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. Hexatubes made up entirely of Orange SMARTIES are now available in limited edition in Asda and across the wholesale and convenience stores. 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.

We select only quality, 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 Paula Cocozza "The Argos catalogue – and other small losses that hit us harder than expected", theguardian.com (Shortcutsblog), 24 October 2013Smarties in the UK were formerly sold in cylindrical cardboard tubes, capped with a colourful plastic lid usually having a letter of the alphabet on it. [7] The purpose of this, according to a Rowntree's spokesperson in the 1980s, was for them to be useful as a teaching aid to encourage young children to recognise the letters. Over the last 25 years, [ as of?] Nestlé and Rowntree's have manufactured five billion Smarties lids. Some lids are very rare and are now regarded as collectors' items. Vegetarians see red over smarties dye". Manchester Evening News. 28 October 2004 . Retrieved 22 July 2009. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This article is about the internationally distributed chocolate confectionery. For the confectionery distributed in the United States, see Smarties (tablet candy). For other uses, see Smarties (disambiguation).Berry, Steve; Norman, Phil (2014). A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers. London: The Friday Project. pp.84–85. ISBN 9780007575480. We just need a few more pieces of information from you to verify you are over 16. Enter your Date of Birth Enjoy SMARTIES® as part of a varied, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. Let’s be recycling heroes! With no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives, orange Smarties giant tube is a gift you can feel happy to give!

Enjoying chocolate as part of a varied, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle, is one of life's pleasures. Rainforest Alliance - People & Nature - Cocoa, Rainforest Alliance Certified™ cocoa. Find out more at ra.org

Deliciously smooth milk chocolate has been at the heart of Smarties® for more than 80 years and, in 2006, SMARTIES® were the first UK major confectionery brand to move to no artificial colours - more reasons to enjoy SMARTIES®. Made with love and care from certified sustainable cocoa beans IMPORTANT: YOUNG CHILDREN (LESS THAN 4 YEARS) HAVE LIMITED CHEWING ABILITY AND COULD CHOKE ON SMALL SWEETS. 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. 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. 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.

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Within the 2018 Nestlé confectionery seasonal portfolio there is a product for everyone from its range of iconic, well-loved brands; from the fun and playful MILKYBAR and ROWNTREE’S Eggs to the more traditional KITKAT, ROLO and AERO Eggs. 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] 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.” A short history of Rowntree Maple Buds and other Canadian-made chocolate treats | The Star". Toronto Star. 29 April 2020. As of 2013 [update], the slogan is "Show 'your' colours!" However, the redesigned 2015 box seems to have reverted to the original "Do you eat the red ones last?" slogan.