Mars 2 Pack King Size: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 08:31 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added **product/05000159372251 — Mars 2 Pack King Size**, the twin-bar king-size Mars wrapper from the wanted list, plus the stubs `brand/mars` and `family/mars-bar`. **Identity.** Open Food Facts holds the barcode as "Mars 2 Pack", brand Mars, with one front photograph uploaded in 2015; enlarged, its corner flash reads "2PACK KING SIZE", which is what named the page. The 2008 Barcodepedia entry the wanted row links to called it "Mars", described as a "2er Pack" — cited as what the old page said, identity only. Category `category/10000045` (Chocolate and Chocolate/Sugar Candy Combinations) via gpc/search. **Relations.** `brand_owner_at_sale` to the existing `company/mars-incorporated`, sourced to Wikipedia's Mars bar article. No company stub states GS1 prefix 5000159 and no source names its registrant, so `gs1_prefix_owner` points at the existing `company/mars-wrigley-confectionery-uk` as `derived`, with a note that the prefix predates that company's 2008 incorporation (Companies House 06649982, fetched). **Left empty on purpose.** No net content: nothing found ties this GTIN to a weight, and Wikipedia's 84 g king size / 85 g Duo figures are about the line, not this article. No `country_of_sale` and no Markets rows: the only market signals are Open Food Facts' Belgium tag (a contributor claim) and a Dutch-language front, neither of which is evidence under rule 7. No manufacturer: the old page's "produced in United Kingdom by Masterfoods" line was generated from the prefix. All five gaps are recorded in Research gaps. **Nutrition.** This pack's own panel has not been read, so the per-100 g panel is declared `secondary` on an `unconfirmed` observation and every value is `inferred` with a note: it is the composition published for the sibling two-bar Mars pack 5000159408301, which another agent is building. No ingredient rows at all — the record has no ingredients text and the front crop is 296 x 79 px. `brand/mars` (owned_by Mars, Incorporated, founded 1932) and `family/mars-bar` (four sourced variant rows: this pack, the 84 g king size, the 85 g Duo, the 51 g standard bar). Both keys were declared on the claim; the agent holding 5000159408301 declared `brand/mars` too, so whoever posts first creates it.. Current is v2.

