# Are Lifesavers going extinct? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399 "2013-03-19T21:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/1 "2013-03-19T21:30:35Z")
Maybe I’m late to the party on this and maybe it’s just something limited to where I live but it seems Lifesavers are disappearing from candy shelves in convenience stores, supermarkets, drug stores, and gas stations. It used to be that you could go nearly anywhere and find rolls of various Lifesaver flavors for sale. Now, while you still find gum, breath mints, and Tic Tacs, Lifesavers are mostly conspiculously absent and if you do find any, they’re the Big Lifesaver bags–not exactly the best size for a pocket. Has anybody else noticed this? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/2 "2013-03-19T22:00:44Z")
I have. I haven’t seen a roll of LifeSavers in I don’t know how long. Even when I find the bags, just about the only flavors I see are the mints. The website still features the iconic [five flavor roll](http://www.wrigley.com/global/brands/life-savers.aspx), however, so I guess they’re still being made. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/3 "2013-03-19T22:07:50Z")
I think the trend is for most stores to push them individually wrapped in big bags now, but if you still want rolls, [Amazon to the rescue](http://www.amazon.com/Lifesavers-Flavor-Hard-Candy-Count/dp/B000OYKC1O)! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/4 "2013-03-19T22:15:42Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > The website still features the iconic [five flavor roll](http://www.wrigley.com/global/brands/life-savers.aspx), however, so I guess they’re still being made. The classic Five Flavor roll was torpedoed some ten years ago, when they inexplicably eliminated all the citrus flavors. [[Pit thread on the topic.]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=215291) I understand that they have subsequently brought back orange, but too little too late. I haven’t purchased a roll since then. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/5 "2013-03-19T23:04:54Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I have. I haven’t seen a roll of LifeSavers in I don’t know how long. Even when I find the bags, just about the only flavors I see are the mints. The website still features the iconic [five flavor roll](http://www.wrigley.com/global/brands/life-savers.aspx), however, so I guess they’re still being made. Even the classic mint trio (PepOMint, SpearOMint, and WintOGreen) is getting near impossible to find in roll form. Just today, I bought the last two SpearOMint LifeSaver rolls at a nearby gas station/convenience store. There won’t be any more sold there since they’re being discontinued along with the PepOMint and WintOGreen. The classic five fruit flavor assortment is still being sold but for how I long I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/6 "2013-03-19T23:20:57Z")
Wife was jonesing for a roll of Clove Life Savers last week to settle her stomach. I had to break the news to her that, as she had buying buying them thirty-five years ago they stopped making them in 1981. I tried to find a substitute at our favorite Italian/Mexican/Greek/Polish grocery store they had nothing like that. I guess all the Italian/Mexican/Greek/Polish grandmothers who bought clove candies died. We may have to go online. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/7 "2013-03-19T23:29:20Z")
I was just at a Michael’s craft store and saw rolls of Lifesavers shelved on their “Retro candy” display, along with Mallow Cups and Chick-o-Sticks. This is a sad day. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/8 "2013-03-20T00:23:15Z")
I noticed this too. Every one in a while I just need a roll of CristOmints. And don’t even dare tell me they’re discontinuing WintOgreen! They can’t take away my parlor tricks. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/9 "2013-03-20T03:08:41Z")
Why oh why did they discontinue the choco-mints. Loved them!! Anyone else remember them? ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/10 "2013-03-20T03:27:51Z")
And what about Certs? Are they still available in stores? A quick search tells me that they are available online, but I cannot remember the last time I saw them. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/11 "2013-03-20T03:29:00Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I noticed this too. Every one in a while I just need a roll of CristOmints. And don’t even dare tell me they’re discontinuing WintOgreen! They can’t take away my parlor tricks. From what I was told, the WintOGreen rolls were no longer going to be sold at the gas station/convenience store where I bought the last SpearOMints. However, WintoOGreen and the other LifeSaver mints were still going to be available in the large bags. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/12 "2013-03-20T03:43:41Z")
They’re still popular here in Australia. I see them all the time. But then, we do have [musk](http://www.confectionerywarehouse.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=life+savers) flavour. It seems in Australia they are owned by Nestlé, not Wrigley’s. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/13 "2013-03-20T04:43:52Z")
LifeSavers dying?! Quick! Throw them a themself! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/14 "2013-03-20T12:26:35Z")
I’ve noticed them being harder to find, but not disappearing. I can still get rolls of Lifesavers at candy and convemnience stores, but they’re not as prominent as they once were, and not all flavors are available (I sometimes have to get Pep-O-Mint instead of Wint-O-Green). But I still don’t have a problem finding them at airports, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/15 "2013-03-20T12:37:17Z")
Remember the [lifesaver books](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4014/4428569684_180c2d9b72.jpg)? They were actually boxes that held several rolls of lifesavers. I used to buy them for my cousins’ birthdays. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/16 "2013-03-20T12:39:26Z")
We’ve got plenty on the racks at the cash registers in my store. Stop by any time. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/17 "2013-03-20T12:40:17Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Remember the [lifesaver books](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4014/4428569684_180c2d9b72.jpg)? They were actually boxes that held several rolls of lifesavers. I used to buy them for my cousins’ birthdays. Those were a Christmas staple when I was a kid. Santa always left one for me and my sisters in our stockings. ---
**Author:** ![BeeDubU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/18 "2013-03-20T12:45:54Z")
My favorite was always Butter Rum. They were hard to find when I was a kid, and never see them now. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/19 "2013-03-20T13:22:18Z")
Plenty of Five Flavor Lifesaver rolls up here in NE Ohio, didn’t know they were scarce elsewhere! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/20 "2013-03-20T13:25:10Z")
> [@BeeDubU2](#): > > My favorite was always Butter Rum. They were hard to find when I was a kid, and never see them now. Me too and I have a roll in my pocket right now. And I am somewhat happy to see you. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399.md?page=2)