History. 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.

The Hershey Company family The ICE BREAKERS Brand became part of The Hershey Company family in 2000, along with BREATH SAVERS Mints, BUBBLE YUM Bubble Gum and others purchased from Nabisco Holdings. In addition to mints, Hershey expanded the refreshing ICE BREAKERS options to include chewing gum, fruit-flavored mints and sour candies.

Ingredients : Sorbitol, Maltitol, Maltodextrin, Artificial Flavor, Aspartame, Magnesium Stearate, Gum Acacia, Soy Lecithin and Artificial Color (Blue 1 and Yellow 5).

A: No, this product is not halal.

In this metaphor, the "ice" is the tension caused by being in an unfamiliar situation or meeting new people. The original icebreaker was literally that: a ship designed to break through ice in frozen channels at sea.

The popularity of mints took off in the early 20th century, with the advent of mass urbanization and mass marketing. Advertising for mints focused on their convenience, and on the socially isolating effects of bad breath. These advertisements targeted young people generally, and young women particularly.

In this metaphor, the "ice" is the tension caused by being in an unfamiliar situation or meeting new people. The original icebreaker was literally that: a ship designed to break through ice in frozen channels at sea.

VF VF agreed to purchase Icebreaker in 2017.

While safe, the sweetener IceBreakers (and many other companies) use can have a laxative effect in higher quantity. If you eat a lot of these and prior to you were consuming almost no sorbitol (or like) products, you are going to poop. Eat a whole lot of these, you are going to poop, a lot.

Sorbitol Contains low calorie sweeteners: Sorbitol, Aspa... Low calorie sweeteners were designed to impart a sweet taste without the calories or glucose effects of sugar.

It was my favorite gum, until I discovered that the source of gelatin is pork, I suggest to replace it with a plant based gelatin. I did not know it was pork based. Thank you for letting me know.

The gelatin used in this product is derived from pork.