Cadbury Dairy Milk - Wikipedia
Cadbury Dairy Milk - Wikipedia
Cadbury Dairy Milk - Wikipedia
Cadbury Dairy Milk is a British brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury. It was introduced
in the United Kingdom in June 1905 and now consists of a number of products. Every product in the
Dairy Milk line is made with exclusively milk chocolate. In 1928, Cadbury's introduced the "glass and
a half" slogan to accompany the Dairy Milk chocolate bar, to advertise the bar's higher milk
content.[1]
The bar was developed by George Cadbury Jr, and by 1914 it had become the company's best-
selling product.[2] A century on it has retained its position as a market leader in the UK where it was
ranked the best-selling chocolate bar 2014.[3] It is manufactured and distributed by the Hershey
Company in the United States under licence from Cadbury, with a recipe that differs from the UK
version.[4] The chocolate is now available in many countries, including China, India, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.
History
In June 1905, in Birmingham, England, George Cadbury Jr made Cadbury's first Dairy Milk bar, with a
higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars; by 1914, it would become the company's
best-selling product.[2] Through its development, the bar was variously called 'Highland Milk', 'Jersey'
and 'Dairy Maid'.[2][5] Accounts on the origin of the Dairy Milk name differ; it has been suggested that
the name change came about on the advice of a
Cadbury Dairy Milk
shopkeeper in Plymouth, but Cadbury maintains
that a customer's daughter came up with the
name.[2][5]
In 2005, Cadbury celebrated the Centenary 100th Anniversary of Cadbury Dairy Milk. special limited
edition bars in reproduced original 1905 packaging was launched.[10]
Also in 2005 Cadbury buried a time capsule at the Bournville factory in the Midlands. On the
company's website, Cadbury stated, "We're going to bury a Time Capsule that won't be opened until
Cadbury Dairy Milk is 200 years young. But, we need your help in deciding what we should leave for
future generations."[11]
In 2012, Cadbury won a trademark dispute in the United Kingdom for the distinctive purple colour
(Pantone 2685C) of its chocolate bar wrappers,[12] a colour originally introduced in 1914, as a tribute
to Queen Victoria.[13] In October 2013, however, an appeal by Nestlé successfully challenged
Cadbury's claim to the colour.[14]
In July 2018, Cadbury announced it would launch a new Dairy Milk version with 30% less sugar. The
chief nutritionist of Public Health England, Alison Tedstone, said she was "pleased that Mondelez is
the latest … name" to offer "healthier" products.[15]
On 8 January 2024, Mondelez International announced plans to celebrate the 200th anniversary of
Cadbury.[16] As part of the celebrations, seven retro limited edition packaging designs of Cadbury
Dairy Milk bars were relaunched from 1915, 1940, 1961, 1980, 1993, 2003 and 2024.[17]
Variations
The original Dairy Milk bar ("with a glass and a half of fresh milk") was launched in 1905.[18]
There are various bars, including: Caramel; Fruit & Nut, a bar with raisins and almonds; Whole Nut,
with hazelnuts; Dairy Milk Silk, launched in India, in 2010;[19] Dairy Milk Ritz, a bar with salty Ritz
crackers, launched in the United Kingdom in 2014; and Dairy Milk with LU biscuits. There is also
Dairy Milk Oreo, a bar with an Oreo filling, also made as a mint flavoured bar .The 1970s television
advertising campaign for the "Whole Nut" featured a series of commercials with the tag line "Nuts,
whole hazelnuts. Ooh! Cadbury's taken them and they cover them in chocolate".[20][21]
A Vegemite flavoured bar, which consists of milk chocolate, caramel, and Vegemite (5%), was
launched in Australia in 2015.[22]
In 1986, the glass and a half symbol appeared on the front of the Irish Dairy Milk wrapper.
Ingredients and tastes for local markets
According to a 2007 report in The New York Times, a British bar contained (in order) milk, sugar,
cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat and emulsifiers, whilst the American version manufactured
by Hershey started its list of ingredients with sugar. It also listed lactose, emulsifier soy lecithin, and
"natural and artificial flavorings".[4] Cadbury supplied its chocolate crumb to Hershey, which then
added cocoa butter during processing.[4] According to its spokesman, Cadbury tries to adapt the
taste of the product to that which local consumers are accustomed, meaning it is more akin to a
Hershey bar for the US market.[4]
There is a variation of taste between the UK Cadbury-produced products and the equivalents
produced by Irish Cadbury; the same can be said for locally produced Cadbury products elsewhere
in the world.
Advertising
Pre–2007 advertising
Cadbury's Fruit & Nut was advertised in a popular 1970s television advertisement that featured
humourist Frank Muir singing "Everyone's a fruit and nutcase" to the tune of "Danse des mirlitons"
from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.[23][24]
In Ireland, Cadbury Dairy Milk used the jingle "The Perfect Word For Chocolate" from 1986 to 1988.
Between 1989 and 1996, the popular jingle "The Choice Is Yours The Taste Is Cadbury" with the
slogan "Mysteries of Love" was a well-known advertisement.[25] The song "Show Me Heaven" was
used in a 1996 advert, with the jingle "Tastes Like Heaven".
