Skittles: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 00:53 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Skittles Original Bite Size Candies 61 g** (0058496829605) from the wanted list (old title "skittles original 61g"). - Identity checked: the Open Food Facts record and every photo show this b. This is the current version.

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# Skittles <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Skittles
founded: 1971
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                        | market | from | until | ended | status   | source       | note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/wm-wrigley-jr-company | global | 2008 |       |       | verified | ^wp-skittles | Wikipedia: Mars' Wrigley division acquired the Skittles company in 2008 and produces and markets the candies; Canadian packs print "Skittles is a registered trademark of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company or its subsidiaries" (^off-back-2019) |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name      | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Skittles® | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref            | url                                                                     | title                                                                                               | accessed   | publisher                    | kind         | published  | record_id     | locator   | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------- | --------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| off-back-2019  | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/005/849/682/9605/3.jpg | Open Food Facts photo of the back of an older pack: ingredients, importer, trademark line (imgid 3) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts contributors | pack         | 2019-12-18 | 0058496829605 | Upload 3  | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| wp-skittles    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery)                  | Skittles (confectionery)                                                                            | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia                    | publication  |            |               |           | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| mars-ca-brands | https://www.mars.com/en-ca/our-brands/all-brands                        | Mars Brands: A-Z / Mars Canada                                                                      | 2026-09-14 | Mars Canada                  | manufacturer |            |               | Skittles® |              |                              |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Skittles is a brand of multicoloured, fruit-flavoured, lentil-shaped candies with a hard sugar shell printed with a lowercase "s", produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, a division of Mars.[^wp-skittles] The candies were introduced in 1971 by Jack Candies, a British distributor for Mars; Mars received a US trademark for the name in 1974, US production began in 1982, and Mars' Wrigley division acquired the brand in 2008.[^wp-skittles] Mars Canada lists Skittles among its brands with the slogan "Taste The Rainbow".[^mars-ca-brands] Canadian packs state that Skittles is a registered trademark of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company or its subsidiaries.[^off-back-2019]
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