Berger White Chocolate with Strawberry Pieces. Organic white chocolate bar with inclusions – creamy, fruity, with Fairtrade ingredients.
Berger White Chocolate with Strawberry Pieces is an organic white chocolate bar from Lofer in the Salzburg region. Berger mixes dried organic strawberry pieces into a light base of cocoa butter, whole milk powder, and raw cane sugar. The bar weighs 90 g.
White Chocolate with Strawberry Pieces by Berger is one of the confectionery’s "inclusion bars." This is what Berger calls their 90-gram bars, in which fruit, nuts, or caramel are embedded as small pieces directly into the chocolate. There is no filling here; the strawberry is right in the center of the mass. White chocolate differs from milk and dark chocolate by one missing ingredient: cocoa mass. It consists of cocoa butter, milk, sugar, and vanilla. This accounts for its ivory color and mild, creamy taste. What it lacks is the bitter note of the cocoa that balances the sweetness in dark varieties. In this bar, the strawberry takes on this role with its delicate fruit acidity.
Taste: first cream and vanilla, then light fruit
The bar tastes first of milk and cocoa butter, followed by the strawberry pieces, which provide a fresh, slightly tart accent. When you break it, you can see the red specks of fruit in the light-colored chocolate. On the tongue, the cocoa butter quickly softens and spreads creamily over the palate. The raw cane sugar provides a warm, rounded sweetness, while the vanilla ties the milk and fruit together.
With 2.63 percent, the strawberry is sparingly dosed. It therefore acts more like a seasoning than the main event. Those expecting a strong strawberry flavor should be aware: the bar remains a sweet, creamy chocolate in which the fruit flashes up only briefly. That is exactly what makes it interesting with the second and third piece.
Usage: on its own, with coffee, and as a light variety on a plate
This bar tastes best on its own. Break it along the grooves and let each piece melt slowly on your tongue so the milk and fruit come through one after the other. It goes well with afternoon coffee or a cup of fruit tea, as the strawberry keeps the sweetness fresh. If you arrange several Berger varieties on a plate, it forms the light counterpart to the dark bars.
White chocolate reacts more quickly to heat than dark chocolate because its main component is cocoa butter. Therefore, store the bar in a cool, dry place, protected from sunlight and radiators. This way, it retains its sheen and snaps cleanly.
Our tip: Place two pieces next to a bowl of fresh strawberries when you have guests in early summer. The comparison between the fresh and dried fruit provides a great conversation starter at the coffee table.
Origin: Organic ingredients and Fairtrade from the Saalachtal valley
The bar is produced in Lofer in the Pinzgauer Saalachtal valley, where Berger manufactures all of their confectionery. Master confectioner Hubert Berger and his wife Christine founded the company in 1994. They started in his parents' garage; today, their children Anna and Franz Berger are also involved in management.
For this variety, all ingredients come from organic farming; the control number is AT-BIO-301. According to the manufacturer, raw cane sugar, cocoa, and vanilla are sourced from Fairtrade-certified trade and together make up 71 percent of the bar. Raw cane sugar is at the top of the ingredient list for almost every Berger bar. You can taste it particularly well in the white chocolate because there is no cocoa to mask its slight caramel note.
For whom: for fans of light chocolate with a fruity accent
This bar is for everyone who likes white chocolate and wants a fresh counterpart to the sweetness. As a small gift, it fits into any bag, and children also enjoy reaching for light chocolate. Those who prefer milk chocolate will find a fruity alternative with the Milk Chocolate with Raspberry Pieces. Things get darker with the Dark Chocolate with Sour Cherry Pieces. You can see the entire assortment on our Berger Confiserie page.
Allergy information: The bar contains milk and may contain traces of peanuts and tree nuts. It is not suitable for those with a milk allergy.
An organic white chocolate with strawberry pieces from Lofer, 90 g, for all who like it light, creamy, and a little fruity.
