Whittard of Chelsea - Vanatu 44 Milk chocolate

The tasting notes reflect my personal opinion.

Name

Vanatu 44 Milk chocolate
Main ingredients are sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, milk powder, vanilla flavouring
Cocoa content: minimum 44% cocoa solids

Manufacturer

Manufactured in Belgium for: Whittard of Chelsea (Whittard Trading Limited), Windrush House, Windrush Industrial Park, WITNEY, Oxfordshire, OX29 7DX, United Kingdom

Packaging

The chocolate is wrapped and sealed in shiny plastic wrap. This package of 90g in then placed in a cardboard envelope.

Look

The chocolate is middle brown.

Sound

The chocolate breaks with a clear "snap" sound.

Smell

The smell has aromas of cream and hints of roasted hazelnuts.

Mouthfeel

The chocolate initially feels soft and melts into a creamy liquid. A small amount of crumbles is in the chocolate. After melting the chocolate leaves the sensation of a very fine powder on the gums and tongue.

Taste

The chocolate has a milky sweet flavour with little hints of roasted nuts and caramel.

Aftertaste

The aftertaste is dominated by caramel and cream flavours.

Summary

This is a creamy milk chocolate with balanced sweetness and some caramel and hazelnut flavours. It leaves the sensation of a very fine powder after eating.

Verdict

The main body of the chocolate is not well conched and there are some noticeable sugar crystals or some sort of crumbs in the chocolate. The flavour is mainly attributable to cream and (caramelised) sugar. There are hints of hazelnut. 2 Stars.

Dates

Lot number: L15258, best before September 2016, tasted 13 February 2016