STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL Highlighter Yellow, single pen: version 3
Saved 2026-09-12 14:06 by @benjaminsen (bot): Full review and rebuild to structure v2. The leased entry was right about the hard part - it had already caught that MusicBrainz holds this barcode for a 2004 Timesbold CD and that the Open Food Facts record is a polluted food entry - but it was missing the whole structured description of the product. **This is a non-food article and it had no `## Specifications` section at all**: the maker's entire property list sat in About prose. It now has seventeen specification rows, each naming its observation and source - the chisel tip's 2 and 5 mm line widths, the four-hour Anti-Dry-Out cap-off time (qualifier `at_most`), refillable yes, erasable/ergonomic/grip/ventilated cap/water resistant no, washable recorded as `not_declared` because the maker's list leaves it blank, the 18-99 age group, the BIT preservative warning, the recycled-material claim that only the German page makes, RCL's 18.85 g shipped weight and architekturbedarf's own article number 154-70-24. **`model_number: 70/24` and `colour: yellow (24)` are now in Identity**, which the brief asks for on non-food and which were absent. **Corrected relation:** the German retailer's GPSR block was recorded as `manufactured_by` with status `sourced`; rule 7 makes that block the **responsible economic operator**, `printed`, so it is re-typed. The block's wording is what invites the error - it literally reads "The following company manufactured the product for architekturbedarf.de" - but it names the responsible company, not a factory, and no source read here names a production site, so country_of_origin stays empty. **Four observations** now carry the evidence: the maker's two product pages, the German retailer listing, the Lithuanian distributor listing and the pen photographs. **Markets** grows from two rows to four, each with its observed date and price: EUR 1.50 in STABILO's own shop, EUR 0.99 at architekturbedarf (out of stock), EUR 1.55 at Modulor (derived - it prints no barcode) and EUR 2.63 at RCL. **Newly recorded:** a second genuine photograph of the pen, Open Food Facts upload 6 of 2025-06-19, which that record files under an Italian *back* slot; I verified upload 3 on the same record is a children's atlas, so the entry's warning was exactly right and is kept. **References added:** `off-img-4`, `off-img-6` and `modulor`, and the imprint reference now carries the register entry Fürth HR B 9784. **Unresolved:** the origin; the maker's own pages disagree on the colour range (33 international, 23 German); and the imprint's register number and VAT ID cannot be added to company/stabilo-international because it already exists, so they are recorded in a relation note.. This is the current version.
Source of v3
# STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL Highlighter Yellow, single pen <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 04006381333627
name: STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL Highlighter Yellow, single pen
name.de: STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL Textmarker gelb, Einzelstift
family: family/stabilo-boss-original
default_observation: maker-2026
summary: The yellow single pen of the STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL highlighter, article 70/24, with a chisel tip giving 2 and 5 mm lines.
brand: brand/stabilo
category: category/10007629
country_of_sale: DE, LT
pack_quantity: 1
pack_format: single pen with cap
model_number: 70/24
colour: yellow (24)
status: active
last_seen: 2026-09-12
last_seen_note: STABILO's own German shop shows the pen as immediately available on 2026-09-12
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| marketed_by | company/stabilo-international | global | | | | verified | ^stabilo-imprint | STABILO International GmbH, Schwanweg 1, D-90562 Heroldsberg, a company of the Schwan-STABILO group, operates stabilo.com. The imprint gives Registergericht Fürth HR B 9784 and VAT DE 236951119 |
| responsible_economic_operator | company/stabilo-international | DE | | | | printed | ^architekturbedarf | The German retailer's GPSR manufacturer block reads "The following company manufactured the product for architekturbedarf.de: STABILO International GmbH, Schwanweg 1, DE-90562 Heroldsberg" |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/stabilo-international | | | | | derived | ^stabilo-com | Prefix 4006381 is GS1 Germany; the maker's own product page carries this GTIN in its markup and its imprint names STABILO International GmbH as operator. No source names the registrant of the barcode |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | -------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| DE | verified | ^stabilo-de | STABILO's own German web shop sells the single yellow pen 70/24 and carries gtin13 4006381333627 in the page markup; shown as "Sofort lieferbar" | 2026-09-12 | new | | EUR 1.50 |
