Altoids
Altoids are a brand of mints, sold primarily in distinctive metal tins. The brand was created by the London-based Smith & Company in the 1780s, and became part of the Callard & Bowser company in the 19th century. Their advertising slogan is "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Mints", referring to the high concentration of peppermint oil used in the original flavour lozenge.
Basic Information
- Category: Food & Beverage
- Founded: 1780
- Headquarters: McLean, VA
- Website: https://www.altoids.com
Documented Facts
- Founded: 1780 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Headquarters: McLean, VA (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Category: Food & Beverage (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
Products and Services
- Altoids Products: Curiously strong mints in distinctive tin since 1780.
Evidence and Sources
- Official Website (Primary Source)
- Altoids on instagram (social)
- Altoids on facebook (social)
- Altoids — Wikipedia (reference)
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- Data status: Enriched
- Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (79/100)
- Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
- Recorded profile date: 2025-10-01
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AI summary
Altoids are a brand of mints, sold primarily in distinctive metal tins. The brand was created by the London-based Smith & Company in the 1780s, and became part of the Callard & Bowser company in the 19th century. Their advertising slogan is "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Mints", referring to the high concentration of peppermint oil used in the original flavour lozenge.
Available profile information
- Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
- 4 supporting sources linked.
- 3 structured facts available for extraction.
- 1 product or service signal captured.
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