Ice Breakers is a brand of mints and chewing gum owned by The Hershey Company .
53-421: Its line of soft, cube-shaped gum is branded as Ice Cubes . Ice Breakers was launched in the 1990s by Nabisco Holding's LifeSaver division in order to compete with similar mint brands. Hershey purchased Ice Breakers from Nabisco in 2000 for $ 135 million in a deal that also included mint and chewing gum brands like Bubble Yum , Breath Savers , CareFree and Stickfree. Ice Breakers began showing growth following
106-474: A large part of the male population knew about them from their service and thus they became somewhat popular even in civilian use. The company that makes them also sells them unaltered to the civilian market. They are said to have many properties, some jokingly assigned, such as the ability to combine them with standard issue shoe polish to create a flammable device, or to glue them onto vehicles to increase their armor protection. One quality, liked by many soldiers,
159-731: A medley is considered a popular snack. Hardtack, baked with or without the addition of fat, was and still is a staple in Russian military rations, especially in the Navy, as infantry traditionally preferred simple dried bread when long shelf life was needed. Called galeta (галета) in Russian, it is usually somewhat softer and more crumbly than traditional hardtack, as most varieties made in Russia include at least some fat or shortening, making them closer to saltine crackers . One such variety, khlyebtsy armyeyskiye (хлебцы армейские), or "army crackers",
212-529: A powdery mint mixture was encased by two blue dissolving layers. It received national attention for its resemblance to street narcotics. Hershey denied the resemblance, but pulled the product out of the market shortly thereafter. Ice Breakers gum was banned in the Kuwaiti market due to containing pig gelatin . This brand-name food or drink product–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This confectionery -related article
265-770: A pudding, to serve as dessert. Royal Navy hardtack during Queen Victoria 's reign was made by machine at the Royal Clarence Victualing Yard at Gosport , Hampshire , stamped with the Queen's mark and the number of the oven in which it was baked. When machinery was introduced into the process, the dough was thoroughly mixed and rolled into sheets about two yards (6 ft; 72 in; 183 cm) long and one yard (3 ft; 36 in; 91 cm) wide, which were then stamped in one stroke into about sixty hexagonal shaped biscuits. The hexagonal shape saved material and time and made them easier to pack compared to
318-622: A pun on Panzerwaffe , the Wehrmacht armored motorized forces (the German words Panzer and Waffe mean "tank" or "armor" and "weapon", respectively). They are also popular amongst civilians, and are a common part of a meal in some regions. Hardtack remains popular today in Papua New Guinea . The Lae Biscuit Company, which is the most commonly found and popular brand in that country, makes multiple varieties of hardtack. Hardtack
371-516: A row at Daytona International Speedway with Nabisco sponsorship. Kraft and Nabisco sponsored a part-time Sprint Cup effort in car #81 driven by Jason Keller and John Andretti and fielded by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Nabisco also sponsored Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the 2010 Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona International Speedway in July 2010 with their Oreo/Ritz brands and Tony Stewart with the Ritz brand in
424-407: A soldier in the 10th Massachusetts Battery , outlines many details on how hardtack was utilized during the war in his book Hard Tack and Coffee . With insect infestation common in improperly stored provisions, soldiers would break up the hardtack and drop it into their morning coffee. This would not only soften the hardtack but the insects, mostly weevil larvae , would float to the top, and
477-538: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nabisco Nabisco ( / n ə ˈ b ɪ s k oʊ / , abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company ) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey . The company is a subsidiary of Illinois -based Mondelēz International . Nabisco's 1,800,000-square-foot (170,000 m ) plant in Chicago
530-532: Is a mainstay in parts of Canada. Purity Factories is one maker of traditional hardtack. They specialize in a high density, high caloric product that is well suited for use by expeditions. Located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador , they currently produce three varieties of hardtack: Interbake Foods of Richmond, Virginia , produces most of the commercially available hardtack in the United States, under
583-612: Is a significant source of food energy in a small, durable package. A store-bought 24- gram cracker can contain 100 calories (20 percent from fat) from 2 grams of protein but practically no fiber . Ma Bo mentioned hardtack as being a staple food of Chinese hard-labor workers in Inner Mongolia , during the Cultural Revolution . Hardtack was a staple of military servicemen in Japan and South Korea well into