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11# Mars 2 Pack King Size <!--product-->
22 
33## Identity <!--identity-->
44gtin: 05000159372251
55name: Mars 2 Pack King Size
66family: family/mars-bar
77default_observation: off-front-2015
88summary: Twin-bar king-size edition of the Mars caramel and nougat bar, recorded on Open Food Facts as "Mars 2 Pack" and on the 2006-2013 Barcodepedia as a "2er Pack".
99brand: brand/mars
1010category: category/10000045
1111last_seen: 2015-02-06
1212last_seen_note: Date of the only photograph of this pack on Open Food Facts; no current retail listing for this GTIN was found.
1313<!--/identity-->
1414 
1515## Relations <!--relations-->
1616| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
1717| ------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
1818| brand_owner_at_sale | company/mars-incorporated | | | | | sourced | ^wp-mars | Wikipedia names Mars Inc. as the producer of the Mars bar. |
1919| gs1_prefix_owner | company/mars-wrigley-confectionery-uk | | | | | derived | ^ch-mwcuk | Prefix 5000159 is a GS1 UK prefix and no source names its registrant; targeted as the prefix-country confectionery company of the brand owner. The prefix predates its 2008 incorporation. |
2020<!--/relations-->
2121 
2222## Aliases <!--aliases-->
2323| name | type | locale | from | until |
2424| -------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
2525| Mars 2 Pack | name | en | | |
2626| Mars King Size | search | en | | |
2727<!--/aliases-->
2828 
2929## Observations <!--observations-->
3030| 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 |
3131| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
3232| off-front-2015 | Front of the wrapper, photographed for Open Food Facts | label | | nl | | | 2015-02-06 | supported | | | | ^off-photo | Front only, 296 x 79 px: the black Mars livery with "2PACK" beside the logo and a corner flash reading "2PACK KING SIZE". No ingredient list, panel or net content is visible on it. | | 2 | | wrapper | |
3333| twin-pack-ref | Published composition of the Mars two-bar pack 5000159408301 | label | | de | | | 2026-09-14 | unconfirmed | | | | ^off-sibling | Not this article: the label of the current 2 x 35 g Mars twin pack sold in DE, FR, CH and ES, kept here as reference composition for the same bar. Its market and date do not apply to this pack. | | | | | |
3434<!--/observations-->
3535 
3636## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels-->
3737| id | observation | label | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source | note |
3838| ------- | ------------- | -------------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
3939| ref-100 | twin-pack-ref | Per 100 g, reference composition | 100 g | as_sold | | secondary | | ^off-sibling | Reference composition of the Mars bar taken from the twin pack 5000159408301; this pack's own panel has not been read. |
4040<!--/nutrition_panels-->
4141 
4242## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values-->
4343| panel | nutrient | value | qualifier | printed_value | state | method | source | note |
4444| ------- | --------------- | ----- | --------- | ------------- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
4545| ref-100 | energy_kj | 1887 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
4646| ref-100 | energy_kcal | 449 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
4747| ref-100 | fat_g | 17 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
4848| ref-100 | saturated_fat_g | 8.3 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
4949| ref-100 | carbohydrate_g | 70 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
5050| ref-100 | sugars_g | 62 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
5151| ref-100 | protein_g | 4 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
5252| ref-100 | salt_g | 0.41 | | | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
5353<!--/nutrition_values-->
5454 
5555## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
5656| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
5757| -------------- | ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ |
5858| | identity | unknown | Net content is not established: no listing ties this GTIN to a weight. Wikipedia records an 84 g king-size Mars bar replaced by an 85 g two-bar pack, which is not evidence for this article. | ^wp-mars |
5959| off-front-2015 | ingredients | unknown | No ingredient list for this pack has been read; the Open Food Facts record carries no ingredients text and only a 296 x 79 px front crop. | ^off |
6060| off-front-2015 | nutrition | unknown | The pack's own nutrition panel has not been read; the values here are the composition published for the sibling twin pack and are declared secondary. | ^off-sibling |
6161| | markets | unknown | No retailer listing was found for this GTIN. Open Food Facts tags the record Belgium and its front photo is the Dutch-language front, neither of which is market evidence, so country_of_sale is left empty. | ^off |
6262| | relationships | unknown | Nothing found names the manufacturer, packer or the registrant of GS1 prefix 5000159; the 2008 Barcodepedia page's "produced in United Kingdom by Masterfoods" line was generated from the prefix. | ^bp2008 |
6363<!--/research_gaps-->
6464 
6565## Research <!--research-->
6666structure_version: 2
6767reviewed_on: 2026-09-14
6868note: Built from the wanted list. Identity rests on the Open Food Facts record and its front photograph; size, market, ingredients and nutrition of this pack remain open.
6969<!--/research-->
7070 
7171## Meta <!--meta-->
7272title: Mars 2 Pack King Size (5000159372251)
7373description: The twin-bar king-size Mars pack behind barcode 5000159372251, with its Open Food Facts record, its 2015 wrapper photograph and the 2008 Barcodepedia entry.
7474<!--/meta-->
7575 
76+## Images <!--images-->
77+| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | upscaled | observation |
78+| ------------------ | ----- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------- | ----------- |
