Kinder Chocolate (; "Kinder" is German for “Children") is a brand of chocolate bars produced by Italian multinational confectionery company Ferrero. Kinder Chocolate In Alba, Italy, in 1968, Michele Ferrero, proposed to market a product that was palatable to children (with chocolate) and at the same time reassuring to mothers (with milk), thus the slogan "+ milk (latte) - cocoa (cacao)" shown on the package. In 1968, Kinder Chocolate, a milk chocolate with a milky filling, was introduced to the German and Italian markets, gained commercial success, and was later sold in other European countries. The face of a child is depicted (first by Günter Euringer, then by Matteo Farneti) on the right side of Kinder Chocolate bar packages to suggest to buyers the idea of ​​a product for children. The product is 40% milk chocolate, with 53% sugar, 33% milk powder and 13% cocoa. Kinder Products Chocolate bars Apart from the chocolate bars, products under the Kinder brand include several varieties, sold in over 125 countries worldwide. Kinder Bueno is a duo set of chocolate wafer bars containing a hazelnut cream filling. It was released in Italy in 1978, in Germany in 1991 and in the United Kingdom in 2002. These were marketed as the 'first Kinder chocolate for adults', and have gained the Kinder brand greater recognition in the UK. Kinder introduced a white chocolate version of Bueno in 1999. 2017 saw the release of the coconut and dark chocolate variants of the Kinder Bueno. Kinder Maxi is a larger version of the Kinder Chocolate. Kinder ChocoFresh is a two-layered chocolate bar. In the bottom, a layer of hazelnut cream then, a whipped cream base, then its coated with pure chocolate. Chocolate confections Kinder advent calendars and Christmas stockings are sold during the Christmas season. There are DC Super Hero Girls-themed and Jurassic World-themed Kinder stockings. Kinder heart-shaped products are sold during the Valentine's Day season. Kinder Surprise is a hollow milk chocolate egg shell containing a toy. The outside surface of the egg is milk chocolate, and the inside is a milky interior. A capsule containing a toy is inside the chocolate egg. Kinder Surprise is banned in the US since the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibits confectionary products containing "non-nutritive objects". Kinder Joy is similar in shape to the Kinder Surprise, it has a plastic egg-shaped packaging that is internally divided into two halves.