Polo Mints

Nestle Original Polo Mints! Where do I start first? Well that’s easy, just pop one in your mouth and savour the sweet, fresh, mint flavoured candy. No, seriously, many adults will remember growing up with the Polo Mint, I do. The Polo Mint is one of those childhood favourites that generate happy memories and is an enduring, favourite sweet which sells in its millions, over £41 million to be precise annually, and is loved equally by children and adults ...
...which time they launched the Polo mint. These lifebelt shaped mints were similar to the American Lifesavers and the British Navy Sweets Company’s Navy mints, but Rowntree boldly moved to the fore of the market with their slogan The Mint With The Hole which is now one of the best known in the UK. Rowntree later merged with Mackintosh and the Swiss owned international company Nestle bought the joint company in 1988. In 1867, Henri Nestlé founded a ...

melodysparks 17.05.2004 · Read full review
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...actially buy the HOLE from Polo (supposedly the part they knock out of the middle of each Polo!!!!!). I would stress the Hole part was a marketing gimic that they thought up which was quite successful. Polo was first launched in 1948 by Rowntree which was then taken over by Nestle in 1988. A Polo is about 2cm in diameter, 0.43cm deep and has a 0.8cm wide hole. The original Polo is white in colour with a hole in the middle, and the word 'POLO' embossed ...
...I still buy them and love them and they are still value for money, but still I protest about the price. All in all, Polo Original Mints are excellent, Spearmint Polo's are not according to my taste, other Polo variations are generally ok. Verdict: 3 out of 5 ...

jpegington 11.11.2005 · Read full review
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...Whilst at secondary school Polo were selling 6 different varieties, though our school only stocked 4, I preferred the mint versions to the fruity varieties or the sugar free and so these became by sweet of choice. The 6 varieties (+ additional varieties on sale at other times) are as follows: === Original === - a peppermint sweet with approximately 23 mints in a tube. Each tube is wrapped in a silver foil which is tucked in at the end to preserve ...
...written on it. The Original Polo was introduced to the public in 1948 and quickly became a favourite. === Spearmint === - again with approximately 23 mints in a tube and wrapped in exactly the same way as the Original mint, but with a turquoise blue paper wrapper. The Spearmint Polo was launched in 1994 and has also become a firm favourite, however over the last few years I have found that they are not being stocked as readily by shops as the original ...

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.....well have a polo then! Tsk what did you think I meant?? I'm a good little polo mint I'll have you know! Typical human that grabbed your attention didn't it? Before I start I'd just like to say I've hijacked Jo1l's computer to write this op. Well if she will log onto Ciao and go off for hours on end what does she expect? Being one of the best selling mints in the UK isn't easy you know! We might well be best sellers but we're not popular in the ...
...the Prevention of Cruelty to Polo Mints is looking into this case of polo abuse and the afore mentioned should be facing questioning! It is thought that any Polo's purchased from Sainsbury's are now safe to eat. My great grand-daddy first hit the shops in the UK in 1948, having been thought up by those nice people in the Rowntree factory in York,but it was only the residents of London and the South East that got to sample the great delights.Other ...

jo1l 24.11.2002 · Read full review
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...circular sweets (around 2cms) with polo written around the sides with embossed lettering and they contain a hole in the centre. ~~Varieties~~ The polo originally started out with the (quite nice) plain mint flavour, then in crept the spearmint ones, which I really like and eventually the fruit ones sprung up. Within the last few years Rowntree (manufacturers) have gone all out!! Suddenly there were citrus polos, and mini polo’s (orange and ...
...~~Packaging~~ The polo citrus, fruit, spearmint, original and extra strong all come in a tightly wrapped pack, with a shiny packing underneath and a paper, slightly smaller one on top. They all contain the same amount of sweets (around 20). However to distinguish they all have slightly different coloured packets. Original – Dark blue and green packing with white writing. The underneath shiny packaging is silver. Fruit – Multi coloured ...

Honey_Bee 03.05.2002 · Read full review
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...have been mostly thinking of Polo mints! I really have no idea why because it’s been a while since I last had one. Still, the mind is sound even if the body is getting wrinkly. I have many memories of these little white mints in the dark blue packaging (with green and white lettering) and all are most fond. Forget all these fancy new pretenders to the throne in their new fangled, funny shaped packaging. The ORIGINAL Polo’s are still king and they ...
...opinion is in the Mint Polo category and that is what I am going to focus on! As a child, these were never first choice on my list of sweets, although they were my favourite mints. Other mints available at the time were a bit too strong for my liking (I remember Trebor mints being particularly fiery! *Note the adapted advertising slogan, stolen and modified from Trebor to form my title!*) and like most children, sweetness counts over pain in my ...

Judgee 02.08.2002 (09.08.2002) · Read full review
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...strong, fruity and the little polo holes – the bit they stamp out of the middle. They are available all over the UK, often near the chewing gum in supermarkets, and/or at checkouts. They cost about 20p per tube, but you can get them in multi-packs – Tesco, though, are typical of a lot of retailers, and sell 6 packets of the regular ones for about 20p less than 5 packets of the sugar free. So unfair. Although it could be more to do with ...

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...The Prevention Of Cruelty To Polo Mints, or RSPCPM for short. So what did I do that was so terrible you may ask? Well, I sent polo’s to a friend as a joke, not realizing he was a ‘polophile’ and now I’m in trouble! What is it about these unassuming mints that made my friend the way he his? I don’t know but I’ve bought some more in the hopes of discovering the reason for his addiction and enlightening others of his plight. Polo mints have been ...
...green tube with the lettering POLO printed along its length on both sides. There are several different varieties available now; as well as the original ones you can get spearmint and sugar-free mints. They also do fruity polo’s and another variety called citrus sharp! The choices are quite amazing so it’s not surprising my friend has a serious problem. Okay, now it’s time to actually taste these little mints and see if that’s where the attraction ...

