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Features
- Life Savers candy was first created in 1912 by Clarence Crane, a Cleveland, Ohio candy maker and father of the famed poet Hart Crane. Crane developed a line of hard mints but did not have the space or machinery to make them. He contracted with a pill manufacturer to press the mints into shape. The pill manufacturer, whose machinery was malfunctioning, found that the pressing process worked much better when the mints were stamped with a hole in the middle.
- By 1919, six other flavors (Wint-O-Green, Cl-O-ve, Lic-O-Riche, Cinn-O-Mon, Vi-O-let and Choc-O-Late) had been developed, and these remained the standard flavours for many years. Today only Wint O Green remains.
- Life Savers production for North America was based in Holland, Michigan, United States, for many years, but in 2002 production was moved to Montreal, Qubec, Canada. Significantly lower sugar prices in that country was the reason behind the move.
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