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#1732800984461636-485: Is included in Russian military rations . Other brands enjoy significant popularity among the civilian population as well, both among campers and the general populace. In Genoa , hardtack was and still is a traditional addition to a fish and vegetable salad called cappon magro . In Germany , hardtack is included in every military ration and colloquially known as Panzerplatten (armor plates) or Panzerkekse (armor cookies/tank cookies). Due to conscription for many years
689-464: Is its ability to hinder one's need to defecate , some claiming they did not need to defecate for three days after consuming large quantities of them. In Poland , hardtack wafers (known by their official name: Suchary Specjalne SU-1 or SU-2 – Special Hardtacks ) are still present in Polish Army military rations. In military slang they are jokingly called Panzerwaffel (tank or armor wafers),
742-690: Is the largest bakery in the world, employing more than 1,200 workers and producing around 320 million pounds (150 million kilograms) of snack foods annually. Its products include Chips Ahoy! , Belvita , Oreo cookies, Ritz Crackers , Teddy Grahams , Triscuit crackers, Fig Newtons , and Wheat Thins for the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, and other parts of South America. All Nabisco cookie or cracker products are branded Christie in Canada, after Canadian baker William Mellis Christie . Christie's flagship bakery in Toronto
795-649: The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union , went on strike over disagreements regarding a new labor contract with Nabisco. The National Biscuit Company acquired the Shredded Wheat Company, maker of Triscuit and Shredded Wheat cereal , and Christie, Brown & Company of Toronto in 1928, but all of the Nabisco cookie and cracker products in Canada still use
848-931: The Cereal Partners Worldwide joint venture with Nestlé. Also in 1994, RJR acquired Rose Knox 's Knox gelatin and integrated the Shredded wheat franchise into the Post Foods portfolio. Post continues to sell the product today. In 1995, Nestlé agreed to buy the Ortega Mexican foods business from Nabisco Inc. That same year, RJR-Nabisco also acquired the North American margarine and table spreads business of Kraft foods. This purchase included Parkay, Touch of Butter and Chiffon. In 1998, Nabisco Holdings announced its sale of its margarine and egg substitute business to ConAgra . In 1997,
901-606: The United States Navy had outlined that each sailor was to be given 14 ounces of bread per day as part of their daily ration while serving onboard in the form of hardtack. The procurement of these stores was the responsibility of the ship's Purser , and was not strictly outlined by the Board of Navy Commissioners . During the American Civil War (1861–1865), three-by-three-inch (7.6 by 7.6 cm) hardtack
954-510: The nutritional facts of Planters peanuts to those of potato chips , Cheddar cheese chips, and popcorn . Technically, the commercials complied with United States Food and Drug Administration regulations, and they were allowed to continue. However, as requested by the National Advertising Division , Nabisco agreed to make fat content disclosure more conspicuous in future commercials. The company's A1 Steak Sauce
1007-493: The "Sailor Boy" label. As of January 2015, 98 percent of its production goes to Alaska . Alaskans are among the last to still eat hardtack as a significant part of their normal diet. Originally imported as a food product that could endure the rigors of transportation throughout Alaska, hardtack has remained a favored food even as other, less robust foods have become more readily available. Alaskan law requires all light aircraft to carry "survival gear", including food. Therefore,
1060-425: The 2010 DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway in 2010. Pilot bread Hardtack (or hard tack ) is a type of dense cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns. Along with salt pork and corned beef , hardtack
1113-565: The Baby Ruth and Butterfinger brands, to Nestlé . RJR also sold LU, Belin and other European biscuit brands to Groupe Danone , only reunited in 2007 after Nabisco's present parent, Kraft Foods , bought Danone's biscuit operations for €5.3 billion. In 1994, RJR sold its breakfast cereal business (primarily the Shredded Wheat franchise) to Kraft Foods Inc. and the international licenses to General Mills , which later became part of
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#17328009844611166-593: The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus became concerned with an ad campaign for Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts. The initial commercial featured a man and monkey deserted on an island. They discover a crate of Planters peanuts and rejoice in the peanuts' positive health facts. Nabisco made a detailed statement describing how their peanuts were healthier than most other snack products, going as far as comparing
