Pacers (confectionery) explained
Pacers is a discontinued British brand of mint flavoured confection, manufactured by Mars.[1]
Originally known as Opal Mints,[2] they were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits (now known as Starburst). The product was subsequently relaunched as Pacers around 1976, and later, three green peppermint stripes were added to the sweet,[3] possibly to align it with a similar American product of the same name.[4] Television commercials for the sweet alluded to sport and fitness, with participants wearing green and white-striped kit, featuring the slogan "Peppermint striped for two-mint freshness". The brand was discontinued in 1985.
At one point the Glasgow Celtic football team were nicknamed "The Pacers" because of the similarity of their kit to the sweets.[5]
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Notes and References
- News: Hyslop . Leah . Seven lost British sweets we pray will come back . The Telegraph . October 28, 2014 . July 14, 2019 . July 14, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714235804/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11192028/Seven-lost-British-sweets-we-pray-will-come-back.html . live .
- Book: Berry . Steve . Norman . Phil . A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers . 2014 . . London . 9780007575480 . 69.
- Web site: Pacers . 11 March 2012 . Child of the 1980s . 20 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120820203613/http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2007/09/25/pacers/ . live .
- Berry, Steve & Norman, Phil. The Great British Tuck Shop, Friday Books, 2012. pp.230–31
- Web site: Remembering retro sweets . 11 March 2012 . What Britain Loves . 16 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316013355/http://whatbritainloves.co.uk/post/19007883784/britain-loves-nostalgiaremembering-retro-sweets . live .
