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The Australian entry on this page smacks of corporate porpaganda. Is that alowed???

Something else interesting, they recently had a promotion on that you could win another free bar on 1 out of 6 mars/snickers bars, the ironic thing is, one of australia's biggest retailers of the bars, 7-11, didn't support the promotion and refused to honour it! ROFL! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.186.188.175 (talk • contribs) .

In the US, the Mars bar is a slab of plain (not chocolate) nougat with whole almonds topped with caramel and coated in chocolate. The U.S. Mars bar is not sold overseas.

Actually, it is - at least it was sold in Poland for a while (not anymore), as "Almond Mars". Ausir 15:27, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)

It is in Australia Aaron Hill 02:51, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

This is a mess. There is no coherence between the Mars Bar, Milky Way candy bar and 3 Musketeers articles. Should we follow the US naming and have the chocolate bar info on these three articles? Or have it on two of the three and have a disambiguation page at Milky Way? I most certainly would not support following the US naming conventions. As it stands, it needs to be cleared up (since the content at Milky Way repeats the UK Mars Bar content at Mars Bar). - Mark 08:26, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Mars Bar comparison

According to The Temple ov thee Lemur, the url being http://totl.net/VisibleMars/

So, you wanted to know in great detail what the hell is so different between the American and European mars bar? Did you think your pleas would go unanswered? Fear not, for the people at the Temple ov thee Lemur have brought forth your salvation (salvation, get it? we're talking about food). Well, those crazy brits cooked up the "The VISIBLE MARS BAR Project", not to be confused with any other project.

Some excerpts from "The VISIBLE MARS BAR Project".
British Mars Bar
Weight: 65g
Colour: black
Description: "milk chocolate with soft nougat and caramel centre" (note the British spelling of centre)

American Mars Bar
Weight: 49.9g
Colour: off-yellow
Description: "Creamy Caramel & Nougat"

Capitalization isn't as important to our British friends as it is to those wacky Americans.

Ingredients

or the nutritional information, that's what I was after when I stopped by the page

Me too, would be useful --86.131.82.243 19:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is Mars dead?

In the Portland, Oregon area, i haven't sen a single Mars bar in about a year. However, there are these new 'Snickers Almond' all over the place.

Is there any practical difference between Snickers Almond and Mars, and is it possible that Snickers Almond has replaced Mars, at least in some locations? --Dodger

They are very different bars. Snickers Almond is NOT the same.. it has less carmel and the nougat is different (peanut based, rather than plain). Also the almonds are in little bits, whereas with the Mars Bar they were big chunks. Cshay 00:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usefulness as an example?

Reading this article, it's struck me that it could be a useful example if somebody needs to describe confusing regional variations in names of goods; even more so than crisps, chips, biscuits, and the like. Just a thought. Sockatume 06:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Regarding the Mars/Milky Way/3 Musketeers thing

Could someone clarify? I really have no idea what the name and marketing difference is.

I really can't get my head around this deep-fried Mars Bar thing. Has anyone here actually tried it? Better still, has anyone got a photo of one? How on earth can you deep-fry chocolate? Surely it just melts and becomes an amorphous gew? can it really be served in that form?Palefire 02:57, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)

I find it very confusing too... here in Canada we have Mars, 3 musketeers AND milky ways... they appear as 3 different, although similar, products... Maybe that can help someone =) --XC3N

I have eaten a deep-fried Mars bar (well half of one anyway). You coat it in batter and quickly fry it, so it does partially melt but the batter holds it together. Kind of the same principle as deep-fried Brie cheese or even fried ice-cream, which I have seen in restaurants. I don't recommend deep-fried Mars - it is very sickly indeed. -RK

I had one too (at a chip shop in Birmingham). It wasn't as bad as you might think; the batter helps hold it together and it has a gooey center. It is very rich, though, and I don't remember whether I finished it. The batter is the same as on fish and chips, obviously, and its mild flavor doesn't clash with that of the Mars bar; it's mildly salty, but then again so is a Snickers. Not something I'd order again, but not at all revolting. --ProhibitOnions 23:24, 2005 May 2 (UTC)

Table

I think we could use a table outlining the international differences in Mars Bars. A bit like Comparison_of_operating_systems#General_Information. --Commander Keane 11:56, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

	nougat	nougat caramel	nougat caramel almonds	nougat caramel peanuts
USA	3 Musketeers	Milky Way	Snickers Almond (replaced Mars Bar)	Snickers
International	Milky Way	Mars	Mars Almond	Snickers?

