Kinder Surprise#Chile

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Kinder Surprise is a milk chocolate egg lined with a layer of white chocolate.{{cite news|title=Kinder Surprise|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8365569.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005711/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8365569.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2018|work=The Boston Globe|date=11 January 1996|issn=0743-1791|oclc=66652431|url-access=|access-date=7 December 2017}}{{cite journal|last1=Spyrou|first1=Constantine|title=Kinder Eggs are coming to America and everyone is rejoicing|journal=Business Insider|date=25 May 2017|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/kinder-eggs-in-us-2017-5|access-date=13 February 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Walansky|first1=Aly|title=After being banned, Kinder eggs are finally coming to the US|url=https://www.today.com/food/kinder-joy-chocolate-eggs-are-coming-us-t118667|access-date=13 February 2018|date=24 November 2017|work=Today}} Inside each egg is a plastic capsule that contains a small surprise toy, which sometimes requires assembly.{{cite news|last1=Khoo|first1=Isabelle|title=Kinder Surprise USA: Why These Eggs Are Banned South of the Border|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/01/26/kinder-surprise-usa_n_9081286.html|access-date=5 December 2017|work=HuffPost|date=26 January 2016}}{{cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Julia|title=Kinder eggs are coming to U.S. stores next year|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/22/news/kinder-eggs-us/index.html|access-date=5 December 2017|publisher=CNN|date=22 May 2017}} The capsule case is colored yellow and sometimes orange, to resemble an egg's yolk.Yellow shell: * {{cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/kinder-surprise-toy-cases-yellow-12666022|title=This is why Kinder Surprise toy cases are yellow|date=28 February 2017|access-date=6 December 2017|first1=Nicola|last1=Oakley|first2=James|last2=Rodger|work=Birmingham Mail}} * {{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kinder-surprise-toy-case-colour-yellow_uk_58b53fd0e4b0780bac2cebbe|title=This Is Why the Kinder Surprise Toy Case Is Yellow|work=HuffPost|first=Brogan|last=Driscoll|date=28 February 2017|access-date=6 December 2017}}Yellow shell: * {{cite news|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/do-you-know-why-kinder-surprise-toy-cases-are-yellow-lots-of-chocolate-lovers-don-t/story-30168421-detail/story.html|title=Do you know why Kinder Surprise toy cases are yellow? Lots of chocolate lovers don't!|first=Becky|last=Jones|date=4 March 2017|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Leicester Mercury|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304213026/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/do-you-know-why-kinder-surprise-toy-cases-are-yellow-lots-of-chocolate-lovers-don-t/story-30168421-detail/story.html|archive-date=4 March 2017|url-status=dead}} * {{cite news|last1=Gross|first1=Samantha J.|title=The reason why Kinder Surprise toy cases are yellow is blowing the minds of chocolate lovers|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/foodanddrink/the-reason-why-kinder-surprise-toy-cases-are-yellow-is-cracking-up-chocolate-lovers-a3477686.html|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Evening Standard|date=28 February 2017}} * {{cite news|last1=Shaw|first1=Neil|title=This is why Kinder Surprise capsules are yellow|url=http://www.devonlive.com/this-is-why-kinder-surprise-capsules-are-yellow/story-30169135-detail/story.html|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Tiverton Gazette|date=28 February 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The chocolates have foil packaging with warning labels advising parents to avoid giving the eggs to children under three years old and encouraging supervision during consumption.{{cite news|last1=My|first1=Sergio|title=Why Are Kinder Surprise Eggs Illegal in the US?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/why-are-kinder-surprise-eggs-illegal-in-the-usa-10055273.html|access-date=5 December 2017|work=The Independent|date=21 February 2015|location=London|issn=0951-9467|oclc=185201487}}

