Talk:Smarties (Ce De Candy)

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[edit] Older comments

http://image.orientaltrading.com/otcimg/k26.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.206.138 (talk) 15:41, 19 October 2007 (UTC) "These are marketed outside of the US under the brand name "Rockets"" - then why does the tube in the photo, which is clearly marked "Made in Canada", say "SMARTIES"? 86.132.138.189 14:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

This is explained here - it appears that they are made but not sold in Canada (at least under the Smarties name). -SCEhardT 17:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
"Smarties" is a trademarked name of a chocolate candy in Canada and hence when sold in Canada they are sold as rockets. However when being made for export they are labled "smarties", probably because rockets is trademarked by someone else in the US. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mystic eye (talk • contribs) 17:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

One time I looked at a smarties wrapper and it said it was a product of the hershey company. Am I mistaken? - Phöénix 02:22, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Are these the same as Fizzers, made and sold in the UK by Swizzels Matlow? [The size, shape and packaging look quite similar.] Is there any direct relationship between the sweets and/or companies? Did one side of the Atlantic just copy the other, or is it an example of parallel evolution??--137.222.142.27 12:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC) hi........ Aha! Just found on the smarties.com site that Edward Dee brought his experience from Swizzels Matlow to the States in 1949 to set up Ce De Candy, and I note that a David Dee was in at the start of Swizzels in the UK in 1933 - I guess Edward and David might be related, and that Edward took knowledge of the pressed tablet fizzy sweets with him.--137.222.142.27 12:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 25 calories?

Because they are made of nearly pure sugar, and sugar has more than 500 KILOcalories per 100g this can't be true. maybe the packaging is 25g and the contained energy is 25 KILOcalories, which still sounds too low.

P.S.: One should also note that such a rush of pure sugar attacks the borders of the veins and therefore is moved to the fat pads very quickly.

-- 212.100.55.169 18:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed.—Dah31 03:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
BS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 19:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
The figures of 25 calories and 6 grams of sugar per roll come from the manufacturer.[1] I had moved this info over from the Wikipedia article on Ce De Candy as it didn't really pertain to the company, but rather to the candy. However, I didn't know that this information had been questioned. Since this is (mildly?) controversial, I have added a citation to the company's website. If we find a reliable source that questions this data, we can certainly add that to the article. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 18:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

For clarification - Calories (capital C) on American food labels actually refers to kilocalories. So if a food is labeled as having 100 Calories, it has 100,000 calories. Applejuicefool (talk) 17:07, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UK?

They are the same as Fizzers in the UK, not refreshers.

Refreshers are a chew bar!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.153.199.50 (talk • contribs).

Well now, it turns out that everybody's right: they're similar to both Fizzers and Refreshers, but there's also another Refreshers which is a chew bar. Just see this search at aquarterof.co.uk. —Blotwell 19:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Are Refreshers (as in the UK) actually made by the same people? We should mention it in the article. Marnanel 18:11, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Refreshers?

The Parma Violets article states that this candy, as well as Parma Violets, are the same type as the Refreshers candy by the same company. The only Swizzels Matlow candy I've ever seen called Refresher's is Matlow's Refreshers, a chewy candy akin to the Drumstick and Snap & Crackle candies. Also, Refreshers redirects to this article, and this article doesn't even mention Refreshers, nor is this candy made by Swizzels Matlow... Anyone know why? Should Refreshers, given that it doesn't have an article of its own, just redirect to Swizzels Matlow? This needs to be fixed. --Ifrit 11:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC) dfjklhadsbjldkfjlbhj,gZXvb,kghASDGFAASDGDSGA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.206.138 (talk) 15:39, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why the name?

Anybody know why they are called Smarties? This is a question from my 4 yr old?! Thanks! 71.64.29.130 21:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I can speculate they are called Smarties because Smarties was/is a popular candy and Europe and possibly by taking the same name, boost the popularity of their own product. But you can tell your four-year-old that the company is trying to make people believe Smarties make them smarter or that they really do make people smarter. I could swear when I eat some, I do math like 3x as fast as normal. That just might be me being hyper though... Darksamus8 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 01:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Refreshers, Fizzers, Rockets and Smarties

I've made some changes to the opening paragraph to reflect the discussion here which states that the US Smarties are the Canadian (not the "outside the US") Rockets and the English Fizzers (which are also exported to Australia). The tablet-style Refreshers (as opposed to the chewy sweet) are distinctly different in size, texture and flavour to any of these, and so I have removed them from the article, since the reference was misleading. I invite someone else to fill out the details of the company history. --131.111.100.49 (talk) 14:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)