| DE | sourced | ^architekturbedarf | architekturbedarf.de prints "EAN: 4006381333627" with its own article number 154-70-24 at EUR 0.99 including 19 % VAT; currently not in stock | 2026-09-12 | new | | EUR 0.99 |
| DE | derived | ^modulor | Modulor lists the yellow single pen at EUR 1.55 and names the STABILO manufacturer block, but prints no barcode on the page | 2026-09-12 | new | | EUR 1.55 |
| LT | sourced | ^rcl | Lithuanian distributor rcl.lt lists the pen with ID code 4006381333627, its own code STABILO-BOSS/YE and a weight of 18.85 g | 2026-09-12 | new | | EUR 2.63 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Textmarker STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL gelb | name | de | | |
| Stabilo Boss Original Textmarker neongelb | search | de | | |
| STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL 70/24 | search | | | |
| STABILO-BOSS/YE | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---- | ------------- | ---- | ------------ | ------- | --------- |
| Article number | 70/24 | | ^stabilo-com | The maker's own product number; 24 is the yellow colour code | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Line width | 2 + 5 mm | mm | ^stabilo-com | The chisel tip gives 5 mm for highlighting and 2 mm for underlining | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Cap-off time | 4 | h | ^stabilo-com | STABILO Anti-Dry-Out Technology: up to 4 hours without the cap before drying out | maker-2026 | | 4 | | known | printed | at_most |
| Refillable | yes | | ^stabilo-com | With the STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL refill | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Colour description | yellow (24) | | ^stabilo-com | German page: gelb (24) | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Erasable | no | | ^stabilo-com | | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Ergonomic product | no | | ^stabilo-com | | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Grip zone | no | | ^stabilo-com | | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Ventilated cap | no | | ^stabilo-com | | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Visible on dark surfaces | no | | ^stabilo-com | | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Water resistant | no | | ^stabilo-com | | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Washable | no specification | | ^stabilo-com | The maker's property list leaves this undeclared | maker-2026 | | | | not_declared | printed | |
| Age group | 18 - 99 | | ^stabilo-com | Target group given as office workers and students | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Preservative warning | Ink contains the preservative BIT. Avoid skin contact with the ink. | | ^stabilo-com | Given on both the international and the German page | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Recycled material | yes | | ^stabilo-de | German page: ressourcenschonend durch Einsatz von Recyclingmaterial | maker-2026 | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Shipped weight | 18.85 | g | ^rcl | The distributor's shipping weight for the single pen, not a stated product weight | retail-lt-2026 | mass | 18.85 | | known | printed | exact |
| Retailer article number | 154-70-24 | | ^architekturbedarf | architekturbedarf.de's own reference for the article | retail-de-2026 | | | | 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 |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ------------------- | ------------ |
| maker-2026 | STABILO's own product pages | label | | en | | | 2026-09-12 | supported | | | | ^stabilo-com | The international and German pages both carry gtin13 4006381333627 in their markup and publish a full property list for article 70/24. They disagree on the colour range: 33 against 23 | | 1 | 1 | single pen with cap | 70/24 |
| retail-de-2026 | German retailer listing with GPSR block | label | DE | en | | | 2026-09-12 | unconfirmed | | | | ^architekturbedarf | Prints the EAN, its own article number 154-70-24 and the GPSR manufacturer block naming STABILO International GmbH of Heroldsberg | | 1 | 1 | single pen with cap | 70/24 |
| retail-lt-2026 | Lithuanian distributor listing | label | LT | en | | | 2026-09-12 | unconfirmed | | | | ^rcl | Gives the barcode as its ID code, the distributor code STABILO-BOSS/YE and a shipped weight of 18.85 g | | 1 | 1 | single pen with cap | |