Cadbury has always tried to keep a strong association with milk, with slogans such as "a glass and
a half of full cream milk in every half pound" and advertisements that feature a glass of milk pouring
out and forming the bar.
In 2004, Cadbury started a series of television advertisements in the United Kingdom and Ireland
featuring a human and an animal (representing the human's happiness) debating whether to eat one
of a range of included bars.
In 2007, Cadbury launched a new advertising campaign entitled Gorilla, from a new in-house
production company called "Glass And A Half Full Productions".[26] The advert was premièred during
the season finale of Big Brother 2007, and consists of a gorilla at a drum kit, drumming along to the
Phil Collins song "In the Air Tonight".[27] The advert has over twenty million views on YouTube, and
put the Phil Collins song back into the UK charts.
On 28 March 2008, the second Dairy Milk advert produced by Glass and a Half Full Productions
aired. The ad, entitled 'Trucks' features several trucks at night on an empty runway at an airport
racing to the tune of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now".[28] The ad campaign ran at the same time as the
problems at Heathrow Terminal 5 with baggage handling; in the advert baggage was scattered
across the runway.[29]
On 5 September 2008, the Gorilla advert was relaunched with a new soundtrack – Bonnie Tyler's
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – a reference to online mash-ups of the commercial. Similarly, a version
of the truck advert appeared, using Bon Jovi's song "Livin' on a Prayer". Both remakes premiered
once again during the finale of Big Brother 2008.[30]
In January 2009, 'Eyebrows', the third advert in the series, was released, of two children moving their
eyebrows up and down rapidly to the song "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle. The ad starred Bradley
Ford and Leah McArdle.[31]
In April 2010, a fourth advert aired, entitled 'Chocolate Charmer', containing a scientist mixing milk
and chocolate to make a dairy milk bar to the tune of "The Only One I Know" by The Charlatans.
In April 2011, a fifth advert aired, known as 'Charity Shop' or 'Dancing Clothes', featuring dancing
clothes at a charity shop to the tune of "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine
Stewart.
Glass and a Half Full Records
A new 'record label' was launched as part of the Glass and a Half Full Productions campaign. The
first song released was Zingolo featuring Tinny, to promote Fairtrade Dairy Milk. A full music video
was made incorporating the 60-second ads, as well as a Facebook page.
Joyville (2012–2014)
The 2012–2014 Joyville campaign focused on an 'organisation made to bring joy to people'.
Chocolate fountains were put in shopping centres such as Westfield London and the first ad
focused on the relaunch of Dairy Milk Bubbly. During the campaign in 2012, Cadbury Dairy Milk was
launched in new flavours such as Toffee Popcorn, Golden Biscuit Crunch (an exclusive to
Sainsbury's), Nutty Caramel and also Cadbury Dairy Milk with Oreo. Along with the new flavours,
Cadbury also launched two new Bubbly bars including a mini version and a Mint Bubbly. Cadbury
has also launched Crispello and, most recently, launched "Marvellous Creations" in the UK.
In addition, Cadbury also brought the Joyville concept into Asia, where Singapore bloggers were
invited to join in the campaign in 2013.[32]
In 2014, Joyville was replaced with the "Free The Joy" campaign. The song in a television advert is
"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by Baccara.[33] A new design was launched for Dairy Milk (and its variants)
inviting consumers to scan an on-pack QR code and visit a website featuring "Free The Joy"
moments.
Marketing in India
Cadburys Chocolate in
refrigerated display at a store
in Coimbatore, India
Initially, the company had appointed Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador in 2004.[34]
However, the brand soon faced a significant backlash, with worms being spotted in a few of the
chocolate bars.[35] With its new campaigns, the company recovered again, with increased sales.[36]
One campaign that promoted the product by using the country's love for cricket was successful.[37]
The advert was noted to be the best advertisement made in India by The Times of India.[38]
Another famous campaign hosted by the company in the past was the 'Shubh Aarambh' Campaign.
This campaign made use of the traditional practice of Indian households of having something
sweet before every auspicious occasion. This campaign was successful, and positioned Cadbury
Dairy Milk chocolates as part of a family name.[39] Cadbury today holds 70% of the market share of
the chocolate industry in the country.[40]
Grey imports
In 2015, Hershey's blocked imports of overseas-made Cadbury chocolate and other confectionery to
the US that infringed on its trademark licensing in a settlement with a grey importer.[41] British Dairy
Milk has been blind taste-tested as providing a creamier taste and texture, with the Hershey's-made
chocolate reportedly leaving a less pleasing coating on the tongue and a somewhat stale
aftertaste.[41]
Recalls
Cadbury was fined £1 million in July 2007 due to its products having been found to have been at risk
of infection with salmonella (at a factory in Marlbrook, Herefordshire, England). It spent a further
£30 million decontaminating the factory.[42]
The 2008 Chinese milk scandal affected Cadbury, when much of the Cadbury Dairy Milk
manufactured in mainland China was tainted with melamine. Although it can be safely used in
plastic manufacturing, melamine is toxic, particularly to infants.[43]
See also
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