Mackintosh's Toffee

Mackintosh's Toffee is a sweet created by John Mackintosh.

Mackintosh opened up his sweets shop in Halifax, Yorkshire, England in 1890, and the idea for Mackintosh's Toffee, not too hard and not too soft, came soon after. In 1969, Mackintosh's merged with rival Rowntree to form Rowntree Mackintosh, which merged with Nestlé in 1988.

The product is often credited with being over 100 years old.

The toffee is sold in bags containing a random assortment of individual wrapped flavoured toffees. The flavours are (followed by wrapping colour): Malt (Blue), Harrogate (Yellow), Mint (Green), Egg & Cream (Orange), Coconut (Pink), Toffee (Red). The red wrapped toffees do not display a flavour on the wrapper. The product's subtitle is "Toffee De Luxe" and its motto "a tradition worth sharing".

Availability

The product is known widely throughout Canada under the name 'MACK'.^[1] Unlike the European versions, for most of its history MACK was sold as a single rectangular bar in a tartan box. More recently (circa 2008) the Canadian product is individually wrapped and manufactured in Switzerland by Nestlé, and licensed for sale in Canada by Nestlé Canada. Nestlé does not distribute the toffees in the US, but one may order it online for delivery or may find it in specialty candy shops.

They are also manufactured and sold in New Zealand by Nestlé New Zealand Limited under the "Allen's" Confectionery range.^[2]

References

1. ^ "MACK - MACK Toffee". http://www.nestle.ca/en/products/brands/mackintosh_toffee/index?subGroup=Chocolates. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
2. ^ Allen's Confectionery, New Zealand

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