Nestlé apologise after making changes to 'iconic' recipe

Virgin Radio

26 Jun 2024, 15:52

Fans of Nestlé's Nesquik have reason to celebrate, after the brand has apologised following recipe changes and have said it will be reverting back.

The powder had some changes made to some of the flavours, and many of us grew up drinking the chocolate, banana and strawberry milkshakes.

Fans were angry after a recent recipe change left a "sludgy texture" to the drink.

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It turns out Nestlé removed maltodextrin from the recipe and switched it out with rice flour.

Maltodextrin is a powder made from corn, rice, potato starch, or wheat.

One fan wrote: ‘Pls change the recipe back, the strawberry milkshake powder clumps together at the bottom of the glass and has a weird texture.’

Another added: ‘Fix the banana and strawberry flavour it leaves a sludge in the bottom of the glass doesn’t dissolve.’

This unhappy customer wrote: ‘Just had a Nesquik for the first time in about 10 years. Horrible powdery after texture, someone’s put rice flour in it? Bulking it up with rice flour!’

One user was happy to see others agreeing and that it wasn't just them: ‘I thought it was going mad! I’ve been drinking Strawberry Nesquik every morning since the early 90s and this week I’ve had to down as much as I could to take my tablets thinking it was the different brand of milk! I could cry! 30 years I’ve been drinking it with no problem.’

Nestlé is aware the ingredient swap has ‘not been popular’ with customers and has apologised in a statement.

A spokesperson for Nestlé told Metro: ‘Our aim is always to have the best possible recipe on the market and we sometimes make changes that aim to improve on existing recipes. 

‘On this occasion the change has not been popular with consumers and we have listened to their feedback.’

'We can confirm the old recipe is going back into production and it should be in stores in July. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.’

Will you be waiting for the old version to come back?