US food giant Kraft has proposed buying confectionary giant Cadbury in a £10.2bn ($16.7bn) move.

美国食物巨头被建议以102亿美元购买糖果巨头Cadbury。

Cadbury's produces some of the UK's best known chocolate bars

Kraft said that the purchase of the maker¹ of Dairy Milk would protect jobs in the UK - including saving a factory earmarked（作记号） for closure.

The board of Cadbury has rejected the approach, Kraft said.

Kraft said it wanted to build on Cadbury's brands and that a deal would create "a global powerhouse in snacks, confectionary（糖果，糖果店） and quick meals."

Cadbury also owns the Green & Black's chocolate brand and Halls lozenges, Trident and Dentyne gum brands, and liquorice（甘草，甘蓝根） allsorts（什锦糖混合物） maker Bassett's. It span off its drinks division as a separate business last year.

Kraft's brands include Kenco coffee, Oreo biscuits and Terry's Chocolate Orange.