Prologue

Imagine an alternative

Teacher: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Child: A duck.

One of the most commercially successful and long-standing children's confectionaries sold around the world is the Kinder Egg, or Kinder Surprise. The Kinder Surprise originated in 1972 and is a global phenomenon, manufactured under franchise by many companies worldwide (see http://www.magic-kinder.com). The confectionary consists of an outside aluminum wrapper, a chocolate candy egg, and a small toy that has to be assembled. The toy is usually made of plastic, but occasionally of tin, and it is often designed by commissioned artists. The Kinder Eggs are sold all over the world with the exclusion of United States, where the 1938 Federal Food, ...

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