Kinder Surprise was originally created with children in mind,{{cite news|title=Ferrero launches white chocolate Kinder Bueno bar aimed at women.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-176681999.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910193819/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-176681999.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2016|access-date=9 December 2017|work=Marketing Week|date=13 March 2008|url-access=|issn=0141-9285}} replicating an Italian Easter family tradition in which adults give children a large chocolate egg with a toy inside.{{cite news|last1=Kell|first1=John|title=Kinder Egg Is Coming to America|url=http://fortune.com/2017/05/22/kinder-egg-usa-debut/|access-date=5 December 2017|work=Fortune|date=22 May 2017|issn=0015-8259|location=New York City}} However, Kinder Surprise toys have become collectible for adults as well. Collectors often try to acquire all toys within a themed set. Some even share their egg openings on social media, or create their own toys and re-wrap them in Kinder Surprise packaging.{{cite journal|last=Mosendz|first=Polly|title=Ukrainian Patriots Create a Kinder Egg Surprise|journal=Newsweek|date=16 February 2015|url=http://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-patriots-create-kinder-egg-surprise-307255|access-date=8 December 2017|issn=0028-9604}} More than 100 new toys are distributed each year.{{cite news|last1=Silver|first1=Erin|title=Kinder Surprise 'unwrap videos' on YouTube mesmerize children|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2015/11/08/kinder-surprise-unwrap-videos-on-youtube-mesmerize-children.html|access-date=6 December 2017|work=Toronto Star|date=8 November 2015|issn=0319-0781|oclc=137342540}} Around 12,000 different toys had been included within Kinder Surprise as of 2016.{{cite news|last1=Sanna|first1=Cristiano|title=Addio al papà dell'Ovetto Kinder, in tutto il mondo ne sono stati venduti 30 miliardi|url=http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/ovetto-kinder-inventore-morto/|access-date=18 December 2017|publisher=Tiscali|date=30 December 2016|language=it}}

According to CNNMoney, Kinder Surprise is most popular in Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Michele Ferrero and William Salice have been credited as co-creators of the candy.{{cite news|title=William Salice, creator of Kinder Surprise, dies at 83|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/william-salice-creator-of-kinder-surprise-dies|access-date=6 December 2017|work=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=30 December 2016|oclc=8572659|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208233235/http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/william-salice-creator-of-kinder-surprise-dies|archive-date=8 December 2017|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kinder-egg-creator-william-salice-dies-aged-83-1598800|title=Kinder Egg creator William Salice dies, aged 83|first=Jen|last=Offord|date=31 December 2016|work=International Business Times|access-date=17 December 2017}}

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In 1968, Michele Ferrero raised the idea with his employees of a product that could be given to children so they could have a little "surprise" every day, based on the Italian tradition of large chocolate eggs given to children by their parents at Easter. Ferrero said that at first his attempt to follow through with this idea was unsuccessful after employees questioned the order he placed for a machine to make the chocolate eggs. They thought it would not make any money, since eggs are only for Easter.{{cite news|last1=Calabresi|first1=Mario|title=Michele Ferrero: "Il segreto del successo? Pensare diverso dagli altri e non tradire il cliente"|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/02/15/economia/il-segreto-del-successo-pensare-diverso-dagli-altri-e-non-tradire-mai-il-cliente-Drlvtv0OCcIJlHmqh0UV8K/pagina.html|access-date=18 December 2017|work=La Stampa|publisher=GEDI Gruppo Editoriale|date=15 February 2015|issn=1122-1763|language=it}} Ferrero also said that he wanted the product to have a higher milk content and make that a key part of its promotion; he believed mothers would respond well to the idea of giving their children more milk. Ferrero commissioned William Salice to realize the concept.

The Italian company Ferrero began manufacturing Kinder Surprises in 1974.{{cite news|last1=Mitchell|first1=Simone|title=Americans have been denied the joy of a Kinder Surprise ... until now|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/americans-have-been-denied-the-joy-of-a-kinder-surprise-until-now/news-story/27190629405fb975b8dc9787ce3c6422|access-date=6 December 2017|date=25 May 2017|website=news.com.au}} Since then around 30 billion eggs have been sold worldwide.{{cite news|title=Wal-Mart to sell Australian rival to Kinder Surprise chocolates in U.S.|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yowie-group-walmart-usa-idUSL4N0QK7GS20140917|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Reuters|date=17 September 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Abel|first1=Allen|title=America's choke hold on Kinder Surprise|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/americas-choke-hold-on-kinder-surprise-114854969.html|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Winnipeg Free Press|date=29 January 2011|issn=0828-1785|oclc=1607085|publisher=FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership}}

Salice, who has been credited as the inventor of Kinder Surprise but insisted he was just "material executor", died in Italy in December 2016, at the age of 83.