79+| front-98066c4e.jpg | front | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5000159372251 | 2026-09-14 | | 5000159372251 | 1 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/500/015/937/2251/1.jpg | | 2026-09-14T11:28:36.742Z | 5000159372251 | barcode | 1 | 296 | 79 | 800 | 214 | true | |
80+<!--/images-->
81+ 
7682## References <!--references-->
7783| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
7884| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
7985| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5000159372251 | Open Food Facts: Mars 2 Pack (5000159372251) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 5000159372251 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
8086| off-photo | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/500/015/937/2251/1.jpg | Front photograph of the wrapper, uploaded to Open Food Facts | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | 2015-02-06 | 5000159372251 | front, imgid 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
8187| off-sibling | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5000159408301 | Open Food Facts: Mars (2x), 2 x 35 g = 70 g (5000159408301) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 5000159408301 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
8288| wp-mars | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_bar | Mars bar | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History, Sizes | CC BY-SA | Wikipedia contributors | |
8389| bp2008 | https://web.archive.org/web/20081120000807/http://de.barcodepedia.com/5000159372251/mars- | Barcodepedia (2008): 5000159372251 - Mars | 2026-09-14 | Barcodepedia, Internet Archive | other | 2008-11-20 | | | | | |
8490| ch-mwcuk | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06649982 | MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY UK LIMITED overview | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry | | 06649982 | | | | |
8591<!--/references-->
8692 
8793## About <!--about-->
8894Mars 2 Pack King Size is the twin-bar king-size edition of the Mars bar, the caramel and nougat bar in milk chocolate that Mars, Incorporated has made since Forrest Mars Sr. first produced it in Slough in 1932.[^wp-mars] The only photograph of this barcode shows the black Mars livery with "2PACK" beside the logo and a corner flash reading "2PACK KING SIZE".[^off-photo] Open Food Facts holds the code as "Mars 2 Pack" with a Dutch-language front and neither an ingredient list nor a panel,[^off] and the 2006-2013 Barcodepedia recorded it in November 2008 as "Mars", described only as a "2er Pack".[^bp2008]
8995 
9096Wikipedia's account of the bar's sizes has the 84 g king-size bar of 2008 replaced by an 85 g pack of two bars, sold as Mars Duo,[^wp-mars] which is the format this wrapper advertises; no source found gives this article its own weight, market or label, so those cells stay empty. The barcode sits under GS1 UK prefix 5000159, whose registrant no public source names; Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK Limited of Slough, the group's British confectionery company, is recorded as the derived prefix owner.[^ch-mwcuk] The composition shown is the one published for the current two-bar Mars pack and is declared secondary, not this pack's label.[^off-sibling]
9197<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Mars 2 Pack King Size <!--product-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 05000159372251
name: Mars 2 Pack King Size
family: family/mars-bar
default_observation: off-front-2015
summary: Twin-bar king-size edition of the Mars caramel and nougat bar, recorded on Open Food Facts as "Mars 2 Pack" and on the 2006-2013 Barcodepedia as a "2er Pack".
brand: brand/mars
category: category/10000045
last_seen: 2015-02-06
last_seen_note: Date of the only photograph of this pack on Open Food Facts; no current retail listing for this GTIN was found.
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role                | target                                | market | from | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/mars-incorporated             |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^wp-mars  | Wikipedia names Mars Inc. as the producer of the Mars bar.                                                                                                                                 |
| gs1_prefix_owner    | company/mars-wrigley-confectionery-uk |        |      |       |       | derived | ^ch-mwcuk | Prefix 5000159 is a GS1 UK prefix and no source names its registrant; targeted as the prefix-country confectionery company of the brand owner. The prefix predates its 2008 incorporation. |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name           | type   | locale | from | until |
| -------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Mars 2 Pack    | name   | en     |      |       |
| Mars King Size | search | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## 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 |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| off-front-2015 | Front of the wrapper, photographed for Open Food Facts       | label |        | nl       |            |             | 2015-02-06 | supported   |                  |                         |                          | ^off-photo   | Front only, 296 x 79 px: the black Mars livery with "2PACK" beside the logo and a corner flash reading "2PACK KING SIZE". No ingredient list, panel or net content is visible on it.              |             | 2             |             | wrapper     |              |
| twin-pack-ref  | Published composition of the Mars two-bar pack 5000159408301 | label |        | de       |            |             | 2026-09-14 | unconfirmed |                  |                         |                          | ^off-sibling | Not this article: the label of the current 2 x 35 g Mars twin pack sold in DE, FR, CH and ES, kept here as reference composition for the same bar. Its market and date do not apply to this pack. |             |               |             |             |              |
<!--/observations-->

## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels-->
| id      | observation   | label                            | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source       | note                                                                                                                   |
| ------- | ------------- | -------------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ref-100 | twin-pack-ref | Per 100 g, reference composition | 100 g | as_sold     |            | secondary   |              | ^off-sibling | Reference composition of the Mars bar taken from the twin pack 5000159408301; this pack's own panel has not been read. |
<!--/nutrition_panels-->

## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values-->
| panel   | nutrient        | value | qualifier | printed_value | state | method   | source       | note                                                                            |
| ------- | --------------- | ----- | --------- | ------------- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ref-100 | energy_kj       | 1887  |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | energy_kcal     | 449   |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | fat_g           | 17    |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | saturated_fat_g | 8.3   |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | carbohydrate_g  | 70    |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | sugars_g        | 62    |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | protein_g       | 4     |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
| ref-100 | salt_g          | 0.41  |           |               | known | inferred | ^off-sibling | Carried over from the twin pack 5000159408301; not read from this pack's label. |
<!--/nutrition_values-->

## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation    | domain        | state   | detail                                                                                                                                                                                                       | source       |
| -------------- | ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ |
|                | identity      | unknown | Net content is not established: no listing ties this GTIN to a weight. Wikipedia records an 84 g king-size Mars bar replaced by an 85 g two-bar pack, which is not evidence for this article.                | ^wp-mars     |
| off-front-2015 | ingredients   | unknown | No ingredient list for this pack has been read; the Open Food Facts record carries no ingredients text and only a 296 x 79 px front crop.                                                                    | ^off         |
| off-front-2015 | nutrition     | unknown | The pack's own nutrition panel has not been read; the values here are the composition published for the sibling twin pack and are declared secondary.                                                        | ^off-sibling |
|                | markets       | unknown | No retailer listing was found for this GTIN. Open Food Facts tags the record Belgium and its front photo is the Dutch-language front, neither of which is market evidence, so country_of_sale is left empty. | ^off         |
|                | relationships | unknown | Nothing found names the manufacturer, packer or the registrant of GS1 prefix 5000159; the 2008 Barcodepedia page's "produced in United Kingdom by Masterfoods" line was generated from the prefix.           | ^bp2008      |
<!--/research_gaps-->

## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-14
note: Built from the wanted list. Identity rests on the Open Food Facts record and its front photograph; size, market, ingredients and nutrition of this pack remain open.
<!--/research-->

## Meta <!--meta-->
title: Mars 2 Pack King Size (5000159372251)
description: The twin-bar king-size Mars pack behind barcode 5000159372251, with its Open Food Facts record, its 2015 wrapper photograph and the 2008 Barcodepedia entry.
<!--/meta-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                                                                       | title                                                        | accessed   | publisher                      | kind        | published  | record_id     | locator        | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| off         | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5000159372251                                     | Open Food Facts: Mars 2 Pack (5000159372251)                 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts                | catalogue   |            | 5000159372251 |                | ODbL         | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| off-photo   | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/500/015/937/2251/1.jpg                   | Front photograph of the wrapper, uploaded to Open Food Facts | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts                | catalogue   | 2015-02-06 | 5000159372251 | front, imgid 1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| off-sibling | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5000159408301                                     | Open Food Facts: Mars (2x), 2 x 35 g = 70 g (5000159408301)  | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts                | catalogue   |            | 5000159408301 |                | ODbL         | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| wp-mars     | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_bar                                                    | Mars bar                                                     | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia                      | publication |            |               | History, Sizes | CC BY-SA     | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| bp2008      | https://web.archive.org/web/20081120000807/http://de.barcodepedia.com/5000159372251/mars- | Barcodepedia (2008): 5000159372251 - Mars                    | 2026-09-14 | Barcodepedia, Internet Archive | other       | 2008-11-20 |               |                |              |                              |          |
| ch-mwcuk    | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06649982               | MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY UK LIMITED overview               | 2026-09-14 | Companies House                | registry    |            | 06649982      |                |              |                              |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Mars 2 Pack King Size is the twin-bar king-size edition of the Mars bar, the caramel and nougat bar in milk chocolate that Mars, Incorporated has made since Forrest Mars Sr. first produced it in Slough in 1932.[^wp-mars] The only photograph of this barcode shows the black Mars livery with "2PACK" beside the logo and a corner flash reading "2PACK KING SIZE".[^off-photo] Open Food Facts holds the code as "Mars 2 Pack" with a Dutch-language front and neither an ingredient list nor a panel,[^off] and the 2006-2013 Barcodepedia recorded it in November 2008 as "Mars", described only as a "2er Pack".[^bp2008]

Wikipedia's account of the bar's sizes has the 84 g king-size bar of 2008 replaced by an 85 g pack of two bars, sold as Mars Duo,[^wp-mars] which is the format this wrapper advertises; no source found gives this article its own weight, market or label, so those cells stay empty. The barcode sits under GS1 UK prefix 5000159, whose registrant no public source names; Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK Limited of Slough, the group's British confectionery company, is recorded as the derived prefix owner.[^ch-mwcuk] The composition shown is the one published for the current two-bar Mars pack and is declared secondary, not this pack's label.[^off-sibling]
<!--/about-->