Nestle Smarties Hexatube

...of products they manufactor - Nestle is the second largest company in the UK's yogurt and fromage frais sector, with brands such as Ski and Munch Bunch. They also have Nestlé businesses of milks and creams, pasta, Herta and Maggi. Henri Nestlé was the man behind Nestle, originating in Switzerland but now has factories all over the world, thanks to its great popularity with its consumers. The UK headquaters is situated in Croydon, Surrey, which I ...
...the shops since 2005. Nestle recognise that the round Smarties tube was an icon in packaging design and has had an array of fun uses for generations. Along with washing up bottles, baking foil and egg cartons, the Smarties tube has always been an essential part of every kid's DIY modeling kit, used to create all manner of things from space rockets to castles - a true Blue Peter essential! They now think that, with the development of the Hexatube, ...

lilyellowfish 26.03.2008 (27.03.2008) · Read full review
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...Smarties are a Nestle chocolate that I am sure is synonymous with so many people. It has been blessing our chocolate shelves now for 67 years, and is of of the UK's favourite chocolate brands, and a must have for any party bag or Christmas Stocking. They are most certainly a firm rooted memory of my childhood years, Originally they were caled Chocolate Beans, but the name never took, so their name was changed to Smarties a year after their release. ...
...Hexatube is revolutionary to the Nestle and Smartie iconic brand. You can buy it singular, or it comes in a 4 pack. It was first made available Mid 2005 around the summer period. The resealable lid on top is now a flip lid, that we are assured closes securely. I would say from my experience that it does, until you sit on it - but maybe I am asking too much of a 36 pence product! On this resealable lid they have steered away form the familiar letter ...

yummy.mummy 25.03.2008 (29.03.2008) · Read full review
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Nestle Smarties have been around for a very long time - as far back as 1937 to be precise when they were then known as 'Chocolate beans'. Since then they have changed and adapted to suit customer needs but the fact is that they are still one of the most popular chocolate sweets in the UK and remain to this day a favourite for children and adults alike! What are they: Well Smarties are know as 'chocolate sweets' as they are chocolate on the inside ...
...Well I'm not sure if Nestle do normally have a set amount in their packets or whether a random figure is to be expected from every packet! The history: As mentioned the Smarties have been around since 1937 but even though they started out with a different name, they were only called Chocolate Beans for a year as in 1938 is when they became Smarties. Back then they were owned by Rowntree and it actually wasn't until 1988 that Nestle SA bought Rowntree ...

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...by a smooth taste of Nestle chocolate, a creamy taste but not too rich, as an adult it's easy to control the urge to quickly chew through the chocolate moving onto your next handful which allows you to appreciate the chocolate taste more, letting the sweet treat melt slowly in your mouth filling your taste buds with chocolaty pleasure. Occasionally evil slithers of shell will splinter off as you bite into the Smarties embedding themselves in your ...
...I find the Nestle chocolate not quite as smooth as Cadbury but it does have more depth to its taste, it is less sweet than Mars chocolate though making it very pleasant to eat and not leaving you feeling overloaded with sweetness, it only seems to be the brown Smarties that are too sweet, it would seem they try and infuse a taste of chocolate within the shell which takes away from the chocolate contained within. I don't find that a tube will particularly ...

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I have fond memories of Nestlé smarties from my childhood; my mum used them as treats to help me with counting and other basic maths problems! Nestlé have since redesigned both the smarties and packaging, but they're still the same sweets at heart. ===What they are=== Smarties are little flat circles of milk chocolate covered in a sugar shell of various colours (red, pink, purple, orange, green, brown, yellow and blue). All colours are rather dull, ...
...artificial colours. ===Price=== They retail (at Tesco) for 30p, (at my local newsagent) for 39p, (at the Co-Op) for 46p, which is just about perfect for a child's pocket money budget. You can get them cheaper in multi-packs in supermarkets. ===Taste=== Obviously I had to buy a pack, to ensure that this review would be accurate! They taste exactly the same as they did when they had artificial colours, they just have the added benefit of being suitable ...

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=== nestle smarties hexatube=== My idea of a great Chocolate is one that taste's delicious, smooth and rich in flavour. I think that a Chocolate should contain a high amount of cocoa content to really provide the user with a real flavour of Chocolate and the distinct feeling of quality and satisfaction from its consumption. A great company must also be a responsible and ethical company in terms of its production. A good example of a really nice ...
...nestle company back in 2005 wanted to use a fair-trade mark on its range of products. Though there was a boycott against the company by farmers and a pressure group called Baby milk action. The company have a somewhat poor business image in terms of ethical practises and spend fortunes advertising and promoting baby milk to the third world countries which are based on false and misleading nutritional claims, which nestle are fully aware of. In the ...

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...So in 2006 Nestle (the makers of Smarties!), decided to remove all artificial colourings. According to them after all the years we have been eating them, they were only now concerned of the effects of the chemical dyes used, on children's health, oh well better late than never I suppose!! Unfortunately the only colour they couldn't source was the blue, so took it out and replaced it with the white ones, which were later removed from the range. ...
...found to "bring back blue!", the colour is now derived from a type of seaweed called spirulina. Can I also mention, that out of the remaining 7 colours,( red, orange, yellow, green, mauve, pink and brown), only mauves natural dye is mentioned, due to the fact it is made from cochineal, which I was unaware is a derivative from the cochineal insect, (yuk!!), making Smarties neither suitable for vegetarians or kosher. NOW FINALLY………. Now I have got ...

