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^ "Altoids FAQ: Is there a story behind the Altoids® tin?".

The tins were introduced in the 1920s to help protect the mints and to stay neatly closed in pockets and handbags. For over 100 years, Altoids® were packaged in small rectangular cardboard cartons that were approximately the same size as today's recognisable tins.

^ "Altoids FAQ: Are Altoids® tins recyclable?".

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^ "Is Wrigleys (Mars, Inc) killing off the Altoids product and brand?".

"Why Were Altoids Sours Discontinued? Here's The Sad Truth About The Puckery Candy's Mysterious Disappearance".

^ Gilbert-Lurie, Mikaela (July 9, 2015).

"Life Savers at 100: Wrigley cites Chattanooga plant during celebration". The first winners were chosen by Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Winners have their art exhibited at the museum after the rigorous selection process is completed. A cash prize of $25,000 is awarded to four individual artists from around the US. A company also made a mini amp resembling an Altoids tin called "Ampoids".Īt the grand opening of The New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2007, Altoids announced the biennial Altoids Award. Guitarists use mint tins, primarily from Altoids, to store plectrums.

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The minty Pi is a kit that uses an Altoids tin to house a portable retro gaming machine.

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Ī Retrocomputing hobbyist computer, the Membership Card is a series of 1802/8080/Z80 based microcomputer kits, designed to fit in an Altoids tin, and CMoy pocket headphone amplifiers often use the containers as an enclosure. BeagleBone, a single-board computer made by Texas Instruments, is deliberately shaped with rounded corners to fit inside the tin. The tins are sometimes used to house electronics projects. A name for these kits is Bug-Out Altoids Tins, or BOATs. Īltoids tins have also been popular with outdoor enthusiasts for many years as first-aid or mini survival kit containers. They have long been used as containers for household items like paper clips, coins, sewing materials and other small items. The distinctive tins in which Altoids mints are packaged are often reused for other purposes.

As before, each tin contains 1.2 oz (34g), or about 50 mints. The rebranded mints were released in only Peppermint, Wintergreen, and Strawberry, doing away with the wider varieties of Eclipse such as Cinnamon, Winterfrost, and several other flavors, as well as the chewable. In 2014, Eclipse Mints, another Wrigley product, were rebranded as Altoids Arctic, with the tin remaining identical save for labelling. In 2003, breath strips in peppermint and cinnamon flavors were introduced. The gum has not been seen in stock in US stores since January 2010 and has been discontinued. Flavors include peppermint, cinnamon, spearmint, wintergreen and two sour flavours, cherry and apple. The sugar-free chewing gum, introduced in 2003, was made in the United States. Limited edition passion fruit sours were also released around Valentine's Day in 2005 in a larger 2.3 oz tin instead of the standard 1.76 oz sours tins that had been released up until then. Flavours included raspberry, citrus, apple, tangerine, and mango. Sour hard candies in round tins were introduced in 2001 but were discontinued in 2010 due to low sales. Altoid mints other than those labelled "sugar-free smalls" contain gelatin.

Circa early 2011, Altoids altered the ingredients of their wintergreen mints, adding blue food colouring. Also historically made but no longer available were liquorice, cool honey, and (non-chocolate dipped) ginger and crème de menthe varieties. The chocolate-dipped varieties were discontinued in 2010. In 2007, dark chocolate-dipped mints were introduced in three flavours: peppermint, cinnamon and ginger and in 2008, dark chocolate-dipped mints were introduced in crème de menthe. "Sugar-Free Smalls", tiny square mints sweetened with sorbitol and sucralose, are also available in peppermint, wintergreen, and cinnamon. Matchboxes used as advertisement to promote new Cinnamon Altoids Mints Īs of June 2022, Altoids mints are available in five flavours: peppermint, wintergreen, spearmint, cinnamon, and strawberry.