Talk:Milkybar

UK Milkybar

The picture (and description I saw of the milky bar on the Cadbury dream page) does not reflect what I know, and have always known, a milkybar to be in the UK. I have lived in the UK for my whole life and milkybars have always been similar to those slim Cadbury dairy milk bars (the ones that used to be Wildlife bars) but by Nestlé and made of what milkybars are. Never have I seen ones that were thick like a standard bar of chocolate with puffed rice in them. Surely this should be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.142.116 (talk) 18:48, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Galak

Could someone from Europe add some info on the galak dolpin mascot?--nixie 02:30, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Creative Vandalism?

The Milkybar Kid made his debut in 1861, and has been played by a number of actors, one of whom later plays Gandalf in the smash hit early 21st Century movie Lord of the Rings. He is believed to have been most recently played by Cliff Richard of Huddersfield, England and the only other known actor was that dude from Lord of the Rings from Leicestershire. Sam Baker of Hampshire, England took the role in the mid 1990's. Samuel Baker later went on to play professional rugby in the Dutch Premiership, and is now undergoing rehabilitaion for drug abuse in Winnipeg.

Is this for real? 81.144.191.248 08:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Milkybar is a white chocolate confection produced by Nestlé and sold in Australia, New Zealand, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Milkybar is also sold under the name Galak in Europe (except Spain, the UK and Ireland) and Brazil. Nestlé have produced white chocolate since the 1930s, and started using the brand Galak in 1967. In many European countries a version with puffed rice is also available.

I just pointed it for someone more used to editing to take a look at it. I can't say with 100% certainty that everything in that phrase is untrue. --Juke 06:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

The milky bars are on me

Is this legendary line worth a mention?

Milkybar kids

After taking a good look around, I decided to remove some of the "actors" from the Milkybar Kid section, which had remained unreferenced for some time. The three names that are now in place are reliably sourced. I'm leaving a note here because it might be good to have a comment on record which states that the inclusion of someone called "Emily Haslam" who would go "on to play professional rugby in the Dutch Premiership" is very likely to be a piece of vandalism.

It's simple enough: this article attracts "humourous" nonconstructive edits from people who want to claim that someone is (or looks like) the Milkybar Kid. So, editors who come after me, if you see a name added to this section, and it isn't referenced, revert the edit -- you're covered by policy on this one. --Popplewick (talk) 00:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Whilst settling a family argument about Michael Portillo having been a MBK (he did the Ribena advert, as it happens) I found this newspaper article that looked relevant to here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1184341/How-Milkybar-kid-drunk--showjumper-musician-gardener-We-stars-rode-sunset.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Singinghedgehog (talk • contribs) 21:15, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Current Milkybar kid

Everyone listen to this! the new milky bar kid is called William Ray

from Jacob connolly-bond! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.31.169.156 (talk • contribs) 10:43, 13 January 2008

Thanks for the heads up. The article has been updated accordingly. --Kife 11:39, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Spain?

We're told that the name "Milkybar" is used in the UK and Ireland, and also that "Galak" is used in Europe except for Spain, UK and Ireland. The last two are mentioned, but what happens in Spain? 86.132.140.45 (talk) 00:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Controversy/Animation

Shouldn't there be some mention of the controversy caused in the UK around the late 90's, when Nestle said the kid had to be white with blond hair, and then this led to the kid being Animated rather than live action because of it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lmcgregoruk (talk • contribs) 09:06, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Not Actually White Chocolate

Nestle milkybar doesn't meet the definition widely used for white choclate, in that it contains no cocoa butter. Ingredients as listed are: Full cream milk powder 31%, Vegetable Fat, Emulsifiers and Flavour.

Even wikipedia's own page on White Chocolate page determines that white chocolate must contain a minimum % cocoa butter. Nestle aslo doesn't state anywhere on it's packaging that it is white choclocate, it is instead referred to as confectionary and has the tag line "made with real milk goodness".

Suggest the opening line of the article "Milkybar is a white chocolate confection" be changed....

Thatskiff (talk) 05:41, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

I completely agree. I'm eating a packet of Australian Nestlé Milkybar buttons at the moment and not only does it not taste like chocolate but the packaging doesn't claim to contain chocolate either, as the above poster writes. The ingredients listed on my pack are: "Sugar, Full Cream Milk Powder (31%), Vegetable Fat (Antioxidant [309]), Emulsifiers (476, Soy Lecithin), Flavour".

Interestingly a leading UK supermarket Waitrose sells Milkybar on its website and lists the ingredients as follows: "Nestle milkybar white chocolate 6s 75g Contains: Dried Whole Cows' Milk (26%), and Vegetable Fat in addition to Cocoa Butter, Natural Ingredients:, Sugar, Whole Cows' Milk (that's been dried), Cocoa Butter (made from Cocoa Beans), Whey Powder (from Milk), Vegetable Fat (from Tropical Plants), Emulsifier Lecithin (made from Soya Beans&holds the ingredients together), Natural Flavouring"

So, it appears they change the recipe in different global regions. In some parts of the world it's (technically) chocolate, in other parts it's a sugar and milk power confection.

References

First MBK

According to this reference, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1184341/How-Milkybar-kid-drunk--showjumper-musician-gardener-We-stars-rode-sunset.html, the article appears to be in error in asserting (without reference) that the the first MBK was Michael Mayne. It was Terry Brooks. The article seems to be non-editable.122.106.177.130 (talk) 06:05, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Article needs to be renamed

As the article itself says, the name of the chocolate is Milkybar in the United States and some other countries, but Galak in South America and continental Europe. Well, it was created in "continental Europe", Switzerland, with the name Galak. Therefore it is incorret to say that "Milkybar" is called Galak in such and such country, it's actually the other way around - the Swiss created Galak, the way it is known and sold in all of continental Europe and South America, and in some countries only it was renamed Milkybar.92.154.116.76 (talk) 15:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

The title also seems to violate WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CRITERIA. 187.71.145.188 (talk) 00:40, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Milky Bar Cocoa Butter

According to list of ingredients in 2023 on the Milky Bar packet as sold in the UK, Milky Bars do contain cocoa butter. 2A00:23C4:E84A:E601:E5A3:E600:FCC8:6D5B (talk) 21:29, 18 January 2023 (UTC)