Nestlé says it can slash sugar in chocolate without changing taste

Swiss company, whose products include Aeros and Yorkies, says its scientists have discovered how to ‘structure sugar differently’

Nestlé says it has found a way of slashing the amount of sugar in some of its chocolate bars by 40%, without compromising the taste.

The Swiss food company, whose products include Kit Kats, Aeros and Yorkies, said it has achieved the reduction by discovering a way “to structure sugar differently”. The new process is said to make sugar dissolve faster so that even when less is used, the tongue perceives an identical level of sweetness.