According to Wikipedia: Rowntree's of York, England have been making "Chocolate Beans" since at least 1882. The product was renamed "Chocolate Beans" in 1937. Rowntree's were forced to drop the words "chocolate beans" in 1977 due to trading standards requirements (the use of the word "beans" was felt to be misleading) and so adopted the "Milk Chocolate in a Crisp Sugar Shell".
The brand became known as "Nestlé Smarties" in 1993, five years after Rowntree's was acquired by Nestlé, although they had been known as Smarties for many years previously. Smarties are no longer manufactured in York; production has now moved to Germany, where a third of them were already made. Outside Europe, Nestlé's largest production facility for Smarties is in Canada, where Nestle has been manufacturing products since 1918.
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Date: 2009-04-19 11:15 pm (UTC)According to Wikipedia: Rowntree's of York, England have been making "Chocolate Beans" since at least 1882. The product was renamed "Chocolate Beans" in 1937. Rowntree's were forced to drop the words "chocolate beans" in 1977 due to trading standards requirements (the use of the word "beans" was felt to be misleading) and so adopted the "Milk Chocolate in a Crisp Sugar Shell".
The brand became known as "Nestlé Smarties" in 1993, five years after Rowntree's was acquired by Nestlé, although they had been known as Smarties for many years previously. Smarties are no longer manufactured in York; production has now moved to Germany, where a third of them were already made. Outside Europe, Nestlé's largest production facility for Smarties is in Canada, where Nestle has been manufacturing products since 1918.
So you have *that* claim to fame at least.