Fox's Glacier Mints are a brand of
boiled mint
Mint or The Mint may refer to:
Plants
* Lamiaceae, the mint family
** ''Mentha'', the genus of plants commonly known as "mint"
Coins and collectibles
* Mint (facility), a facility for manufacturing coins
* Mint condition, a state of like-new ...
sold in the United Kingdom since 1918 and now manufactured by
Valeo Confectionery.
History
Background
Walter Richard Fox, the founder of
Fox's Confectionery, originally manufactured sweets as part of the Joyce and Fox partnership, but this was dissolved in 1897. Fox continued to make confectionery, and was joined in 1914 by his son Eric.
Product creation and development
Glacier Mints were first created in 1918 by Eric Fox.
To begin with, they were called Acme Clear Mint Fingers,
but this was changed to Glacier Mints in 1919, apparently on the advice of Eric Fox's wife.
From 1928, the mints have been individually wrapped.
Since 1922, the mints have been branded with
Peppy the polar bear,
who was designed by
Clarence Reginald Dalby.
As part of an advertising campaign. Fox's commissioned a
taxidermist
Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state. The word ''taxidermy'' describes the process ...
to shoot and stuff a real polar bear for display purposes; the stuffed bear was shown at public events until in 1969, upon Fox's acquisition by
Rowntree's
Nestlé UK Ltd. ( ), trading as Rowntree's ( ), is a British confectionery brand and a former business based in York, England. Rowntree developed the Kit Kat (introduced in 1935), Aero (introduced in 1935), Fruit Pastilles (introduced in 1881 ...
, it was retired and replaced by a cartoon.
Peppy is typically depicted as though standing on one of the mints.
Glacier Mints resemble miniature blocks of ice and are clear and
translucent
In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable light scattering by particles, scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale ...
. Companion products are Fox's Glacier Fruits (launched 1956) and Fox's Glacier Dark (launched 2002).
The mint's centenary year in 2018 was marked with the release of two new products:
spearmint
Spearmint (''Mentha spicata''), also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east. It is naturalized in many othe ...
-flavour mints and a selection of fruit flavoured sweets as part of a tropical selection.
References
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External links
*https://valeoconfectionery.com/foxs
Brand name confectionery
British confectionery
Breath mints