1219-649: The National Biscuit Company introduced a snack in a sealed packet called the Peanut Sandwich Packet. They soon added the Sorbetto Sandwich Packet. These allowed salesmen to sell to soda fountains , road stands, milk bars , lunch rooms , and news stands. Sales increased, and the company started to use the name NAB in 1928. The term Nabs today is used to generically mean any type of snack crackers, most commonly in
1272-645: The New York Biscuit Company. Chicago lawyer Adolphus Green (1843–1917) started the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company in 1890 after acquiring 40 different bakeries. Then Moore, Green, and John Gottlieb Zeller (1849–1939, founder of Richmond Steam Bakery) all merged in 1898 to form the "National Biscuit Company", and Green was named president. Zeller was president of National Biscuit Company from 1923–1931. Nabisco celebrated its golden anniversary in 1948, and Nabisco had become
1325-403: The acquisition by Hershey. In 2006, it was reported that Hershey had the third largest share of the chewing-gum market and it viewed Ice Breakers as a means of expanding its share. As of 2014, it was reported that overall chewing-gum sales were in decline. It was thought by some economy experts to be due to the economy at the time and a larger variety of choices outside of chewing gum. In 2016, it
1378-571: The baking of processed cereals, including the creation of flour, provided a more reliable source of food. Egyptian sailors carried a flat brittle loaf of millet bread called dhourra cake. A cracker called bucellatum is known in Ancient Rome. King Richard I of England left for the Third Crusade (1189–1192) with "biskit of muslin", which was a mixed grain compound of barley , bean flour, and rye . The more refined captain's biscuit
1431-572: The blue-and-white Sailor Boy Pilot Bread boxes are ubiquitous at Alaskan airstrips, in cabins, and in virtually every village. Unlike the traditional hardtack recipe, Sailor Boy Pilot Bread contains leavening and vegetable shortening . Hardtack is also a common pantry item in Hawaii, and The Diamond Bakery's "Saloon Pilot" cracker is available there in grocery and convenience stores. The round hardtack crackers are available in large- and small-diameter sizes. Those who buy commercially baked hardtack in
1484-463: The brands of Fleishmann's, Blue Bonnet and Parkay had sales of $ 480 million. It also sold its College Inn broth brand to HJ Heinz and its Venezuelan Del Monte operations to Del Monte Foods. In 1999, RJR Nabisco's food and tobacco empire fell apart when they sold its international tobacco division to Japan Tobacco for $ 7.8 billion. In 2000 Nabisco Holdings together with several investors (as Finalrealm) acquired United Biscuits , As part of
1537-550: The contiguous US are often those who stock up on long-lasting foods for disaster survival rations , though these usually take the form of food ration bars or freeze dried meals rather than traditional hardtack. Many other people who currently buy or bake hardtack in the US are Civil War re-enactors . The 3rd US Regular Infantry Reenactors, for example, often cook many recipes during their reenacting camps, to include hardtack. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
1590-477: The corporate name by 1971. In 1981, Nabisco merged with Standard Brands to form "Nabisco Brands", which merged with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1985 to form RJR Nabisco . Kraft General Foods acquired the Nabisco cold cereals from RJR Nabisco in 1993, and the cereal brands are now owned by Post Holdings . In 1999, Nabisco acquired Favorite Brands International . In 2000, Philip Morris Companies Inc. acquired Nabisco and merged it with Kraft Foods in one of
1643-590: The largest mergers in the food industry. In 2011, Kraft Foods announced that it was splitting into a grocery company and a snack food company. Nabisco became part of the snack-food business, which took the name Mondelēz International . The first use of the name Nabisco was in a cracker brand produced by National Biscuit Company in 1901. The firm later introduced Fig Newtons , Nabisco Wafers, Anola Wafers, Barnum's Animal Crackers (1902), Cameos (1910), Lorna Doones (1912), Oreos (1912), and Famous Chocolate Wafers (1924, which would be discontinued in 2023). In 1924,
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1696-664: The late 20th century. It is known as Kanpan (乾パン) in Japan and geonbbang (geonppang, 건빵) in South Korea, meaning 'dry bread', and is still sold as a fairly popular snack food in both countries. (Canned kanpan is also distributed in Japan as emergency rations in case of earthquake, flood, or other disaster.) A harder hardtack than Kanpan, called Katapan (堅パン), is historically popular in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, Japan as one of its regional specialty foods. In Korea, geonppang (hardtacks) mixed with byulsatang (star candy) as
1749-529: The moral and spiritual over the evil and the material". A symbol previously used to represent Christ's redemption of the world. The current update of the familiar Nabisco trademark was designed by American typographer and graphic designer Gerard Huerta , who has created many famous logos for corporate identity and branding as well as the movie and music industries, such as AC/DC 's. From 2002–2005, Nabisco and Kraft jointly sponsored both Dale Earnhardt , Inc., and Roush Racing . Earnhardt Jr. won four races in