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...presented with, was of the Nestle Smartie variety, and in being so it was therefore filled with two of the new funky shaped packets of Smarties. It had been a while since my taste buds had been tingled by the small crispy beans of chocolate, and in fact it had been as equally long since I'd even seen them around. The packaging although now of a hexagonal nature, was none too different from the one's I used to purchase some years ago. It did however ...
...chocolate is the usual high Nestle standard, which is unfortunate since Cadbury's chocolate would have made the beans so much more enjoyable, that is not to say they are not, they most certainly are. The contrast in textures between the crispy shell and the soft chocolate makes for a sweet strange experience which is one you will not get with make confections these days. As I understand it the Smartie's currently retail at around the 50p mark which ...

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==History of Smarties, == Smarties have always been around as far as I can remember, from a very small child I recall being given a tube of Smarties. I recall as a small child popping the lid and then spilling all the Smarties on the floor. How things have changed since the early 1990. ==Packaging== I think the nestles have done so well here to squeeze all the relevant information on to the small box, ok the main shape has changed has its now a ...
...which is a real shame. The box is very attractive with good selection of vibrant colours and lots of nutritional information. I have to add that I do not like the lid, I so miss the old pop style lid it now has a more modern and I suppose functional hinged lid. ** I personally prefer the old style packaging as it was far more fun rolling your smartie tube around the room and after you had eaten all the contents you could pop the lid by standing on ...

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...1993, '''Smarties''' was modified to Nestle Smarties. This change to the product name came into effect five years after a rapidly expanding Nestle company, bought Rowntree in 1988. Under the tutelage of Nestle, the light brown chocolate spheroid was withdrawn from the Smarties product and substituted for the '''blue spheroid chocolate''' to further enhance sales. This event took place in 1998 and marked the BIRTH of '''blue Smarties''' and DEATH ...
...to recent years, especially 2008, Nestle now markets Smarties in hexagonal tubes, having abandoned the cylindrical tubes that they sold to the public for years on a traditional basis. In this context, it has come to my attention that Nestle has further updated its product title from '''Nestle Smarties''' to 'NESTLE SMARTIES HEXATUBE' since year 2005. The fate of the colourful layers on '''Smarties''' chocolates in 2006, followed suit as Nestle replaced ...

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History Rountrees of York intoduced Chocolate Niblet Beans in 1937 as a chocolate that could last in the heat without melting, it was renamed Smarties the following year. The Package Smarties in the U.K. were traditionally sold in cylindrical cardboard tubes, capped with a colourful lid usually having a letter of the alphabet. The tube have changed to a hexagonal shape replacing the cardboard tube and plastic lid for one just cardboard, it was ...
...Games . When I was a child we used to put the lids from the smarties in between the spokes on our bike wheels, and see who could get the most colours and lids, we also used to take out the carboard bottom and put the lid back on, put not push the lid down too hard then put the tube to your lips and blow hard the lid would shoot out if you were lucky. The Contents The sweet itself, first you get the colour and i have to admit now they all taste ...

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Nestle Smarties are a fun chocolate that come in a tube, they are a treat for both young and old as they come in many fun colours! Look I always used to remember Smarties coming in cylindrical tubes but now they have changed that, which is a shame as it makes them slightly less nostalgic. The new Smarties tube is hexagonal and modern looking on the front of the tube you have the Smarties lettering which is written in a fun font which looks like ...
...font is outlined with a brown colour, I suppose to represent the all the chocolatey-ness! The rest of the pack is the traditional Smarties blue and covered in pictures of the coloured discs that are the Smarties themselves. You also have a white box on the top which says No artificial colours, which is always good to know. Spinning the tube around will reveal the nutritional information and ingredients that you would expect. Overall a pretty fun ...

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Milk chocolate in a crisp sugar shell - This about sums up what smarties are, but now they are good for kids? This is such a well know chocolate that I will not bore you with the history of the company, just get straight onto my opinions of the sweets! Smarties are now made with no artificial colours or flavours so shouldn't make children hyperactive. I do know quite a few people who had problems when they used to give their kids smarties, and to ...
...has made any difference, although in theory it should! Due to the change in ingredients the colours are a lot less vibrant than they used to be, and for a very long time blue smarties completely disappeared as they could not find natural colourings to make blue. This Easter they are very pleased to announce that 'Blue is Back', but this time as a very pale duck egg blue. I must admit that I am not a big fan of smarties and as far as I can tell ...

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Just bought one of the new hexagonal shaped packs of Smartie, they call it a hexatube. It was 39p in Morrisons but may be available for less elsewhere. Opening it I found more difficult that the origianl type that had a plastic top. With those you could squeeze the tube and it would just pop off. I remember having fun seeing how far you could pop it. There is also no letter on the new type tops like the old ones. The tube is made of a thin cardboard ...
...folds back on a hinge and reseals but not as well as the original. Upon opening you discover the open package has a restriction in, so when you try to pour the smarties out you only normally manage to get one out at a time. I remember with the old ones you could pour the contents out very easily. My tube is emblazoned with the words blue is back and it also says no artificial colours or flavours. They still taste the same but the colours are more ...

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Nestle Smarties have been a favourite chocolate treat of mines since I was a little girl. Smarties have been around since 1937; although between 1882-1937 Smarties were known as Chocolate Beans. Smarties have gone through a few changes over the years and one of the main changes is the shape and colouring of the tube. When I was younger Smarties used to be sold in a chocolate coloured cylindrical tube which if course had the ever so popular plastic ...
...smarty. Although in 2005 Nestle stopped producing the famous blue coloured smarty, it wasn't until 2005 when the blue smarty was back in production and being added to the tubes and packets of smarties again. Apparently the colouring for the blue smarty is sourced from a type of common seaweed called Spirulina which can be found in many oceans all over the world. You can purchase Smarties in different formats, which include ~ Hexatube: 38g - 175 ...

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