Customer Reviews

Altoids Curiously Strong Mints, Wintergreen, 1.76-Ounce Tins (Pack of 12)

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Altoids wintergreen mints were once my favorite flavor of altoids. They had a clean, refreshing, decidedly strong rush of pure mint flavor. For years I enjoyed the intense, clean sweet flavor, as I bit into them. Unfortunately, Wrigleys (the new owners) have altered the flavor (more artificial ingredients?) and added blue artificial color to them. The mints now taste like cheap toothpaste, that leaves an unpleasant chemical aftertaste in your mouth. These once delightful mints are now ghastly! Let's hope the Wrigley's people with the uneducated palates don't mess with the Peppermint Altoids! I will not buy these wintergreen mints again, unless they change back to the old style, which was full of natural mint flavor, and artifical color free. If you are lucky enough to find a tin that does not list "color (blue 1)" in the ingredients list, you've found some of the old style wintergreen mints (the good ones). The full ingredients list on the original good wintergreen altoids was (sugar, natural and artificial flavors, gum arabic, gelatin). Since I wrote this review I've been fortunate to find about a dozen boxes of the good, old mints. These were at small out of the way grocery/drug stores that tend to charge a little more for their products.

To Other Prospective Purchasers of Altoids Wintergreen Mints,

I have enjoyed these mints for many, many years. however, the latest batch I bought, after Wrigley's purchased the company, are truly horrible. You get a short burst of minty flavor and then at least an hour's worth of a synthetic/chemical aftertaste which is quite unpleasant. I'll not buy them again unless Wrigley's returns to the original recipe. I guess they are saving a few cents by changing the recipe, but they are going to lose a whole lot of customers in my opinion.

I would have rated the old Wintergreen Altoids with all the stars in the firmament, but the new ones rate none at all. Don't buy them unless you have to.

I have never found Altoids to be lacking. Also bought the new licorice flavor. It is really nice if you like licorice, and I do.

Good price.

This is a great way to get your Altoids without hopeing you'll find the flavor you want in the check-out lane. Plus the price is very comprable. Plus the wait was short..

I love wintergreen Altoids, but I could not find them in any of the stores in which I shop, so I went on line. I found their website and ordered thru Amazon. I love Amazon, and even had a Gift card from my sister so I was able to use it to pay for these Altoids. THe whole

experience was smooth and easy. No problems.

Called "Frozen Tongue" this was the second flavored released by ALTOIDS in 1998.

ALTOIDS mints were first produced in England at the turn of the 19th century during the reign of King George III.

Ingredients: sugar, artificial flavor, gum Arabic, gelatin, corn syrup, natural flavor.

My first encounter with wintergreen was in a heat rub (I smelled it but did not eat it.) Then I found it in some circular candy with a hole in the middle. Now I keep a tin of ALTOIDS at work, home and in the car.

Must say I am so bummed out when I bought the 3 pack of 'artificially flavored' wintergreen....(FIRST CLUE?) from another source to find; not only do I not have real sugar, I am getting blue dye too. This is obviously not 'original recipe' as states on front of tin so, quit trying to sell it that way Wrigley!! Not happy and won't buy anymore! Altoids Curiously Strong Mints, Wintergreen, 1.76-Ounce Tins (Pack of 12)

Altoids are my favorite mint and this is the way to buy them to last for a while. Save money and get them sent straight to my door. Usually get 4 of the double boxes of 6 per box. Definitely worth the savings.

I loved wintergreen Altoids! In fact I loved them so much I stocked up last year at Easter when they were on sale for half price. I had enough to last until this week. So I bought a couple of tins at my local grocery. Today I opened one and found out 1) they are now blueish in color and 2) the taste is terrible! What prompted Wrigley or whomever to change these? I can't describe the taste except that it is too strong and has a bitter aftertaste - nothing like the Altoids I used to love (and I had a few left today so I could compare side-by-side). If you love Wintergreen Altoids and haven't had the blue ones yet, don't buy them. You will be very very disappointed. I'm going to return the unopened tin and see if the grocery will take the opened one back too.

I enjoyed these mints for many years... They are now terrible because of the changes that Wrigley has made to them. Get rid of the color and put back the flavor. I will not buy them again unless they are changed back.