LifeSavers
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LifeSavers is a traditional American brand of hard candy. The ring shaped candies are packaged in rolls of about 15 pieces. LifeSavers was a subsidiary of Kraft Foods before being purchased by the Wrigley Company in 2004.
Lifesavers were first created in 1912 by Clarence Crane, a Cleveland chocolatier.
The candy got its name due to its resemblance to a life preserver, an effect which was accidental, produced by a defect in the machine used to produce the first batch of the candy.
It has been claimed that if you were to choke on this candy, the hole in the middle would allow air to pass through, thereby essentially saving the choker's life, though this probably would not actually make a difference, if only because pressure would turn the candy sideways.
In recent years, the brand has expand to include Gummi Savers, LifeSaver Minis, LifeSaver Fusions, and Creme Savers. A few discontinued brands include Fruit Juicers and LifeSaver Lollipops.
The different flavors of LifeSavers have been:
- Pep-O-Mint (Packaged separately) (Introduced 1912)
- Cherry (Introduced 1935)
- Pineapple (Introduced 1935)
- Lemon (Introduced 1935, discontinued in 2005)
- Lime (Introduced 1935)
- Orange (Introduced 1935)
- Butter Rum (Packaged separately)
- Wint-O-green (Packaged separately)
- Grape (replaced lemon in 2005)
Wint-O-green LifeSavers are known for their ability to spark when bitten in a dark room, due to triboluminescence produced by an electrical charge produced by grinding wintergreen and sugar together.