The toys within Kinder Surprise have been themed for various popular licensed characters. Collections of Kinder Surprise toys have included Asterix, Fantomimi, Smurfs,{{cite news|title=Kinder Surprise Maxi eggs created just in time for Easter|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11817769|access-date=18 December 2017|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=14 March 2017|issn=1170-0777}} and Minions.{{cite journal|last1=Gwynn|first1=Simon|title=Kinder Surprise is latest brand to get Minions tie-up|journal=The Grocer|date=7 July 2015|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/marketing/kinder-surprise-is-latest-brand-to-get-minions-tie-up/521154.article#|access-date=19 December 2017}} Ferrero and Kinder have also partnered with various companies, institutions, and people to promote Kinder Surprise, including The Walt Disney Company,{{cite news|last1=Hof|first1=Robert D.|title='Unboxing' Videos a Gift to Marketers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/business/media/unboxing-videos-a-gift-to-marketers.html|access-date=19 December 2017|work=The New York Times|date=6 December 2015|issn=0362-4331|oclc=1645522}} Universal,{{cite journal|last1=Gwynn|first1=Simon|title=Minions, Frozen and Star Wars licensed to sell too much junk food, say health campaigners|journal=PRWeek|date=29 March 2016|url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1389146/minions-frozen-star-wars-licensed-sell-junk-food-say-health-campaigners|access-date=19 December 2017}} and Smart.{{cite journal|title=Smart Cars - Kinder Surprises Get Smart|journal=Super Street|date=1 December 2004|url=http://www.superstreetonline.com/features/epcp-0412-smart-cars-inside-kinder-surprise-eggs/|access-date=19 December 2017|publisher=Source Interlink}}

In 2000, three families who had lost children to choking on toys inside edible eggs campaigned for the products to be withdrawn from the European Union.{{Cite web|last=Brady|first=Emma|date=12 September 2000|title=Parents hit out at EU over tiny deadly toys|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Parents+hit+out+at+EU+over+tiny+deadly+toys.-a065156393|website=The Birmingham Post}}

Defenders of the chocolates said that these had been unfortunate fatalities. This was discussed in the House of Commons{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1985/jul/16/confectionery-plastic-toys#S6CV0083P0_19850716_CWA_192|title=Confectionery (Plastic Toys)|publisher=House of Commons|date=16 July 1985|access-date=17 August 2012|archive-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102131332/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jul/16/confectionery-plastic-toys#S6CV0083P0_19850716_CWA_192|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=6 December 1989|title=Oral Answers to Questions - Trade and Industry|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-12-06/Orals-1.html|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=2017-09-02|archive-date=2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310165145/https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-12-06/Orals-1.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|date=9 November 1989|title=Written Answers to Questions|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-11-09/Writtens-1.html|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=2017-09-02|archive-date=2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310165037/https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-11-09/Writtens-1.html|url-status=dead}} and also by the Department of Trade and Industry which said, "The child’s tragic death was caused by the ingestion of a small part of the egg’s contents. Many other products and toys with small parts are available in the market place. If we were to start banning every product that could be swallowed by a child, there would be very few toys left in the market".{{Cite web|date=14 August 1985|title=Department of Trade and Industry Press Notice|url=http://www.ferrerousa.com//inc/IMGShow.php?IDF=15023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221235158/http://www.ferrerousa.com//inc/IMGShow.php?IDF=15023|archive-date=21 February 2014}}

=== United States ===

A 1938 law, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, prohibits confectionery products that contain a "non-nutritive object", unless the non-nutritive object has functional value.{{USC|21|342}} in combination with {{USC|21|331}} Essentially, the Act bans "the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/28/us/giants-in-candy-waging-battle-over-a-tiny-toy.html|title=Giants in Candy Waging Battle Over a Tiny Toy|first=Neil A.|last=Lewis|date=28 September 1997|work=The New York Times}}

In 1997, the staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission examined and issued a recall for some Kinder Surprise illegally brought into the US with foreign labels.{{cite web|url=http://www.cpsc.gov:80/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml97/97172.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971211090351/http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml97/97172.html |title=CPSC and Kreiner Imports Announce the Recall of Kinder Chocolate Eggs Containing Toys |date=18 August 1997 |archive-date=11 December 1997 |publisher=U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |url-status=dead }} The staff determined that the toys within the eggs had small parts. The staff presumed that Kinder Surprise, being a chocolate product, was intended for children of all ages, including those under three years of age. On this basis, the staff took the position that Kinder Surprise was in violation of the small parts regulation and should be banned from importation into the US.

