Alpen gold (biscuits): types, advantages and disadvantages

Already for many years, the Alpen Gold brand is the leader in sales on the Russian chocolate market. But such popularity among the population is explained not only by the demand for delicious chocolate bars. Alpen Gold cookies are no less in demand. It can be of several kinds, each of which is represented by various tastes.

The history of the appearance of the Alpen Gold brand

The trademark Alpen Gold was created in 1992 by the American concern Kraft Foods. The name of the brand in English means "alpine gold". But in fact, the brand and products it produces have nothing to do with the Alps. This is only a successful advertising move, which really justified itself.

The company was initially focused on the Russian market (and some CIS countries). The purpose of creating a brand is filling the free domestic market with affordable chocolate products of the lower price segment. To date, Alpen Gold ("Alpen Gold") belongs to the world famous company Mondelēz International - the largest producer of chocolate, biscuits, lozenges and chewing gum.

Manufacture of confectionery products is organized at once at several factories in Russia. For example, chocolate from Alpen Gold is produced in Pokrov in the Vladimir region, and biscuits in the town of Sobinka at the Bolshevik confectionery. Six production lines are organized here, producing annually up to 40 thousand tons of biscuits and biscuit products.

What is Alpen Gold Chocolife

Under the trademark Alpen Gold, only chocolate is produced, represented by a wide variety of lines and tastes. For the production of other confectionery products, special brands have been created:

• Alpen Gold Tempo are crispy wafers with chocolate filling, covered with milk chocolate Alpen Gold.
• Alpen Gold Chocolife - includes several types of cookies: biscuit, with pieces of dark chocolate and dairy tiles. Each species is represented by a wide range of tastes.

Alpen Gold (biscuit biscuit cookies): flavors, composition, calorie content

Fans of chocolate biscuits will like the Alpen Gold Chocolife cookie. This sweet treat consists of a delicate biscuit and fruit filling. On top of the cookies Alpen Gold Chocolife is covered with a layer of real chocolate. The manufacturer assures that the filling contains 100% natural fruit juice.

Biscuit biscuits are represented by five different flavors:

• Strawberry;
• orange;
• cherry;
• berries;
• apricot.

The filling inside resembles marmalade: moderately dense, does not flow, does not feel "chemistry", as indeed in other confectionery products Alpen Gold (cookies). Chocolate completely covers the entire filling, which makes the taste of delicacies special.

For sale biscuit biscuits in a package weighing 130 grams. Inside there is a small container in which the products remain intact, do not break and do not crumble. The package contains 10 biscuits with filling and chocolate.

The caloric content of products, depending on the filling, is slightly different (as is the composition). For example, Alpen Gold Chocolife (orange) cookies contain 365 kcal, and with the taste of cherries or forest berries - only 360 kcal. Thus, the calorie content of biscuits is approximately 360-365 kcal.

The composition of cookies with the taste of forest berries includes glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, wheat flour, chocolate, egg melange, water, starch, sunflower oil, glycerin, acidity regulators, raspberry juice, pectins, emulsifiers, salt, flavors, complex nutritional supplement "Carmine ".

The composition of cookies with other flavors differs only in the ingredients of the filling (juice, dye). What else can please Alpen Gold?

Cookies with chunks of chocolate: tastes, composition, calories

Cookies with chunks of chocolate are represented by three tastes:

• chocolate;
• Chocolate and hazelnuts;
• Chocolate and raisins.

It is sold in a package weighing 135 grams. Inside, in a small container, there are 10 Alpen Gold Chocolife products. The cookies are crisp, crunchy and very tasty. Fillings in the form of chocolate drops, hazelnuts or raisins are also quite a lot. Caloric content of cookies is 500 kcal in 100 grams. The nutritional value of the product includes: proteins - 6 g, fats - 24 g, carbohydrates - 63 g.

The composition of Alpen Gold Chocolife cookies (chocolate) includes: wheat flour, pieces of chocolate, palm oil and sugar, glucose or glucose-fructose syrup, starch, egg powder, baking powder, acidity regulator, salt, flavorings, milk powder and dry egg white.

In confectionery products with a different taste, hazelnut and walnut, respectively, are added. And what can we please the Alpen Gold cookies with a tile of milk chocolate?

Dairy treat

Those who prefer a biscuit biscuit shortbread cookie, like a new line of sweets from Alpen Gold Chocolife. This delicacy will also bring pleasure to chocolate lovers.

Crispy shortbread cookies from Alpen Gold Chocolife with whole chocolate milk tiles are sold in a cardboard box weighing 150 grams. Inside the package there is a container, which is tightened with a film. Thanks to this, all products retain their presentation, do not break down and do not crumble.

The biscuit, which is used in this line, reminds of the taste of the "Jubilee", also produced at the same confectionery factory "Bolshevik". Chocolate is used real - milk Alpen Gold. The cookie is like drowning under its thick layer. It seems that you eat both cookies and a bar of chocolate at the same time. Caloric content of the product is 495 kcal in 100 grams. Nutritional value is as follows: proteins - 6.9 g, fats - 23.5 g, carbohydrates - 63.5 g.

The composition of the product includes such ingredients: milk chocolate, wheat flour and sugar, water, special fat, milk powder, glucose-fructose syrup, baking powder and salt, emulsifiers (lecithin, E 481).

Advantages of cookies: customer opinions

Of all the types of Alpen Gold Chocolife cookies, the most popular is the biscuit with filling and chocolate icing. Customer reviews only confirm this. Alpen Gold (cookies) like them for the fact that:

• It is delicious, reminiscent of a home made biscuit cake;
• Moderately sweet, has fruit jelly as a filler;
• Soft, pleasant smells;
• All products with any filling perfectly harmonize to taste with tea or milk.

Confectionery products with chocolate slices Alpen Gold (cookies with raisins, hazelnuts, chocolate drops) are liked by buyers for the following reasons:

• They are crunchy and crumbly;
• They contain a lot of additives (chocolate, nuts, raisins);
• So tasty, that a whole batch is unnoticed.

Concerning cookies with a tile of milk chocolate, the buyers unanimously spoke positively. They note that Alpen Gold Chocolife in this line:

• Has a pleasant, not cloying taste;
• A good composition with a minimum number of E-additives;
• The cookie is crispy, but it does not crumble;
• Pleases a thick layer of real milk chocolate.

Alpen Gold Chocolife: disadvantages

Customers who absolutely did not like the cookies from Alpen Gold Chocolife, it is very difficult to find. And it does not depend on the chosen type or taste of the product. The one who once tried Alpen Gold (cookies), would like to buy it again. Among the shortcomings of the confectionery presented, the sweet tooth is marked by:

• Unsuitable composition;
• High calorie content;
• Small in volume packaging;
• high price.

Since the cookies are very tasty, as a rule, it is eaten almost immediately. And it's a risk to get 360-500 kcal per 100 grams. Those who watch their weight, you need to control the amount of cookies eaten. Otherwise, you can quickly gain a couple extra pounds.

The price of cookies Alpen Gold Chocolife

Biscuit biscuits with fruit filling costs about 55 rubles for 130 grams. There are 10 confectionery items in the package.

Cookies with chocolate pieces cost about 50 rubles for 135 grams. Inside the package there is a small container, thanks to which the products retain their presentation.

Cookies with a tile of milk chocolate are sold at a price of 80 rubles for a cardboard box weighing 150 grams.