Astros were first launched in 1997 by
Cadbury in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, the United States and South Africa as a rival to
Nestlé
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Smarties
Smarties are colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectionery. They have been manufactured since 1937, originally by H.I. Rowntree & Company in the United Kingdom, and now by Nestlé.
Smarties are oblate spheroids with a minor axis of about ...
, and
Mars
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M&M's
M&M's (stylized as m&m's) are multi-colored button-shaped chocolates, each of which has the letter "m" printed in lower case in white on one side, consisting of a candy shell surrounding a filling which varies depending upon the variety of M&M ...
in the US.
Independent, The (London), Aug 7, 1997 by Nigel Cope
/ref> The confectionery can be described as a candy coated chocolate with a biscuit centre. They have since been discontinued in the UK, but are still sold in South Africa, and are available in 40g and 150g boxes. In Australia, they were marketed as Lunas.
See also
* List of chocolate bar brands
This is a list of chocolate bar brands, in alphabetical order. Flavour variants and discontinued chocolate bars are included. A chocolate bar, also known as a candy bar in American English, is a confection in an oblong or rectangular form ...
Notes and references
External links
Independent, The (London), Aug 7, 1997 by Nigel Cope
Cadbury brands
Products introduced in 1997
Mondelez International brands
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