Kinder Surprise eggs are legal in Canada and Mexico, but are illegal to import into the US. In January 2011, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) threatened a Manitoba resident with a 300 Canadian dollar fine for carrying one egg across the US border into Minnesota.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/01/12/surprise_border_officials_seize_canadian_womans_kinder_egg.html|title=Surprise! Border officials seize Canadian woman's Kinder egg|website=Toronto Star|first=Debra|last=Black|date=12 January 2011}} In June 2012, CBP held two Seattle men for two and a half hours after discovering six Kinder Surprise eggs in their car upon returning to the US from a trip to Vancouver. According to Joseph Cummings of Seattle, Washington, one of the men detained, a border guard quoted the potential fine as "$2,500 per egg".{{cite web|last=Lynn|first=Jamie|title=Seattle men busted at the border with illegal candy|url=http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/Seattle-men-busted-at-Canadian-border-with-illegal-candy-162685596.html|publisher=KOMO News|access-date=28 November 2012|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104214248/http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/Seattle-men-busted-at-Canadian-border-with-illegal-candy-162685596.html|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) re-issued their import alert stating "The embedded non-nutritive objects in these confectionery products may pose a public health risk as the consumer may unknowingly choke on the object".{{cite web| url = http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_107.html| title = FDA Import Alert 34-02}} fda.gov

Kinder Surprise bears warnings advising the consumer that the toy is "not suitable for children under three years, due to the presence of small parts", and that "adult supervision is recommended".{{cite web| url = http://www.ferrerousa.com/inc/IMGShow.php?IDF=14189| title = Kinder Surprise Packaging Warning labels}}

As of 2017 Kinder Joy eggs, a similar product, are being sold in the United States. Instead of a toy being encased in a chocolate egg, it is in an egg-shaped plastic package with the toy and chocolate separated. Kinder Surprise eggs are still illegal in the US, but remain popular on the black market.{{cite web |date=2024-04-05 |title=Why These Popular Chocolate Easter Eggs Are Banned in the US, despite Being Legal Almost Everywhere Else |url=https://fee.org/articles/why-these-popular-chocolate-easter-eggs-are-banned-in-the-us-despite-being-legal-almost-everywhere-else/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Foundation for Economic Education}}{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Matthew |date=2024-01-14 |title=Why Kinder Surprise Eggs Are Illegal In The US |url=https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-kinder-surprise-eggs-illegal-184547005.html?guccounter=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625201343/https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-kinder-surprise-eggs-illegal-184547005.html?guccounter=1 |archive-date=2024-06-25 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Yahoo Finance}}

The chocolate content of the Kinder Surprise and Kinder Joy is what differentiates them. Kinder Joy has a spoon to eat a creme inside, while Kinder Surprise is two-layer chocolate—milk chocolate on the outside and white chocolate on the inside.{{cite web | last=Atkin | first=Elizabeth | title=Why are Kinder eggs banned in the US? | website=Metro | date=2022-04-07 | url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/07/why-are-kinder-surprise-eggs-banned-in-the-us-16424160/ | access-date=2024-06-25}}

=== Chile ===

In 2016, new food labeling and packaging laws resulted in Chile banning the Kinder Surprise.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/the-evil-egg-chile-bans-kinder-surprise/a-19362518|title=The evil egg: Chile bans Kinder Surprise|first=Carla|last=Bleiker|date=28 June 2016|publisher=Deutsche Welle|access-date=11 April 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/the-country-that-killed-tony-the-tiger-and-kinder-eggs-in-obesity-war-1.3384681|title=The country that killed Tony the Tiger and Kinder Eggs in obesity war|date=8 February 2018|access-date=11 April 2018|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Andrew|last=Jacobs}}

In 2022, the Belgian food agency reported about 20 cases of salmonella in Belgium due to contaminated Kinder Surprise eggs.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 5, 2022 |title=20 salmonella cases linked to Kinder Surprise eggs in Belgium |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/215137/salmonella-outbreaks-linked-to-kinder-surprise-eggs-produced-in-belgium |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}

In 2022, Ferrero Canada Ltd. recalled 23 Kinder brand chocolate products in Canada. The recall included Kinder Surprise 100g, and other products containing them.{{Cite web |title=Homepage – Kinder Canada |url=https://www.kinder.com/ca/en/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Kinder Canada |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-09 |title=Kinder recalls Chocolates over microbiological concerns (not a food allergy alert) |url=https://club.flappd.ca/t/kinder-recalls-chocolates-over-microbiological-concerns-not-a-food-allergy-alert/160 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Club Flappd |language=en}} According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the recall was voluntary. No illnesses were associated due to the consumption of the product.{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Health Canada |date=2022-04-11 |title=Certain Kinder brand chocolate products recalled due to possible Salmonella - Recalls, advisories and safety alerts – Canada.ca |url=https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/certain-kinder-brand-chocolate-products-recalled-due-possible-salmonella-0 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=recalls-rappels.canada.ca}}

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