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| Product type | Digestive biscuit |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nestlé |
| Country | U.K. |
| Introduced | 1970 |
| Previous owners | Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery (1970–1988) |
| Website | nestle.co.uk/breakaway |
Breakaway is a brand of chocolate-covered digestive biscuit from Nestlé, which started production in 1970 in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery,[1] company then acquired by Nestlé, which holds rights to the brand.
Ingredients
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 2,111 kJ (505 kcal) |
61.1 g | |
| Sugars | 42.4 g |
| Dietary fibre | 2.4 g |
25.5 g | |
6.3 g | |
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| †Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: Here | |
Milk Chocolate (52%) (Sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Dried whole milk, Whey powder, Vegetable fat, Emulsifiers (Soya lecithin, E476), flavouring), wheat flour, wholemeal (10%), vegetable fat, sugar, whole oatflour, coconut, invert sugar syrup, barley malt extract, raising agents (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), salt.
Advertising
A mid-1970s United Kingdom television commercial for the brand starred Eric Idle in a variation on his "Nudge Nudge" sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Later stage performances of the original sketch included a comic reference to the commercial, as on the LP Monty Python Live at Drury Lane.
See also
References
- ↑ Breakaway Milk Chocolate Biscuit 8 Pack 152.8G review on Tesco.com

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