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{{short description|British chocolate confectionery}} {{About|the internationally distributed chocolate confectionery|the confectionery distributed in the United States|Smarties (tablet candy)|other uses}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{infobox brand | name = Smarties | logo = Nestle smarties logo.png | logo_size = 200 | image = Smarties-UK-Candies (cropped).jpg | discontinued = | introduced = {{Start date and age|1937}} | related = | origin = United Kingdom | markets = Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Middle East | currentowner = [[Nestlé]] | previousowners = [[Rowntree's]] | trademarkregistrations = | website = {{URL|https://www.nestle.com/brands/allbrands/smarties|nestle.com/brands/allbrands/smarties}} {{URL|https://www.smarties.co.uk|smarties.co.uk}}<br/>{{URL|http://www.smarties.de}} }} '''Smarties''' are [[dragée]] [[chocolate]] [[confectionery]]. They have been manufactured since 1937,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nestle.co.uk/brands/Chocolate_and_Confectionery/Chocolate/Pages/Smarties.aspx |title=Smarties |publisher=Nestlé |access-date=25 July 2012 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913150456/https://www.nestle.co.uk/brands/Chocolate_and_Confectionery/Chocolate/Pages/Smarties.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> originally by [[Rowntree's|H.I. Rowntree & Company]] in the United Kingdom, and now by [[Nestlé]]. Smarties are [[spheroid#Oblate spheroids|oblate spheroid]]s with a minor axis of about {{convert|5|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and a major axis of about {{convert|12|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}. They come in eight colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, mauve,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smartiescollector.com/northerntrumpet/smarties_history_2.html |title=Smarties. History and the Facts page 2 |publisher=Smartiescollector.com |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> pink and brown, although the blue variety was temporarily replaced by a white variety in some countries, whilst an alternative natural colouring dye of the blue colour was being researched.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/11/fooddrinks|title=Smarties manufacturer brings back the blues|publisher=theguardian|access-date=2017-09-13|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2008-02-11|last=Smithers|first=Rebecca}}</ref> Smarties are sold primarily in Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia and the Middle East. Smarties are not distributed (except via [[parallel import]]) in the United States, where the trademark name is held by the [[Smarties Candy Company]], which manufactures its own hard tablet sweet under the [[trademark]] name ''[[Smarties (tablet candy)|Smarties]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/smarties-turns-70-120009783.html |title=Smarties — a 'recession-proof' candy — turns 70 years old with a brand-new look |first1=Alexis |last1=Christof |date=October 2, 2019 |via=[[Yahoo.com]]}}</ref> In 2007, production moved from [[York]] to [[Hamburg]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Smarties production moves to Germany |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/smarties-production-moves-to-germany-7203025.html |publisher=standard.co.uk |date=13 April 2012}}</ref>
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