Coppertop 24.11.2002 · Read full review
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...better? Or is the original polo the only good one about, and the others are shit? Well, if you read this, you’ll find out the whole truth, and see what I think about the hole! (Never thought I’d hear myself say that!!) The Taste? Well, being a mint, this obviously leaves you with fresh breath! But does it do what it says on the ‘tin’? Well, I think it does. Unlike Tic-tac’s. That guarantee to refresh your breath for ...
...and a green, background with POLO written in silver across the background. Quite, dull, but it does attract enough attention. As polo is such a common and popular sweet, it needs flashy packaging to grab attention and remind people to buy it. And although this isn’t very flashy it still seems to grab attention. But, don’t worry if you want to buy it, you will be able to find them as they’re very, very popular and if you ask the ...

Mattroberts 11.05.2003 · Read full review
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...through the middle of it. Polo mints have been around for a long time and they are one of the best selling mints in the UK. They are made by Nestle. The packaging is mainly green with POLO written through it on a blue background. Each of the O’s is a picture of one of the polos. The smell is quite a strong one, it is very minty. I could smell them before I had opened the packet. Even though they smell quite strong they do not taste too strong. ...
...white in colour and have polo written around the edge. I like to suck polos and if I am with someone who likes to crunch them I can get very annoyed, as they can be crunched very loudly. But by sucking them they last alot longer and are very refreshing. I find theat if you leave them in your pocket they do go a little bit softer so if you really do need to crunch they are not so loud. You usually get around 35 polos in each packet and they cost around ...

kellyv43 20.02.2003 (08.02.2004) · Read full review
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...while, not up to much) Polo Holes (little tubes full of the bits punched out of the middle to make the hole – nice) Polo Minis (Polo-shaped box filled with tiny, extra-strong Polos – expensive) Extra-Strength Polos (says it all – like Extra Strong mints. Too strong for delicate little me) All of the above are still available apart from the lemon ones, and all are quite popular. A tube of original, Butter or Spearmint Polos costs 20p, which is ...
...and at different costs. The Polo Minis usually cost about 50p, while the Holes can be anything from 25p-50p depending on where you get them from. Now, as you know, these sweets have a non-fattening centre. However, I’ve heard various statements over the years that they are, in fact, the most fattening sweeties you can buy. I have absolutely no way of proving or disproving this, so could anybody out there shed some light on this? Thank you. So, ...

KirstyJane 26.07.2002 · Read full review
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...the mint with the hole, Polo were my favourite, I used to enjoy sucking air through the hole and enjoying the refreshing minty waft that would pass into my mouth. As I grew my tastes changed, not that I stopped liking polo’s more my mates and I had to prove who was able to put the most and hottest mints in our mouths. I guess this boyish behaviour would be some kind of precursor for my liking of the hottest curry I can get after a gutful of ...
...at the mints and saw Polo amongst other, I thought lets get them; at 30p I considered them good value. Oh the memories of long lost youth came flooding back to me as the long forgotten taste tickled my taste buds, I will now buy these on a more regular basis. A mint with a hole, that is indeed what they are, they also have the name “POLO” embossed on the side of each mint. These mints have been made since 1948, over 50 years, that really ...

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Polo Mints have been around for ages and well before I was born. They first hit the U.K. market in 1948 and the promotional hype then and today was "the one and only mint with a hole". Shortly after their release the makers even used to sell polo holes, which were supposedly the holes that had been punched out of the center of these mints. I suppose that their distinictive looks and pleasant taste is the main characteristics for their success even ...
...only two products in the Polo range. The mint version, which is now caled Polo original) and the Polo Fruits. From 1994 onwards several other variations have been included. These are; Smoothies (larger shaped), Supermint/Super Oj (smaller in size), Extra Strong Polo, Spearmint, Sugar Free and Citrus Sharp. Despite all these new varieties the Polo Original still remains the major seller. The packing of Polo's has remained almost unchanged over time. ...

vinodgm 24.04.2002 · Read full review
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...mint they call the Polo Mint. The round, little mint with the nice hole in the middle. The one that comes in a variety of flavors from the original flavor to spearmint and even fruity flavors. The favorite candy in all of the UK, eaten by everyone including the Queen. The Polo mint that takes the weight of two elephants to make each mint. The mint that out sells every other mint in the UK. I would love to tell you all about how this mint comes in ...
...close to someone with a polo mint in their mouth. I might even be able to tell you that they now package the holes themselves, which are the little pieces that come from punching the whole out of the regular mints. Or maybe I would list the ingredients, which are as follows: Sugar Glucose syrup Modified starch Stearic acid Mint oils and different coloring for different flavors Or I could tell you that they are great for everyone, including ...

Shadowtwinchaos 24.11.2002 · Read full review
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...are also very delicious. The Polo mints are ring-shaped and have the word "Polo" enscribed on the outer part of the ring. A very clever shape I feel. All the Polos are white in colour, except for the party ones which are multi-coloured and extremely sticky. The packaging for the mint flavoured ones is very bland I feel because there is not much colour, hence it doesn't stand out at all. Since the polo mints are shaped as circles, the packaging is ...
...Hence I would advise that you get these for any occasion. Since they are hard and crunchy too, you will not have to throw it away, unlike chewing gum. And at a mere price of 20p/10 polo mints, I would definitely say get them because they are worth it! ...

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