 It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics as a performance-enhancing energy "Sport Chocolate" (German "Sportschokolade").It was also produced by the chocolate manufacturer "B. Sprengel & Co." in Hannover, who in 1936 was recognized as an important operation, as well as produced by other German chocolate manufacturers.In World War II, Scho-Ka-Kola was colloquially known as the "Aviator Chocolate" (German "Fliegerschokolade"), as it was commonly provided with Luftwaffe pilot and crew rations, to induce or extend wakefulness and alertness, especially on night-bombing missions, and was also issued to flight-crews in blue canisters as emergency sea-survival rations (German "Seenotpackung").