For many years, the leader in sales in the Russian "chocolate" market is Alpen Gold brand products. But such popularity among the population is explained not only by the demand for delicious chocolate bars. No less popular is the Alpen Gold cookie. It is of several types, each of which is represented by a variety of tastes.
Alpen Gold Brand Story
The Alpen Gold trademark was created in 1992 by the American concern Kraft Foods. The brand name in translation from English means "Alpine gold." But in fact, the brand and products manufactured by it have nothing to do with the Alps. This is only a successful advertising move that really paid off.
The company was initially focused on the Russian market (and some CIS countries). The goal of creating the brand is to fill the free domestic market with affordable chocolate products of the lower price segment. Today Alpen Gold (Alpen Gold) is owned by the world famous company Mondelēz International - the largest producer of chocolate, biscuits, candies and chewing gum.
The production of confectionery products was organized at once at several factories in Russia. For example, Alpen Gold chocolate is produced in Pokrov Vladimir Region, and cookies are produced in Sobinka at the Bolshevik confectionery. It organized 6 production lines at once, annually producing up to 40 thousand tons of cookies and biscuit products.
What is Alpen Gold Chocolife
Under the brand name Alpen Gold, only chocolate is produced, represented by a wide variety of lines and tastes. Special brands were created for the production of other confectionery products:
- Alpen Gold Tempo is a crispy chocolate-filled wafer coated with Alpen Gold milk chocolate.
- Alpen Gold Chocolife - includes several types of cookies at once: biscuit, with pieces of dark chocolate and a bar of milk. Each type is represented by a wide range of tastes.
Alpen Gold (biscuit cookies): tastes, composition, calorie content
Chocolate biscuit lovers will love Alpen Gold Chocolife brand cookies. This sweet treat consists of a delicate sponge cake and fruit filling. On top of this, Alpen Gold Chocolife cookies are coated with a layer of real chocolate. The manufacturer claims that the filling contains 100% natural fruit juice.
Biscuit cookies are represented by five different flavors:
- Strawberry;
- orange;
- cherry;
- berries;
- apricot.
The filling inside resembles marmalade: moderately thick, does not flow out, does not feel “chemistry”, as well as in other confectionery Alpen Gold (cookies). Chocolate is completely covered with the whole filling, which makes the taste of the treat special.
Biscuit cookies are sold in a package weighing 130 grams. Inside there is a small container in which the products maintain their integrity, do not break and do not crumble. In the package there are 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 cookies (orange) contain 365 kcal, and with the taste of cherries or wild berries - only 360 kcal. Thus, the calorie content of biscuits is approximately 360-365 kcal.
The composition of cookies with the taste of wild berries includes glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, wheat flour, chocolate, egg melange, water, starch, sunflower oil, glycerin, acidity regulators, raspberry juice, pectins, emulsifiers, salt, flavorings, Carmine complex food supplement ".
The composition of cookies with other flavors differs only in the filling ingredients (juice, dye). What else can please Alpen Gold?
Cookies with chocolate pieces: flavors, composition, calorie content
Cookies with pieces of chocolate are presented in three flavors:
- 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, crispy and very tasty. The fillings in the form of chocolate drops, hazelnuts or raisins are also quite a lot. The calorie content of cookies is 500 kcal per 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 dried egg white.
Hazelnuts and nuts, respectively, are added to confectionery with a different taste. But what can please us with Alpen Gold cookies with a bar of milk chocolate?
Milk treat
Those who prefer shortbread cookies to shortbread will enjoy the new range of sweets from Alpen Gold Chocolife. This treat will also please chocolate lovers.
Alpen Gold Chocolife crispy shortbread biscuits with a whole bar of milk chocolate are sold in a cardboard box weighing 150 grams. Inside the package is a container covered with a film. Thanks to this, all products retain their presentation, do not break and do not crumble.
The cookies used in this line remind of the “Jubilee” taste, which is also produced at the same Bolshevik confectionery factory. Real chocolate is used - milk Alpen Gold. The cookies seem to be buried under its thick layer. It seems that you eat both cookies and a bar of chocolate at the same time. Calorie content of the product is 495 kcal per 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 the following ingredients: milk chocolate, wheat flour and sugar, water, specialty fat, milk powder, glucose-fructose syrup, baking powder and salt, emulsifiers (lecithin, E 481).
Advantages of Cookies: Customer Reviews
Of all types of Alpen Gold Chocolife cookies, the most popular is a sponge cake with filling and chocolate icing. Customer reviews only confirm this. They like Alpen Gold (cookies) because:
- it is tasty, reminiscent of homemade biscuit cake;
- moderately sweet, has fruit jelly as a filler;
- soft, smells good;
- all products with any filling perfectly harmonize to taste with tea or milk.
Confectionery with chocolate pieces Alpen Gold (cookies with raisins, hazelnuts, chocolate drops) like customers for the following reasons:
- they are crispy and crumbly;
- they contain a lot of additives (chocolate, nuts, raisins);
- so delicious that an entire pack is imperceptibly eaten.
Regarding cookies with a bar of milk chocolate, buyers unanimously spoke in favor. They note that Alpen Gold Chocolife in this lineup:
- has a pleasant, not cloying taste;
- good composition with a minimum number of E-additives;
- the cookies are crunchy but not crumbled;
- happy with a thick layer of real milk chocolate.
Alpen Gold Chocolife: flaws
Buyers who absolutely didn't like cookies from Alpen Gold Chocolife, very difficult to find. Moreover, it does not depend on the type or taste of the product. Anyone who has tried Alpen Gold (cookies) once would like to buy it again. Among the shortcomings of the presented confectionery sweet tooth are noted such:
- non-useful 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 this is the risk of immediately getting 360-500 kcal per 100 grams. Those who monitor their weight need to control the amount of cookies eaten. Otherwise, you can quickly gain a couple of extra pounds.
Alpen Gold Chocolife cookie price
Sponge biscuits with fruit filling costs about 55 rubles per 130 grams. The package contains 10 units of confectionery.
Cookies with chocolate pieces cost about 50 rubles per 135 grams. Inside the package there is a small container, thanks to which the products retain their presentation.
Cookies with a bar of milk chocolate are sold at a price of 80 rubles for a cardboard box weighing 150 grams.