Angel Delight
Angel Delight is a powdered dessert product produced in the United Kingdom. It is designed to be mixed and whisked with milk to create a mousse-like sweet dessert.[1]
Strawberry and butterscotch Angel Delight | |
Product type | Food |
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Owner | Premier Foods |
Country | United Kingdom |
Introduced | 1967 by Bird's |
Markets | United Kingdom |
Previous owners | Bird's Custard |
Website | www |
Angel Delight was released in 1967 by the Bird's company,[2] in a strawberries-and-cream flavour. By the 1970s, Bird's had doubled the market for instant desserts.[1] After a lull in popularity during the 1980s, a revival campaign, featuring Wallace & Gromit, was run in 1999.[1] In 2006 the brand was the best-selling line in the UK instant cold desserts sector.[3] The brand is now owned by Premier Foods.[4]
Angel Delight contains no gelatin and is thus suitable for vegetarians, but its milk content makes it unsuitable for vegans.
Varieties
Angel Delight is currently sold in five flavours:[2][5] strawberry, butterscotch, chocolate, chocolate mint and banana. No added sugar variants[4] of the butterscotch, white chocolate and strawberry flavours are also sold.[2] It is available in three quantity variants: four-serving packets, twelve-serving tubs, and single-serving ready-to-eat cups.[1][6] Not all flavours are available in all size formats. For instance, tubs are only available in strawberry and butterscotch flavours.[7]
Discontinued flavours include coffee, tea, coffee walnut, black cherry, blueberry, peach, lime, lemon, blackcurrant, bubblegum, tangerine, vanilla ice cream, forest fruits, popcorn, cotton candy, butter mint, and raspberry.[6]
See also
References
- Fletcher, Ian (13 March 2017). "Now you don't even need to mix Angel Delight as product gets ready-to-eat makeover". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Angel Delight's Story". angeldelightdesserts.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- Barkham, Patrick (12 July 2006). "The power behind Angel Delight". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- "Angel Delight". Premierfoods.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- Alexander, Saffron (16 March 2017). "Angel Delight and 10 other forgotten foods you can still buy". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- Rodger, James (13 March 2017). "Angel Delight is changing MASSIVELY - and this is why". Birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- "Angel Delight - TUBS". angeldelightdesserts.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2019.