk chocolate exterior that is shaped like an egg and embossed with a simple star pattern. Inside the milk chocolate shell is the soft "crème" filling, called "fondant," which is a mixture of egg, sugar and heavy cream. The fondant is naturally white, however a small dollop of yellow-colored fondant is added to the filling to resemble the yolk of an actual egg.

Nutritional Information

• One Cadbury Crème Egg is considered a serving size. It is 34g in weight, contains 170 calories, 54 of which are from fat. While there are only 6g of fat, 3.5 g of it are saturated fat and amount to more than 17 percent of the recommended value, based on a 2,000-calorie daily diet. One Cadbury Crème Egg contains small amounts of cholesterol (5mg) and sodium (25mg). It contains 28g carbohydrates. Each egg also has 25g sugar.

Ingredients

• The ingredients of a Cadbury Crème Egg can be divided into two categories: the fondant filling and the milk chocolate. The fondant filling of the egg includes sugar, corn syrup, vanillin, invert sugar and a small amount of egg whites and the artificial coloring Yellow Number 5. The milk chocolate used in the egg is made from sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate, vanilla and soya lecithin.

Packaging

• Cadbury Crème Eggs are sold and wrapped individually, but they can also be bought in packages of three, six and 12. They are encased in a thin foil wrapper that is famously colored red and yellow with blue writing.