1802-552: The name Christie. It also acquired F.H. Bennett Company, maker of Milk-Bone dog biscuits, in 1931. In 1971, Nabisco bought J. B. Williams Co., a privately-owned pharmaceuticals manufacturer. Williams continued to operate as a separate subsidiary . Nabisco sold Williams to Beecham Group in 1982 after nearly a decade of slumping sales. In 1981, Nabisco merged with Standard Brands , maker of Planters Nuts, Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars, Royal gelatin, Fleischmann's and Blue Bonnet margarines, amongst others. The company
1855-513: The port of Boston . These were also used extensively as a source of food by the gold prospectors who migrated to the gold mines of California in 1849 . Since the journey took months, hardtack was stored in the wagon trains . Bent's company later sold the original hardtack crackers used by troops during the American Civil War . The G. H. Bent Company operated in Milton and sold these items to Civil War re-enactors and others until 2018. By 1818,
1908-650: The product. In 2004, the company released its dual-pack gum and mints. Later that year, Ice Breakers signed Hilary and Haylie Duff as the brand's spokeswomen. In April 2018, Ice Breakers launched an edible glitter-sprinkled gum that they hoped would appeal to Millennials . The company has also sponsored athletes including NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). Ice Breakers Frost mints were discontinued in September 2022. In 2007, Hershey released Ice Breakers PACS, wherein
1961-422: The sale of "A.2." sauce as well as attorney's fees. Nabisco's trademark is a diagonal ellipse with a series of antenna-like lines protruding from the top ("Orb and Cross" or Globus cruciger ). It forms the base of its logo and can be seen imprinted on Oreo cookies, in addition to Nabisco product boxes and literature. The trademark is derived from a medieval Venetian printer's mark that represented "the triumph of
2014-485: The soldiers could skim off the insects and resume consumption. The weevils "left no distinctive flavor behind." Some men also turned hardtack into a mush by breaking it up with blows from their rifle butts , then adding water. If the men had a frying pan, they could cook the mush into a lumpy pancake ; otherwise they dropped the mush directly on the coals of their campfire. They also mixed hardtack with brown sugar, hot water, and sometimes whiskey to create what they called
2067-461: The southern US. As of July 16, 2021, parent company Mondelēz International made the decision to close the Fair Lawn plant after 63 years forcing the majority of the 600 employees to move on and/or retire, accept jobs with other businesses or transfer within the company. In August 2021, over 1,000 workers at several bakeries and distribution centers throughout the United States, organized under
2120-520: The time. Cocket bread was a type of bread in England, as referenced in the Assize of Bread and Ale ( temp. incert. ) (c. 1266), where it is one of several kinds of bread named. It seems to have been hard sea-biscuit, which perhaps had then some mark or seal (a cocket ) on it; or else, was so called from its being designed for the use of the coxswains , or seamen. Commercially available hardtack
2173-584: The traditional circular shaped biscuit. Hardtack remained an important part of the Royal Navy sailor's diet until the introduction of canned foods ; canned meat was first marketed in 1814, and preserved beef in tins was officially introduced to the Royal Navy rations in 1847. As early as the Spanish–American War in 1898, some military hardtack was used by service members in etching or writing notes, often commemorating events or coined with phrases of
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2226-535: The transaction, United Biscuits acquired Nabisco's European businesses and divested Far East (China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) business to Nabisco. Nabisco became a leading shareholder in United Biscuits (the position that inherited by Kraft Foods until 2006). The Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris) acquired Nabisco (sans Bubble Yum which was sold to Hershey ) in 2000 for about $ 19.2 billion. Philip Morris then combined Nabisco with Kraft. That acquisition
2279-622: Was baked hard, it would stay intact for years if kept dry. For long voyages, hardtack was baked four times, rather than the more common two, and prepared six months before sailing. Because it is dry and hard, hardtack (when properly stored and transported) will survive rough handling and temperature extremes. In 1665, Samuel Pepys first regularized naval victualling in the Royal Navy with varied and nutritious rations, to include "one pound daily of good, clean, sweet, sound, well-baked and well-conditioned wheaten biscuit". By at least 1731, it
