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M&M's Bare All". m-msbareall.com. January 27, 2010. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010. a b "L'inventeur oublié du chocolat au lait"[The forgotten inventor of milk chocolate]. Feuille des Avis Officiels du canton de Vaud (in French). Canton of Vaud. 26 March 2021 . Retrieved 22 May 2022. To make these M&M brownies, you'll start by melting dark chocolate and butter together, then stir in sugar, eggs, vanilla and plain flour. Finally, you'll stir in a whole lot of M&Ms. The original colors of M&M's candies were red, yellow, violet, green and brown. [68] Violet was discontinued and replaced with tan in the late 1940s.

Topik, Steven (2006). From Silver to Cocaine: Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500–2000. Duke University Press. pp.189–191. ISBN 0822388022. In the summer of 2005, Mars added "Mega M&M's" to the lineup. [45] These candies, at 55% larger than the traditional M&M's, were a little smaller than the ogre-sized version. They were available in Milk Chocolate and Peanut varieties. The colors for Mega M&M's were changed to less-bright colors, ostensibly to appeal to older consumers: teal (replacing green), beige (replacing orange), maroon (replacing red), gold (replacing yellow), blue-gray (replacing blue), and brown. Langen, Nina; Hartmann, Monika (2019). "Chocolate Brands' Communication of CSR in Germany". In Squicciarini, Johan F. M.; Swinnen, Mara P. (eds.). The Economics of Chocolate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.247–267. ISBN 978-0-19883-340-6. Smith, Andrew F. (2007). The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. Oxford University Press. p.279. ISBN 978-0-19-530796-2.

Between 1982 and 1987, its slogan was "All the World Loves M&M's", accompanied by a TV jingle of the same name. Actor Joel Higgins, then co-starring in the NBC-TV sitcom Silver Spoons, co-wrote the song. [38] Find sources: "Milk chocolate"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) a b Collins, Ross F. (2022). Chocolate: A Cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p.310. ISBN 9781440876080. Milk chocolate is a form of solid chocolate containing cocoa, sugar and milk. It is the most consumed type of chocolate, and is used in a wide diversity of bars, tablets and other confectionery products. Milk chocolate contains smaller amounts of cocoa solids than do dark chocolates, and (as with white chocolate) contains milk solids. While its taste (akin to chocolate milk) has been key to its popularity, milk chocolate was historically promoted as a healthy food, particularly for children.In 1875, the Swiss entrepreneur and chocolatier Daniel Peter, based in Vevey and related to the Cailler family, first successfully combined cocoa mass, cocoa butter, and sugar with condensed milk (recently created by his neighbour and friend Henri Nestlé) to produce milk chocolate. [9] The process was further refined by another Swiss chocolatier, Rodolphe Lindt, who developed the conche in 1879, which created a smoother product. [10] However, it is only after many years of fine-tuning that the original formula was developed and, in 1887, the Gala Peter brand was finally launched. Daniel Peter called his product 'Gala' after the Greek word meaning 'milk'. [11] Ethical issues have been intrinsically linked to chocolate in general since the early days. Many of the early chocolatiers, including Cadbury, Fry's, Rowntree's and Terry's, were founded by Quakers who saw the wellbeing of their workers part of their business ethic. [74] The companies were pioneers in social welfare, providing a safe working environment, high quality housing and other benefits to employees that were ahead of many of the industrial norms. [75] Cadbury, for example, provided paid holidays, insurance and night schools for workers, as well as constructing Bournville in Birmingham, UK. [76] However, the working conditions of many in the wider chocolate supply chain remained poor. Slavery, and later bonded labour, was often employed on the plantations that provided the sugar used to make chocolate. [77] Even after the abolition of slavery, the working conditions in many plantations was still poor, with reports of child labour being frequent and unreported. [78] In 1975, the first in a series of International Cocoa Agreements tried to set what were termed "fair labour conditions" and eliminate child labour. [79] M&M's strange Super Bowl LVII saga continues: Maya Rudolph adds clams to the Ma&Ya's mix". The Drum . Retrieved February 11, 2023.

