John Player Special Ice: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 05:43 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added John Player Special Ice, EAN-8 42159049, a German flip-top box of 19 filter cigarettes recorded in 2011 by the zigsam.at cigarette pack collection (producer Imperial Tobacco, tar 10, nicotine 0.8, 4.50 EUR). This completes a variant row on family/john-player-special. Brand owner is Imperial Brands per Wikipedia (John Player & Sons). No gs1_prefix_owner because EAN-8 numbers have no company prefix. No licensed photo.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# John Player Special Ice <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00000042159049
name: John Player Special Ice
family: family/john-player-special
default_observation: de-2011
summary: Filter cigarettes in a flip-top box of 19 carrying EAN-8 42159049, a German John Player Special Ice pack recorded in 2011.
brand: brand/john-player-special
category: category/10000185
country_of_sale: DE
pack_format: flip-top box with cellophane
last_seen: 2011
last_seen_note: German John Player Special Ice box of 19 recorded by the zigsam.at collection in 2011
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/imperial-brands | | | | | sourced | ^wp-players | Wikipedia: John Player Special is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands (named Imperial Tobacco Group PLC until 2016), and by British American Tobacco in some markets outside the UK |
| manufactured_by | company/imperial-brands | DE | | | | derived | ^zigsam | The collector lists the producer of the German 2011 box as "Imperial Tobacco" without naming a group company, so it is attributed to the group |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| DE | sourced | ^zigsam | Collector's record of a German 2011 John Player Special Ice flip-top box of 19 filter cigarettes with barcode 42159049, priced 4.50 € | 2011 | new | | EUR 4.50 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| JPS Ice | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| -------- | ----- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Tar | 10 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2011 | | 10 | | known | printed | exact |
| Nicotine | 0.8 | | ^zigsam | Unit not stated by the source | de-2011 | | 0.8 | | known | printed | exact |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------- | ------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------------ |
| de-2011 | German flip-top box of 19, 2011 | label | DE | | | | 2011 | supported | | | | ^zigsam | Collector's record: John Player Special Ice, 19 filter cigarettes in a flip-top box with cellophane; producer Imperial Tobacco, trade mark owner John Player & Sons | | | 19 | flip-top box with cellophane | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| | relationships | unknown | EAN-8 42159049 has no company prefix: GS1 Germany allocates each EAN-8 number individually, so no gs1_prefix_owner edge is written | |
| | markets | stale | The only record of this barcode is the collector's German 2011 entry; the German Ice box of 19 recorded in 2012 carries barcode 42160045 and the French 2010 box of 20 carries 5010813814560 | ^zigsam |
| | images | unknown | No freely licensed photograph of this box was found; the zigsam.at pack photographs carry no licence | ^zigsam |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
note: Built from the barcode outward from the John Player Special family page, which lists this barcode. The source printing it on a JPS pack is a cigarette-pack collector's catalogue; Open Food Facts, CodeCheck and a web search returned no record of the number.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| zigsam | http://www.zigsam.at/B_JohnPlayerSpecial1.htm | John Player Special - regular packs until 2015 | 2026-09-25 | zigsam.at cigarette pack collection | other | | | John Player Special Ice: Germany 2011 | | | |
| wp-players | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Player_%26_Sons | John Player & Sons | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| ib-brands | https://web.archive.org/web/20260913152353id_/https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands | Imperial Brands: our brands, JPS entry and brand timeline (13 September 2026 capture) | 2026-09-25 | Imperial Brands | manufacturer | 2026-09-13 | | JPS entry and brand timeline | | | https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/our-brands |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
John Player Special Ice is a filter cigarette that a cigarette-pack collection records under the EAN-8 barcode 42159049 on a German flip-top box of 19 from 2011, priced at 4.50 € and with Imperial Tobacco named as the producer.[^zigsam] The same collection lists a German Ice box of 19 from 2012 under a different barcode at 4.60 €, and a French box of 20 from 2010, all with the same tar and nicotine figures.[^zigsam] The brand is owned and marketed by Imperial Brands; the line takes its name from John Player & Sons of Nottingham and was launched in the United Kingdom in 1970.[^wp-players][^ib-brands]
<!--/about-->