We select only quality, 100% certified sustainable cocoa beans through the Nestlé® Cocoa Plan ®, which aims to improve the lives of cocoa farming communities and the quality of their products. Great to share with your loved ones Each giant tube of Orange SMARTIES contains 120 grams of orange flavoured milk chocolate sweets in a crisp sugar shell. Each SMARTIES giant tube contains 6 portions [16 sweets] of your favourite SMARTIES treat that can be enjoyed or saved for later. Once you have enjoyed Smarties®, dispose of the paper wrapper in your paper recycling bin. We can all do our part to make the world a more colourful place! Love our SMARTIES® chocolate tube? Here’s what to try next. Barton, Laura (15 May 2007). "Veggies beware!". London: Lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 22 July 2009. Around Christmas, Nestlé Australia and Canada often releases Smarties in the Christmas colours of red, green and white.

Berry, Steve; Norman, Phil (2014). A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers. London: The Friday Project. pp.84–85. ISBN 9780007575480. Orange SMARTIES are slightly more difficult to manufacture in high volume, given the different process and recipe required to get that orange-y taste but our experts have been hard at work to make it happen and we are really pleased that we can offer them again this spring.”Unique to the UK and Ireland, Orange SMARTIES are the only SMARTIES that have their own flavour - with the shell infused with natural orange oil to give it its distinctive taste and they have been a huge hit. Smarties production to move to Germany (From The Northern Echo)". Thenorthernecho.co.uk. 21 October 2007 . Retrieved 10 April 2014. People love their distinctive flavour and they are our number one consumer request. The giant tubes launched last autumn were sold out in some stores within a few weeks from the launch and we have been inundated with requests from people all over the country asking us whether they could still get hold of some. Christof, Alexis (2 October 2019). "Smarties — a 'recession-proof' candy — turns 70 years old with a brand-new look"– via Yahoo.com.

Hexatubes made up entirely of Orange SMARTIES are now available in limited edition in Asda and across the wholesale and convenience stores. SMARTIES ® contain a creamy milk chocolate centre with a crispy sugar shell that has been at the heart of SMARTIES ® for nearly 80 years! SMARTIES ® are also available in a mixture of 8 different coloured shells - covering red, yellow, green, blue, violet, pink, brown and orange. Unique to the UK only, the orange SMARTIES ® are the only colour to contain a flavour - with the shell infused with natural orange oil. Since 2006, SMARTIES ® have been free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives. Also brand new this spring are Orange SMARTIES Mini Eggs which are quite literally, little Orange SMARTIES chocolate eggs. Very eggs-citing! Smarties are oblate spheroids with a minor axis of about 5mm (0.2in) and a major axis of about 12mm (0.5in). They come in eight colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, mauve, [2] pink and brown, although the blue variety was temporarily replaced by a white variety in some countries, whilst an alternative natural colouring dye of the blue colour was being researched. [3]

The SMARTIES® Multipack: the colourful, delicious milk chocolate you love, times four.

This jingle was set to the tune of Lonnie Donegan's " Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)". SMARTIES ® were originally named 'Chocolate Dragée' when we first started making them in Rowntree's in York around 1882 - before being renamed Chocolate Beans, then finally SMARTIES ® in 1937. In 2006, it was announced that Nestlé was removing all artificial colourings from Smarties in the United Kingdom. [14] Nestlé decided to replace all synthetic dyes with natural ones, but, unable to source a natural blue dye, removed blue Smarties from circulation (which led to the common misunderstanding that the blue Smartie triggered hyperactivity in some children) and replaced them with white ones. [15] In February 2008, blue smarties were reintroduced using natural blue dye derived from the cyanobacterium spirulina instead of the controversial brilliant blue FCF (FD&C Blue 1, E133). [16]

The Slovak Smarties slogan is "Farebný svet v hrsti!" (which roughly translates to "Colourful world in the palm of your hand!"). Bring some SMARTIES® fun into your life! Yummy smooth milk chocolate covered in colourful crisp sugar shells. Our SMARTIES® Tube contains red, yellow, green, blue, violet, pink, brown and orange SMARTIES® - what's your favourite? This convenient resealable SMARTIES® chocolate tube offers the ideal no-mess treat when you're out and about. Release the colourful fun of SMARTIES®. Even more reasons to brighten up your day with a SMARTIES® chocolate tube There are no artificial colours in our deliciously smooth milk chocolate. Smarties® were the first UK major confectionery brand to move to no artificial colours. A short history of Rowntree Maple Buds and other Canadian-made chocolate treats | The Star". Toronto Star. 29 April 2020.At the last year’s launch of the Orange SMARTIES Giant Tube consumers were sharing their delight on social media tweeting: “Thanks Nestlé I’ve been waiting years for a whole tube of orange SMARTIES”, “Hearing that Nestlé is making SMARTIES tubes filled with just the orange ones has got to be the best news of 2017” and “Nestlé have made my day, no week, no YEAR! #orangesmarties”. SMARTIES remain incredibly popular to this day and their array of vibrant colours have been manufactured without artificial flavours or colouring ever since 2006. Treanor, Jill (21 August 1999). "The future's bright for the bean". The Guardian. p.30 . Retrieved 29 July 2022– via Newspapers.com. We select only quality, 100% certified sustainable cocoa beans through the Nestlé® Cocoa Plan ®, which aims to improve the lives of cocoa farming communities and the quality of their products. Each 38g Smarties® tube contains two portions (16 sweets per portion), so why not share with a friend or save some for later. The German Smarties slogan is "Viele, viele bunte Smarties" (which translates as "lots and lots of colourful Smarties").