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Polo (confectionery)
Polo is a brand of breath mint whose defining feature is the hole in the middle. The peppermint flavoured Polo was developed by George Harris and first manufactured in the United Kingdom in 1948 at the Rowntree's Factory, York, and a range of flavours followed. The name may derive from "polar", referencing the cool, fresh taste of the mint. Polo mints are sold by Nestlé. They are usually sold in a 34-gram (1.2 oz) pack containing 23 mints.
Polo mints were developed by Rowntree's, after their war-time licence to manufacture Life Savers expired. Polo fruits followed soon afterwards. Company legend is that the name is derived from 'polar' and its implied cool freshness.
Rowntree's and Nestlé have come up with variations of the original Polo mint. Some of these have been successes, whereas others have failed. None has been as successful as the original Polo mint.[citation needed]
Before this, Rowntree had already experimented with different Polos in the 1980s. Polo Fruits were always available, but they briefly made:
A Polo is approximately 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in diameter and 4 millimetres (0.16 in) thick, with a 8-millimetre (0.31 in)-wide hole. The original Polo is white in colour with a hole in the middle, and the word 'POLO' embossed twice on one flat side of the ring, hence the popular slogan The Mint with the Hole. Ingredients of the main variety include sugar, glucose syrup, modified starch, stearic acid (of vegetable origin) and mint oils.
Polos are usually sold in individual packs of 23 mints, which measure about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) tall. The tube of Polos is tightly wrapped with aluminium foil backed paper. A green and blue paper wrapper, with the word 'POLO', binds the foil wrapper, with the Os in 'Polo' represented by images of the sweet. For the spearmint flavour, the paper wrapper is turquoise in colour, and the Extra Strong flavour is in a black paper wrapper.
When the Trade Marks Act 1994 was introduced in the United Kingdom, Nestlé applied to register the shape of the Polo mint. The application featured a white, annular mint without any lettering. This application was opposed by Kraft Foods, owner of Life Savers, and Mars UK, because of the lack of distinctive character of the mint.
Nestlé's application was allowed to proceed if it agreed to narrow the description of the mint i.e. the dimensions of the mint were limited to the standard dimensions of the Polo mint and that it was limited to "mint flavoured compressed confectionery".
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Polo is a brand of breath mint whose defining feature is the hole in the middle. The peppermint flavoured Polo was developed by George Harris and first manufactured in the United Kingdom in 1948 at the Rowntree's Factory, York, and a range of flavours followed. The name may derive from "polar", referencing the cool, fresh taste of the mint. Polo mints are sold by Nestlé. They are usually sold in a 34-gram (1.2 oz) pack containing 23 mints.
Polo mints were developed by Rowntree's, after their war-time licence to manufacture Life Savers expired. Polo fruits followed soon afterwards. Company legend is that the name is derived from 'polar' and its implied cool freshness.
Rowntree's and Nestlé have come up with variations of the original Polo mint. Some of these have been successes, whereas others have failed. None has been as successful as the original Polo mint.[citation needed]
Before this, Rowntree had already experimented with different Polos in the 1980s. Polo Fruits were always available, but they briefly made:
A Polo is approximately 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in diameter and 4 millimetres (0.16 in) thick, with a 8-millimetre (0.31 in)-wide hole. The original Polo is white in colour with a hole in the middle, and the word 'POLO' embossed twice on one flat side of the ring, hence the popular slogan The Mint with the Hole. Ingredients of the main variety include sugar, glucose syrup, modified starch, stearic acid (of vegetable origin) and mint oils.
Polos are usually sold in individual packs of 23 mints, which measure about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) tall. The tube of Polos is tightly wrapped with aluminium foil backed paper. A green and blue paper wrapper, with the word 'POLO', binds the foil wrapper, with the Os in 'Polo' represented by images of the sweet. For the spearmint flavour, the paper wrapper is turquoise in colour, and the Extra Strong flavour is in a black paper wrapper.
When the Trade Marks Act 1994 was introduced in the United Kingdom, Nestlé applied to register the shape of the Polo mint. The application featured a white, annular mint without any lettering. This application was opposed by Kraft Foods, owner of Life Savers, and Mars UK, because of the lack of distinctive character of the mint.
Nestlé's application was allowed to proceed if it agreed to narrow the description of the mint i.e. the dimensions of the mint were limited to the standard dimensions of the Polo mint and that it was limited to "mint flavoured compressed confectionery".
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