Forrest Mars, Sr., son of the founder of the Mars Company Frank C. Mars, invented the idea for the candy in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War when he saw soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell of tempered chocolate surrounding the inside, preventing the candies from melting. Mars received a patent for his own process on March 3, 1941. [3] Production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey. When the company was originally founded it was M&M Limited. [4] The two "M's" represent the names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., the founder of Newark Company and Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey's Chocolate president William F. R. Murrie) [5] who had a 20 percent share in the product. The arrangement allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate which had control of the rationed chocolate at the time. [6] During world war 2, these were reserved for the military cause they’re simple to carry, heat resistant, and easy to ration out. (Please keep cause its true) Gallery Although dark chocolate regained some popularity in the late twentieth century, milk chocolate remains the most preferred and consumed type of chocolate. [45] [46] Nutrition [ edit ] Milk chocolate bar Nutritional value per 100 g a b c Luther, William M. (2001). The Marketing Plan: How to Prepare and Implement it (3rded.). AMACOM. p.192. ISBN 978-0-8144-2615-9. Archived from the original on June 27, 2014 . Retrieved January 30, 2016.There are quite a few gluten-free brands of chocolate – and these are some of the most delicious ones: Mars Chocolate North America (May 11, 2017). "M&M'S Launches New Soft Caramel-Filled Chocolate Candies". PR Newswire. Archived from the original on May 14, 2017 . Retrieved May 17, 2017. Sethi, Simran (27 November 2017). "For those who think white chocolate isn't 'real' chocolate, have we got bars for you". The Washington Post . Retrieved 26 March 2023.

The following ten other M&M's flavors tested negative for wheat or gluten, including several that warned that they "may contain wheat" (we recommend avoiding ones with this warning): Schultz, E J (May 9, 2013). "Rewind: 1954 Ad Shows M&Ms Characters Go for a Chocolatey Swim". Advertising Age. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015 . Retrieved November 18, 2015. M&M's get mega-sized". CNNMoney.com. August 4, 2005. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008 . Retrieved June 14, 2008. Taylor, Victoria (October 2, 2014). "Crispy M&M's returning to shelves in January". Daily News. New York . Retrieved August 15, 2019.

In the USA these M&M's are gluten-free by ingredients, and celiacs have been eating them for years without issues (these don't have a "may contain wheat" warning):

Milk chocolate has been presented as a health food since Cadbury first advertised Sloane's Milk Chocolate for its medicinal properties in the nineteenth century. [5] In the 1920s, the Baby Ruth bar was touted as a health food for children by Allan Roy Dafoe. [50] Advertisements pronounced that chocolate bars combined both a source of essential energy and the "perfectly balanced food" of milk. [51] a b c "M&M's". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019 . Retrieved March 5, 2019. Crossan, Anna (May 13, 2023). "The Unlikely Similarity Between Smarties And M&M's". Mashed . Retrieved November 1, 2023. Not only did milk soften the bitterness of chocolate and refined its taste, but it also lowered its production cost due to a lower cocoa content. [12] As a consequence, Peter's recipe leaked to other nearby manufacturers: Cailler and Kohler. [13] In 1898, Cailler opened its new factory at Broc, where milk chocolate began to be produced on a large scale. [14] Peter also opened a larger factory at Orbe in 1901, before merging with Kohler. [13] The same year, Suchard of Neuchâtel launched the Milka brand; Carl Russ-Suchard had previously developed a first milk bar in 1896. [12] The Swiss chocolate industry also expanded in the late nineteenth century with the establishment of new companies, such as Frey and Tobler. [15] From these developments, Switzerland soon dominated the chocolate market. Production increased dramatically, and by 1905, the country was producing 15,000 tonnes (15,000 long tons; 17,000 short tons) of chocolate, a vast proportion of it exported. [16] 1905 ad for Gala Peter stating "The world's first milk chocolate" Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Johann (2019). "A Brief Economic History of Chocolate". In Squicciarini, Johan F. M.; Swinnen, Mara P. (eds.). The Economics of Chocolate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.11–42. ISBN 978-0-19883-340-6.