Milka is the label name for chocolate products of the international food company Kraft Foods.

Founder years

On 17 November 1825 the sugar baker Philippe search pool of broadcasting corporations creates a Confiserie in new castle (Switzerland). It recruits for a new handmade Dessert, which "outer chocolat fin de SA fabrique" ("house-made chocolate" purifies), their prescription however not delivered ist.1826 acquires it in the neighboring village a former and there a machine production of board chocolate builds on (approx. 25-30 kg per day).

Into the 1890er years presents he the search pool of broadcasting corporations milk chocolate for the first time. Chocolate (except drinking chocolate) was manufactured at that time still without milk, so that it had rather an harsh taste and a dark-brown color.

The mark Milka

In the year 1901 the label name "Milka" is registered. Since then the Milka board in a lila envelope is offered, provided with a cow, to the Milka cow, including alpine panorama. 1973 receive the Milka cow likewise a lila colouring. Milka is also a luggage word for "milk and ''' Ka ''' kao".

Gradually the name search pool of broadcasting corporations disappeared completely from the packing.

In a negotiation against the Verdener the Federal High Court decided cookie and Waffelfabrik, which used a lilac-colored basic clay/tone for the packing of a on 7 October 2004 in Karlsruhe in a basic judgement that the color lila one may be used with the packing by chocolate goods further only for Milka products.

The Milka Tafelschokolade for completely Europe is manufactured today in the work (Germany). There about 110,000 tons of the different Milka Tafelschokoladesorten are produced annually, as well as Schokoriegel. Starting from 2007 (according to reports of company from May 2006) the 100g-Tafeln and beverage powders are to be only manufactured there. Further works for other Milka products still are in Bludenz (Austria), Strasbourg (France), Brasov (Romania) and Jankowice (Poland).

Literature

• Christa Edlin: Philippe search pool of broadcasting corporations (1797 - 1884). Chocolate manufacturer and social pioneer. Association for economiceconomics studies, miles 1992 (Swiss of pioneers of the economy and technology, 56), ISBN 3-909059-02-3
• Klaus Berthold (Hrsg.): Of the brown Chocolade for lila temptation: the Design history of the mark Milka; Exhibition 28 September until 27 October 1996 in the lower one city hall-resounds Bremen; Publication Design center Bremen, Bremen: Striking sign, 1996, ISBN 3-931785-21-1
• Jean Marie Kleis: Milka - our chocolate sides: Milka a Erfolgsstory - history of the chocolate, KJS, 2002

Related links

• Milka side
• Kraft Foods Germany

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• IAWA Board of Advisors Executive Meeting: March 24, 2005
  March 24, 2005. Present: Terry Clements, Kay Edge, Heather Ball, Donna Dunay, Milka Bliznakov, Marcia Feuerstein, Eileen Hitchingham, Lindsay Raymond, ...


• IAWA Board of Advisors Working Meeting: March 20, 2002
  March 20, 2002 Milka Bliznakov Home. Present: Terry Clements, Donna Dunay, Marcia Feuerstein, Jennifer Gunter (for Gail McMillan), Brian Katen, ...


• IAWA Executive Board of Advisors: March 3, 2000
  IAWA Newsletter: Marcia Feuerstein is waiting for articles to be submitted electronically to her before the end of March. Marcia noted that the Milka ...


• IAWA Executive Committee Meeting: February 9, 1999
  Laura Katz-Smith resigned from Va Tech; her position ends officially at the end of March. She handles all manuscripts in the library archive. Milka will ...


• IAWA Executive Committee Meeting: March 2, 1999
  March 2, 1999. Agenda Old Business. Review Minutes from February Meeting. Marcia Feuerstein. IAWA Brochure: Final Draft. Milka Bliznakov and Elsie Beam ...


• The IP Factor
  Elite challenged the Milka cow mark, claiming that it was confusing customers. In a refreshingly cynically but well written ruling, the Israel Patent Office ...