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::''For the Christian Rock band, see Lifesavers Underground .'' Life Savers is a traditional American brand of ring-shaped Mints and fruit-flavored Hard Candy . The candy is known for its distinctive packaging, coming in Aluminum Foil rolls of 14 pieces. Life Savers was a Subsidiary of Kraft Foods before being purchased by the Wrigley Company in 2004 . In recent years, the brand has expanded to include Gummi Savers, Life Saver Minis, Life Saver Fusions, and Creme Savers. Discontinued brands include Fruit Juicers and Life Saver Lollipop s. HISTORY Life Savers candy was first created in 1912 by Clarence Crane , a Cleveland Chocolatier and father of the famed poet Hart Crane . Crane was looking for a new "summer candy" to supplement his chocolate business, which slumped in hot weather. Crane developed a line of hard mints, but didn't 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. Crane called the new candy "Crane's Peppermint Life Savers," because they looked like miniature Throwable Life Preservers . The ring-shaped devices were just beginning to come into use after the ''Titanic'' Disaster . In 1913, Crane sold the formula for his Life Savers candy to Edward Noble for only $2,900. Noble started his own candy company and began producing and selling the mints known as Pep-O-Mint Life Savers. He also began to package the mints into rolls wrapped in Tinfoil to prevent them from going stale. This process was done by hand until 1919 when machinery was developed. In 1925, the tinfoil was replaced with Aluminum Foil . Noble promoted the candy at the cash registers of saloons, cigar stores, drug stores, barber shops, and restaurants. He had the candy placed, with a five-cents price, near the cash register. Noble soon began to create and sell many other flavors. In 1929, fruit-flavored hard candy Life Savers were introduced. In 1935, the classic "Five-Flavor" rolls were introduced, offering a selection of five different flavors in each roll. Life Savers production for North America was based in Holland, Michigan for many years. In 2004 , when the brand was acquired by Wrigley's, production was moved to Canada . TRIVIA Wint-O-Green Life Savers are known for their ability to produce bright sparks when bitten in a dark room, due to Triboluminescence produced by an electrical charge produced by grinding Wintergreen and sugar together. The South Africa n chorus group Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang the distinctive A Capella songs used in Life Savers and Creme Savers commercials throughout the 1990s . TIMELINE
FLAVOURS There have been over 50 flavors of Life Savers to date. The different flavors of Life Savers have included: Original Five-Flavor roll (1935–2003)
New Five-Flavor roll (2003–present)
Other flavors, packaged separately
Other Five-Flavor rolls
Creme Savers flavors
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