The Wikipedia page for Mentos says that it was first produced in the Netherlands in 1948. Learning more about the history is annoyingly hard, as is the case with several other shy and secretive European billionaires. But let's go digging and see what we can find
our story begins with the Van Melle brothers, Michael and Pierre. I think their... dad? had a candy shop in the Netherlands? And they went to Poland. TIL they also made Fruitella!! I loved Fruitella as a kid, I seldom see it around anymore
medium.com/@rakhoi_wholes…
translated from a Polish page – it must be so fun, as a young person in Europe, to be able to take the train and go around to completely different places and experience totally different cultures. Travelling around Southeast Asia is a little bit more tedious, I feel
it's so interesting to contrast the english and non-english pages on wikipedia
english
italian
dutch
(thx @listmouse for the suggestion)
@listmouse TIL that Salvador Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo in 1969
"Acutely aware of presentation, Dalí insisted that his design be placed on top of the lolly, rather than the side, so that it could always be viewed intact."
fastcompany.com/1669224/salvad…
@listmouse I know I started out on Mentos but Chupa Chups is also fascinating. (Founded in Spain by Enric Bernat, acquired by Mentos's parent company.) Chupa Chups supposedly do their best to get their lollipops into the mouths of celebrities, here's Madonna
fastcompany.com/45619/these-lo…
@listmouse TIL that Americans found the Mentos commercials to be "campy, cheesy and stupid".
Americans have no taste. 😂 Those ads were masterpieces!!
rewindandcapture.com/why-is-mentos-…
@listmouse Honestly, 20 years later, this guy is still a mood
@listmouse mentos was really providing an important public service with these ads
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