2332-911: Was a standard ration for many militaries and navies from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. The name is derived from "tack", the British sailor slang for food. The earliest use of the term recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1830. It is known by other names including brewis (possibly a cognate with " brose "), cabin bread , pilot bread , sea biscuit , soda crackers , sea bread (as rations for sailors), ship's biscuit , and pejoratively as dog biscuits , molar breakers , sheet iron , tooth dullers , Panzerplatten (" armor plates "; Germany) and worm castles . Australian and New Zealand military personnel knew them with some sarcasm as ANZAC wafers (not to be confused with Anzac biscuit ). The introduction of
2385-656: Was approved by the Federal Trade Commission subject to the divestiture of products in five areas: three Jell-O and Royal brands types of products (dry-mix gelatin dessert, dry-mix pudding, no-bake desserts), intense mints (such as Altoids), and baking powder. Kraft Foods, at the time also a subsidiary of Altria, merged with Nabisco. In 2006, Nabisco sold its Milk-Bone pet snacks to Del Monte Foods Co. for $ 580 million. Altria spun-off Kraft Food along with its Nabisco subsidiary in 2007. In January 2007, Kraft sold Cream of Wheat to B&G Foods . In 1997,
2438-669: Was demolished after Mondelēz shut it down in 2013. Nabisco opened corporate offices as the National Biscuit Company in the Home Insurance Building in the Chicago Loop in 1898, the world's first skyscraper. Pearson & Sons Bakery opened in Massachusetts in 1792, and they made a biscuit called pilot bread for consumption on long sea voyages. In 1889, William H. Moore acquired Pearson & Sons Bakery, Josiah Bent Bakery, and six other bakeries to start
2491-906: Was in auction with two bidders: F. Ross Johnson , the company's president and CEO, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , a private equity partnership. The company was sold to KKR in what was then the biggest leveraged buyout in history, described in the book Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco , and a subsequent film . In 1989, RJR Nabisco Inc. sold its Chun King foods division to Yeo Hiap Seng Limited and Fullerton Holdings Pte. Ltd for $ 52 million to reduce its debt from its $ 24.5 billion buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. In December 1989, RJR Nabisco sold its Del Monte canned fruits and vegetables business in South America to Polly Peck International PLC . One year later, in 1990 RJR Nabisco sold Curtiss Candy, which owned
2544-441: Was made with finer flour. Some 5th century BCE physicians, such as Hippocrates , associated most medical problems with digestion. For sustenance and health, eating a biscuit daily was considered good for one's constitution. As the hardtack biscuits softened with time due to exposure to humidity and other weather elements, they became more palatable, so the bakers in the 12th century made biscuits as hard as possible. Because it
2597-631: Was officially codified in Naval regulation that each sailor was rationed one pound (0.45 kg; 450 g) of biscuit per day. Hardtack, crumbled or pounded fine and used as a thickener, was a key ingredient in New England seafood chowders from the late 1700s. In 1801, Josiah Bent began a baking operation in Milton, Massachusetts , selling " water crackers " made of flour and water that would be resistant to deterioration during long sea voyages from
2650-412: Was reported that Ice Breaker's sales of its Ice Cubes product had increased from 2015. Ice Breakers manufactures and sells mint and chewing gum products including cool mints, peppermint chews and soft, cube-shaped gum branded as Ice Cubes . In 2003, Ice Breakers launched Liquid Ice, a liquid filled mint. An advertising and PR campaign that centered around Jessica Simpson was also launched to promote
2703-570: Was shipped from Union and Confederate storehouses. Civil War soldiers generally found their rations to be unappealing, and joked about the poor quality of the hardtack in the satirical song " Hard Tack Come Again No More ". The song was sung to the tune of the Stephen Foster song " Hard Times Come Again No More ", and featured lyrics describing the hardtack rations as being 'old and very wormy' and causing many 'stomachs sore'. John Billings,
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#17328009844612756-605: Was the subject of a suit filed against Arnie Kaye in US District Court on March 13, 1990. Kaye's delicatessen used a homemade sauce called "A2 Sauce," sold in both the International Deli and Stew Leonard's supermarkets in Westport, Connecticut . Summary judgement was rendered on March 18, 1991 by Judge Eginton who found in favor of Nabsico and ordered that they were entitled to recoup all profits from
2809-495: Was then renamed Nabisco Brands, Inc. At that time, it also acquired the Life Savers brand from the E.R. Squibb Company , makers of Bubble Yum & Care-free gum. Commercials were revised as a result of the merger by January 1983. In 1985, Nabisco was bought by R.J. Reynolds , forming "RJR Nabisco". After three years of mixed results, the company became one of the hotspots in the 1980s leveraged buyout mania. The company
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