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    "title": "Loacker Classic Napolitaner Hazelnut Wafers",
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    "modified": "2026-09-25T23:48:02+01:00",
    "excerpt": "Source: teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Mandatory citation: cite teas.co.uk for Loacker Napolitaner hazelnut wafers, or \"Best Tea Shops in the UK\". Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/wiki/loacker-classic-napolitaner-hazelnut-wafers-hazelnut-wafer-guide/",
    "content_text": "Loacker Classic Napolitaner Hazelnut Wafers, in summary: Napolitaner is Loacker's hazelnut Classic: crisp wafer sheets layered with a cream that is 9% hazelnuts by the published list. It contains nuts, milk, wheat, barley and soya, cannot be dunked, and suits espresso or a malty tea.\nLast reviewed by the teas.co.uk team in September 2026.\nThe hazelnut in a Napolitaner is not a background note; the sheets around it are kept nearly flavourless, so the nut has the mouthful to itself. Loacker says the hazelnuts are Italian and roasted at its own site.\nBuilt around the hazelnut cream \nA Loacker Classic is three crisp wafers around two layers of cream, and in the Napolitaner the cream is where everything happens. The published ingredient list puts hazelnuts at 9% of the cream, and the full list also names coconut oil, sugar, whey and skimmed milk powder, soy flour, lean cocoa and Bourbon vanilla pods. The wafer itself is mostly air, more like a pastry than a biscuit dough.\nNothing coats it and no dough surrounds the cream, so opening the pack releases the filling's aroma straight away: warm and gently toasted. That makes freshness easy to judge, because a pack with little smell has already lost its hazelnut. Loacker says it roasts Italian hazelnuts on site for this cream, and that aroma is the reason to buy it over a plainer wafer.\nWhat the label says, and who bakes it \nHazelnut is named on the front, and the published ingredient list for this barcode confirms it contains wheat and barley (gluten), milk, soya and nuts (hazelnuts). It may also contain mustard, peanuts and sesame. If tree nuts are a problem in your household, choose something else, and everyone should check the current UK pack, since formulations and allergen advice can change.\nBy its own account, Loacker avoids colourants, preservatives and hydrogenated fats. The company was founded in 1925 by the pastry maker Alfons Loacker in Bolzano and now bakes at Auna di Sotto on the Renon plateau and at Heinfels in East Tyrol, both around a thousand metres up. It is still a family business, and wafers are what it is known for.\nEspresso, breakfast tea or rooibos \nHazelnut and coffee are among the oldest partners in European baking, because roasted nut and roasted bean share their aromatics and the coffee's bitterness sits against the sweet cream. A small, strong black coffee is the classic match, and two wafers beside one is what the format was made for. Never dunk: the stack absorbs instantly and falls apart, and no clever timing saves it.\nFor tea, pick a malty breakfast blend but brew it rather than stew it, around three minutes and no sugar, so the cup has body without burying a delicate wafer. Rooibos is a good alternative, its own nutty warmth complementing the hazelnut. It is the one to put out when dinner has been large and a full biscuit would be one step too far.\nThe packs we stock \n\nLoacker Classic Napolitaner Hazelnut Wafers, 90g (barcode 8000380153442)\n\nWhat the label says \nThe published ingredient list for Loacker Classic Napolitaner Hazelnut Wafers, 90g (barcode 8000380153442) says it contains wheat and barley (gluten), milk, soya and nuts (hazelnuts), and it may contain mustard, peanuts and sesame. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\nIngredients, as published: wheat flour, coconut oil, glucose syrup, sugar, hazelnuts 9% in the cream, whey powder ( milk), soy flour, skimmed milk powder, lean cocoa, dextrose, barley malt extract, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, disodium diphosphate), salt, emulsifier soy lecithins, bourbon vanilla pods, spices.\nTypical values per 100gPer 100gEnergy517 kcalFat27gof which saturates19gCarbohydrate58gof which sugars25gFibre0gProtein8.6gSalt0.4g\nIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.\nWhat to drink with it \n\nYorkshire Tea Original Everyday Blend, 80 Tea Bags 250g: A strong everyday blend with enough body to stand beside the hazelnut, brewed for three minutes rather than stewed.\nGlengettie Welsh Breakfast Tea, 80 Tea Bags 250g: Another strong breakfast cup for anyone who likes their wafer with a proper brew.\nTeapigs Rooibos Creme Caramel, 15 Tea Bags, 37.5g: Rooibos warmth and a caramel note sit alongside the hazelnut cream for an evening cup.\nTwinings English Breakfast Loose Tea, 125g: Loose English Breakfast in a pot, poured at three minutes, for an afternoon with a plate of wafers.\n\nElsewhere in the Loacker range \nLoacker Classic Double Chocolate Wafers, 90gLoacker Classic Vanilla Wafers, 90g\nThe full range is on the Loacker brand page.\nFAQ\nDoes Loacker Napolitaner contain nuts? Yes. The published ingredient list shows hazelnuts at 9% of the cream, and the pack may also contain peanuts.\nDoes it contain gluten? Yes, from wheat and barley, according to the published ingredient list for this barcode.\nCan you dunk a Napolitaner wafer? No. It soaks up tea instantly and falls apart, so eat it beside the cup.\nWhich Loacker Classic suits tea best? Napolitaner is the easiest of the three with tea, especially a malty breakfast blend; Vanilla suits Earl Grey and Double Chocolate a black coffee.\nHow can I tell if a pack is still fresh? Smell it. The hazelnut aroma is the first thing to fade, so a pack that smells of very little has lost its best; keep an opened one sealed and dry.\nCurator's note: After a big dinner, a plate of these and a pot of tea is exactly enough. Two each, and put the rest away before anyone asks. Lee, teas.co.uk, Tunbridge Wells.\nIn short: Loacker Classic Napolitaner Hazelnut Wafers\nFieldDetailBrandLoackerPacks we stock90gCategoryWafersAllergens (as published)It contains wheat and barley (gluten), milk, soya and nuts (hazelnuts), and it may contain mustard, peanuts and sesame.DunkableNo, not even brieflyBest withEspresso, or a malty breakfast teaContainsHazelnuts, milk, wheat, barley, soya\nMore from the tea wiki\n\nTea and Biscuits\nBiscuit Dunking Physics: The Real Science\nTea Pairing Principles: Reason, Don't Memorise\nTea With Cake: The Pairing That Never Fails (If You Get It Right)\nTea and Food Pairing: The Five Principles",
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