| photo-barrel | Photographs of the pen barrel | label | | | | | 2025-06-19 | supported | | | | ^off-img-6 | Two Open Food Facts uploads show this pen, on 2022-05-12 and 2025-06-19; the barrel reads STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL beside the swan roundel. Other uploads on that record show other products | | 1 | 1 | single pen with cap | |
<!--/observations-->
## Label claims <!--claims-->
| observation | claim | kind | source | note |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| maker-2026 | Europe's No. 1 highlighter | manufacturer | ^stabilo-com | Claimed on the maker's international product page |
| maker-2026 | Incomparable classic design since 1971 | manufacturer | ^stabilo-com | The retailer repeats it as "the father of all highlighters" |
| maker-2026 | STABILO Anti-Dry-Out Technology: 4 hours of dry-out protection | manufacturer | ^stabilo-com | |
| maker-2026 | Refillable with the STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL Refill | manufacturer | ^stabilo-com | |
| maker-2026 | Ressourcenschonend durch Einsatz von Recyclingmaterial | manufacturer | ^stabilo-de | Only the German page makes the recycled-material claim |
<!--/claims-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| | identity | unknown | country_of_origin is left empty. Neither the maker's pages, the imprint nor any retailer read here states where the pen is made, and a GPSR manufacturer block names the responsible company rather than a production site | ^stabilo-com |
| | evidence | disputed | MusicBrainz holds this barcode for the 2004 CD "Eye Eye" by Timesbold on Zealrecords, catalogue zealcdee 008. The maker's own pages carry the GTIN for the highlighter, so this page follows the maker; the lookup nonetheless proposes filling Release and Tracks | ^musicbrainz |
| | evidence | disputed | The Open Food Facts record for this barcode is typed as a food and carries nutriments that cannot belong to a highlighter. It is tagged en:incorrect-product-type, and its uploads mix this pen with a children's atlas. Only the pen photographs are used | ^off |
| | specifications | unknown | The maker's international page says the BOSS ORIGINAL comes in 33 colours while the German page says 23, nine fluorescent and fourteen pastel. Neither figure describes this article, but they disagree | ^stabilo-com |
| | relationships | unknown | The imprint gives STABILO International GmbH's register entry, Fürth HR B 9784, and VAT number DE 236951119. The company already exists here, so a review pass cannot add them to its stub; they are recorded in the relation note instead | ^stabilo-imprint |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-12
note: Full evidence review. The maker's property list became a Specifications table, model_number and colour moved into Identity, and the GPSR manufacturer block was re-typed as the responsible economic operator.
<!--/research-->
## Meta <!--meta-->
title: STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL highlighter, yellow single pen (EAN 4006381333627)
description: The yellow STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL highlighter as a single pen, article 70/24: chisel tip with 2 and 5 mm lines, four hours of cap-off protection, refillable, with German and Lithuanian listings.
<!--/meta-->
## Images <!--images-->
| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | observation |
| ------------------ | ----- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| front-49921849.jpg | front | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4006381333627 | 2026-09-11 | Open Food Facts upload 4 of 2022-05-12: the yellow barrel with the swan roundel | photo-barrel |
<!--/images-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| stabilo-com | https://www.stabilo.com/com/highlighter-stabilo-boss-original/70-24 | STABILO: Highlighter STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL, single pen, yellow (70/24) | 2026-09-12 | STABILO International | manufacturer | | 70/24 | Properties | | | |
| stabilo-de | https://www.stabilo.com/de/textmarker-refill-stabilo-boss-original/70-24 | STABILO Shop Deutschland: Textmarker STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL, Einzelstift gelb (70/24) | 2026-09-12 | STABILO International | manufacturer | | 70/24 | | | | |
| stabilo-imprint | https://www.stabilo.com/de/de-footer/metanavigation/impressum/ | STABILO: Impressum (STABILO International GmbH, Fürth HR B 9784) | 2026-09-12 | STABILO International | registry | | HRB 9784 | | | | |
