Bournville Orange

What is it?

Orange against dark chocolate is a sharper pairing than orange against milk. There's no milk sugar to round the citrus off, so the two stay distinct instead of blending into one flavour. It works chemically as well as by taste. Limonene, the compound behind orange peel, is fat soluble, and a dark chocolate carries a higher proportion of cocoa butter for the flavour to dissolve into and spread through. The pack calls it simply irresistible, a naming convention across the range and not a description of anything in the bar. Orange is also the oldest of the Bournville variations and the one that has stayed longest, which in this part of the aisle usually means the flavour does something the plain bar can't. 100g.