Overview
- A truck carrying 413,793 KitKat bars, roughly 12 tonnes, vanished last week in transit between central Italy and Poland, and both the vehicle and cargo remain missing.
- Nestlé says investigations are underway with local authorities and supply‑chain partners to locate the truck and recover the shipment.
- The company says there is no risk to consumers and that broader supply will not be affected, though it had warned of possible short‑term shortages in some areas before Easter.
- Each bar in the stolen load can be traced by scanning its unique lot code, which directs users on how to alert KitKat if a match is found.
- Nestlé cautions the chocolates could show up in unofficial resale channels and highlights that cargo theft of food and drink is a growing, sophisticated threat across Europe.