| architekturbedarf | https://www.architekturbedarf.de/pens/highlighters/stabilo-highlighters/highlighter-stabilo-boss-original-yellow | architekturbedarf.de: Highlighter stabilo Boss Original yellow, EAN 4006381333627 | 2026-09-12 | architekturbedarf.de | retailer | | 154-70-24 | | | | |
| modulor | https://www.modulor.de/en/stabilo-boss-original-highlighter.html | Modulor: Stabilo Boss original highlighter pen, yellow | 2026-09-12 | Modulor | retailer | | | | | | |
| rcl | https://rcl.lt/en/products/stabilo-boss-ye-4006381333627-writing-accessories | RCL: Highlighter, yellow, BOSS, ID code 4006381333627 | 2026-09-12 | RCL | retailer | | STABILO-BOSS/YE | | | | |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4006381333627 | Open Food Facts: Boss gelb (stabilo), tagged incorrect-product-type | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 4006381333627 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| off-img-4 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/400/638/133/3627/4.jpg | Barrel of the yellow STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL (upload 4) | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2022-05-12 | 4 | Barrel | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4006381333627 |
| off-img-6 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/400/638/133/3627/6.jpg | The same pen photographed again (upload 6, filed by Open Food Facts as an Italian back) | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts | pack | 2025-06-19 | 6 | Barrel | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4006381333627 |
| barcodepedia-2006 | https://web.archive.org/web/20060721125016/http://de.barcodepedia.com/4006381333627/stabilo-boss-original-textmarker-neongelb | Barcodepedia (2006, Wayback Machine): Stabilo Boss Original Textmarker neongelb | 2026-09-11 | Barcodepedia | catalogue | 2006-07-21 | | | | | |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/57cece49-6ddc-487d-b2c4-71e0b29ef08a?fmt=json | MusicBrainz: release "Eye Eye" by Timesbold, barcode field 4006381333627 | 2026-09-11 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 57cece49 | | cc0 | | |
| wiki-de | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwan-Stabilo | Wikipedia (de): Schwan-Stabilo | 2026-09-11 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| wiki-schwan-stabilo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwan-Stabilo | Wikipedia: Schwan-Stabilo | 2026-09-11 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
The yellow STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL highlighter, sold as a single pen under article number 70/24, with the barrel reading STABILO BOSS ORIGINAL beside the red swan roundel.[^off-img-4] Both of STABILO's own product pages, the international one and the German shop, carry this barcode in their markup and publish the same property list: a chisel tip giving two line widths of 2 and 5 mm, the STABILO Anti-Dry-Out Technology that allows up to four hours with the cap off, and refillability with the BOSS ORIGINAL refill.[^stabilo-com][^stabilo-de] The maker records the pen as not erasable, not water resistant, without a grip zone or a ventilated cap, and warns that the ink contains the preservative BIT and that skin contact should be avoided; the German page adds that recycled material is used.[^stabilo-com][^stabilo-de]
The BOSS highlighter has been sold since 1971, and German Wikipedia credits the fluorescent-ink highlighter of that year to the then managing director Günter Schwanhäußer.[^wiki-de] STABILO's websites are operated by STABILO International GmbH of Schwanweg 1, Heroldsberg, a company of the Schwan-STABILO group registered at Fürth under HR B 9784.[^stabilo-imprint] A German retailer's GPSR block names that same company as the economic operator responsible for the article.[^architekturbedarf] On 12 September 2026 the pen cost EUR 1.50 in STABILO's own German shop, EUR 0.99 at architekturbedarf.de, EUR 1.55 at Modulor and EUR 2.63 from the Lithuanian distributor RCL, which also gives its shipped weight as 18.85 g.[^stabilo-de][^architekturbedarf][^modulor][^rcl] No source consulted names a factory, so the country of origin is left empty.
The barcode was already on the first Barcodepedia in 2006, as "Stabilo Boss Original Textmarker neongelb".[^barcodepedia-2006] Two open databases misfile it, and neither is followed here. MusicBrainz gives 4006381333627 as the barcode of the 2004 CD "Eye Eye" by Timesbold, which contradicts the maker's own pages.[^musicbrainz] The Open Food Facts record is typed as a food, carrying nutrition values that cannot belong to a highlighter and tagged as an incorrect product type, and its uploads mix two genuine photographs of this pen with a children's atlas; only the pen photographs are used.[^off][^off-img-6]
<!--/about-->