Altoids is a brand of sweets. This brand was created by Smith & amp; Company in the 1780s, and then became part of Callard & amp; Bowser Company in the 19th century. Their advertising slogan is "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Mints", referring to the high concentration of peppermint oil used in the original taste of candy.
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Marketing
Altoids are less widely available in the UK - their home country - than in the US that is exported. Candies are stocked in Morrisons. & Amp; Spencer produced a similar product called "Curiously Strong Mints". Unlike their US marketing, Altoids were never marketed in the UK. Callard & amp; Bowser-Suchard has produced Altoids at a factory in Bridgend, Wales, but has since moved Altoids production to a plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. This is done to produce products closer to where they are primarily marketed. They were marketed for short periods in the 1990s under the "Nuttall" brand when Callard and Bowser were under Terry ownership.
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Flavors and varieties
Mints
Altoids mint is currently available in four flavors: peppermint, wintergreen, spearmint, and cinnamon. "Sugar-Free Smalls", small square candies sweetened with sorbitol and sucralose, are also available in peppermint, wintergreen, and cinnamon. In 2007, mint dyed dark chocolate was introduced in three flavors: peppermint, cinnamon and ginger and in 2008, dyed chocolate candy was introduced in crÃÆ'¨me de menthe. Dried chocolate varieties were discontinued in 2010. Also historically made but no longer available are ginger, sweet roots, cold honey, and creme de menthe varieties that are not dyed brown. Around early 2011, Altoids changed their Wintergreen mint ingredients, adding a blue food dye. Altoid mints labeled "sugar free" contain gelatin.
Sours
Hard candies in a round tin were introduced in 2004 but discontinued in 2010 due to low sales. Flavors include raspberries, oranges, apples, tangerines, and mangoes. The limited edition passion fruit sours were also released around Valentine's Day in 2005 in 2.3 oz cans larger than the standard 1.76 oz cans that had been released until then.
Gum
Sugar-free gum, introduced in 2003, is made in the United States. Flavors include peppermint, cinnamon, spearmint, wintergreen and two sour flavors, cherries and apples. Chewing gum has not been seen in stock in US stores since January 2010 and has been discontinued.
Strip Altoids
In 2003, breath strips in peppermint and cinnamon flavors were introduced. They are stopped and are no longer available.
Altoids Arctic
In 2014, Eclipse Mints, another Wrigley product, is branded as Altoids Arctic, with the remaining tin equal to the storage for the label. Rebranded mints released only Peppermint, Wintergreen, and Strawberry, get rid of wider varieties of Eclipse like Cinnamon, Winterfrost and some other flavors, as well as chew. As before, each can contains 1.2 oz (34g), or about 50 candies.
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The typical tin cases in which packed Altoids candy are often reused for other purposes. They have long been used as containers for household items such as paper clips, coins, sewing materials and other small items.
Cans are sometimes used for home electronics projects. BeagleBone, a single board computer made by Texas Instruments, is intentionally shaped with rounded corners to fit inside a can. CMoy pocket earphone amplifiers also often use Altoid cans as cover. Retrocomputing hobby computer, microcomputer kit RCA Membership Card 1802, designed to fit with Altoids tin.
Chemical Fingerprint Trial
In an experiment conducted by Griffin Analytical Technologies LLC, Indiana, USA, Altoids were used to measure the efficiency of ion sources. Flavored Altoids are held near the DART source interface until they burn. This produces the fingerprint sample data used in the experiment.
Darden Case No. UVA-M-0705
In the Darden Case No. The sales number of Altoida UVA-M-0705 is referenced and compared to the Listerine breath strip. In 2000 Altoids achieved sales of $ 107 million and immediately fell to $ 90 million in sales revenue after just two years. The sales decline was in part due to the success of the PocketPax breath that generated $ 110 million in sales revenue in less than a year.
Altoids Award
In 2007 at the opening of The New Museum of Contemporary Art Altoids announced the biennial awards of Altoids. A $ 25,000 cash prize awarded to four individual artists from across the country. Winners showcase their artwork in the museum after a rigorous selection process is over. The first winner was chosen by Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
First aid and survival
Cans Altoids has also been popular with outdoor enthusiasts for years as a first aid kit or mini survival kit. The name for this device is Motion Powder Bone , or SHIP .
See also
- Fisherman's Friend
- List of sweets
- Victory V
References
Further reading
- Grant, Jeremy. "Brand new take a toll on Wrigley" Financial Times , London Ed. 26-Oct-2005, pg 27.
- Divine, Daniel. "Altoids, a very strong tin, this container holds battery chargers, iPods and more." New York Times 2-February-2005.
- "Wrigley will buy Altoids and Life Savers from Kraft." Candy Industry ISSN 0745-1032; Volume 169; Issue 11 1-Nov-2004.
- What News. The Wall Street Journal , Business and Finance, pg A1. 15-Nov-2004.
- Pare, Mike. "Wrigley will invest $ 14 million to create Altoids at the Chattanooga plant, Tenn.,." Chattanooga Times/Free Press , Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. 23-Aug-2005.
External links
- Official Altoids website
- Old site (redirection to store locator)
- Chewing Gum Books
- The Altoids Video Clip Award Strangely Strong
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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