Wrigley purchased the Life Savers brand from Kraft/Nabisco in 2004. Mars subsequently acquired Wrigley four years later.
For whatever reasons, Mars has kept Wrigley in place as the “parent” company to a handful of other brands, such as Life Savers, Altoids, Starburst and Skittles.
I bought a bag of life savers last week. Flavors seemed to be mixed evenly. I didn’t look very closely. They are still my 2nd favorite hard candy. Bob’s Soft peppermint is #1. Werthers #3
Rolls of lifesavers are hard to find. Vending machines are your best bet.
Skittles combined with aluminum based anti-persiperants, pump action hairsprays and Cool Water cologne cause you to turn into a Joker acolyte. It’s true.
“TASTE THE RAINBOW!!!” maniacal laughter
You can buy just the pineapple Lifesavers on ebay if you don’t mind spending the money. Pretty expensive.
Pineapple is my favorite but I really like the cherry too.
LOL
I have to admire eBay sellers and entrepreneurship.
Buy cases of lifesavers wholesale. Separate by flavor and Ziploc bag.
List on eBay. Nice bit of side money and you’re providing a needed service the manufacturer is neglecting.
The candy is wrapped in cellophane. It’s not contaminated by handling.
That’s not the real conspiracy, it’s that they replaced glorious lime with stupid watermelon.
I can send you my pineapple, that’s also a “meh” flavor.
I agree that the lime flavor was good, and infinitely superior to the “watermelon that barely tastes like watermelon” flavor. If I had a bag of nothing but orange, lime, pina colada and pineapple I’d be ecstatic. I can always scour for the random butter rum flavor rolls.
Any Jolly Rancher fans? I always found their flavors stronger than Lifesavers.
Apple and Watermelon are my favorites.
The fruity bash bag has flavors similar to Lifesavers.
Green apple Jolly Rancher may be the best hard candy.
I like Jolly Ranchers too, just not quite as much as my favorite Lifesavers. I will say though that the Jolly Rancher watermelon flavor actually tastes like watermelon.
I gotta be careful eating those though…I’m often prematurely tempted to bite down on them and they are probably harder than any other candy on the market. Don’t want to crack a tooth!
Pineapple, schmineapple. The real tragedy in today’s candies is that lime has been removed! “Original” Skittles, Life Savers, generic suckers from the bank- no lime anywhere! There should be a lime lovers’ revolt, as lime is definitely the finest of the candy flavors!
Fortunately, I have mastered the art of making my own lime hard candy using sugar, corn syrup, LorAnn oils and citric acid.
Anyone else remember the Sir Isaac Lime protest? I wasn’t a regular popsicle eater anymore by then, but Sir Isaac and Orphan were my favorites as a child. Also never cared for late comer Louie. Not a big blue raspberry fan.
I too am addicted to them, and always disappointed in how many chocolate and cherry ones there are vs. raspberry, grape, and orange, which are all superior. Raspberry is the best. Even buying a bag every month for a few years now, I’ve only ever seen one lime one and a few lemons since those are “special edition” limited flavors.
I like lemon and lime, too, especially lime. Why has it been replaced everywhere by green apple or something else? Even in Skittles, where the green no longer blend with the other flavors, and eating them in the dark (at the movies) is no fun anymore.
As far as life savers, which now seem larger btw, somebody make them bring back the original five flavors, and fancy fruits so I can have my tangerine and pear flavors please!
Makes me think I should start stocking up on Butter Rum… and Necco Wafers. Those are getting hard to find.
Yes, Necco wafers are my favorites. You can get them online, though in large boxes of packages, and I’ve seen them at the 99 Cent Store.
No, No, NO! You are all wrong.
The cantaloupe Lifesavers are the best!
But I haven’t bought any in ages, trying to give up most sugar & all. I am guessing they are still part of the tropical mix?
And you are correct about not biting into Jolly ranchers, those things will snatch your fillings out.
I sure hate being wrong, but you make a good point. Cantaloupe is even more criminally underappreciated than coconut.
Cantaloupe? Eh, you don’t miss much. Honeydew is the money melon
Skittles has a limited edition with the long-lost lime. My sister brought me a bag a while ago because I apparently have complained a great deal about lime flavor going away.