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Mars Wrigley has launched a dark chocolate version of its Maltesers brand. Dark Maltesers contains 65% more cocoa and 30% less sugar. Mars said that the brand sells a total of 187 million treats a year. Maltesers' brand director, Leah Dyckes, commented: “We are excited to be extending our Maltesers range to offer Maltesers fans a new twist on the chocolate malt confections, which we all know and love. We thought it was about time to finally create Dark Maltesers, as fans have been requesting us to bring out this flavour for years.” The new product will be available nationwide from 20 June in four-pack formats.