Milka is a brand of chocolate confectionery, originally made in Switzerland since 1901 by Suchard. It has then been produced in Lörrach, Germany for the past 100 years.[3][4] Since 2012 it has been owned by US-based company Mondelez International, when it started following the steps of its predecessor Kraft Foods Inc., which had taken over the brand in 1990.[5][6] It is sold in bars and a number of novelty shapes for Easter and Christmas.[7] Products with the Milka brand also include chocolate-covered cookies and biscuits.[8]The brand's name is a portmanteau of the product's two main ingredients: "Milch" (milk) and "Kakao" (cocoa);[9] although there is a rumour that the name was inspired by Croatian opera singer Milka Ternina.[10][11]On November 17, 1825, Swiss chocolatier Philippe Suchard (1797–1884) established a pâtisserie in Neuchâtel where he sold a hand-made dessert, chocolat fin de sa fabrique.[12] The following year, Suchard founded Chocolat Suchard and moved production to nearby Serrières, where he produced 25–30 kg of chocolate daily in a rented former water mill. During the 1890s, milk was added to Suchard's chocolate,[13] closely following the launch of the Gala Peter brand, founded by Daniel Peter, another Swiss chocolatier. [Wikipedia]