I like it! Of course, we should include pictures, logos, etc. as well. ProhibitOnions 18:54, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a Milky Way Midnight (corresponding to the Mars Midnight, I imagine) in the US, which was originally introduced as Milky Way Dark. It's similar to a normal Milky Way but with a white vanilla nougat and uses dark chocolate as a covering instead of milk chocolate. Pimlottc 22:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This chart needs to be moved to the Mars Incorporated article since it is talking about the entire Mars product line, not just the Mars bar. 148.87.1.171 23:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know that in Canada, Mars Almond has now been replaced with Snickers Almond. Furthermore, 3 Musketeers here seems to be just lighter chocolate, or chocolate nougat, covered with a harder chocolate shell. Aericanwizard 18:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changes in UK bar quality

When I was a teenager the UK Mars Bar used to be a lot chewier and have a higher density and weight than the lightweight modern version. There was a lot more toffee, and in particular the 'foam' was solid. I recall reading newspaper articles about the changes in size and composition of the bar over the years. I am disapointed that the article dosnt mention this. The modern version of a Mars Bar is not as good as it used to be, and for that reason alone I rarely buy it, since I just get the disapointment of remembering that its not half as good as it used to be. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.104.12.57 (talk • contribs) .

Spinoffs?

The following were recently removed from the limited editions section

Mars Delight
Mars Drink
Mars Ice Cream

Perhaps they should be added back in a spinoffs section?

M100 15:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Footnotes and references

Someone saw fit to "standardise" the references, and in the attempt ended up leaving an empty references section, and with references mixed up with the footnotes in the section headed "footnotes".

IMHO these should be kept separate, and I had done the best I could to keep them this way. I wasn't overjoyed at having to use two different systems to do this, but I didn't see any other way it was possible with Wikipedia's current setup. Sure, the <ref> system is easier to use, but how can we keep separate refs and footnotes this way? Fourohfour 14:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images

So far the page only has images of Mars packaging, rather than the bar itself. It would be good to see an image of half a bar broken to show the cross-section. I will upload one if no-one else has by the next time I buy a Mars bar. MrBudgens 20:57, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Mars A Day Helps You Work, Rest and Play

I won't add anything to the article, because it would be self-promotion, and may well not meet the criteria for being 'verifiable', but this might be of interest...

The article mentions that the slogan "A Mars A Day Helps You Work, Rest and Play" is often wrongly attributed to Murray Walker - well, I know who actually did come up with it - it was my grandma - see http://pigpog.com/node/2436. I didn't find out until her funeral, just recently. Came as a bit of a surprise. Pigpogm 13:35, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nougat in a 3 Musketeers?

I feel very confident in insisting that the 3 Musketeers bar sold in Canada contains no nougat. It's a whipped cholocate filling; nougat is a much denser, paler substance, is it not? --Llewdor 23:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is nougat with chocolate flavouring added, hence the darker colour. The density of nougat varies with how it is manufactured, some are more dense than others.

Peanut free Mars Bar

The article says that the Mars Bars made in Canada since last July are guaranteed peanut free allergy friendly. I seem to remember that Canadian Mars bars were always peanut free, however last year the manufacturer announced they were going to move production to a plant that also processed peanuts. There was a big protest from people with peanut allergies so they didn't do it, and now that is a big part of their advertising, that they are allergy friendly. Jande9 08:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian Mars have never contained peanuts but have only recently been tested to ensure they contained absolutely no peanut protein.

Yes, Mars in Canada now contain a logo stating "Peanut Free", as opposed to several other products which do not contain peanuts, but must report that they are "made in a facility which processes nuts, and may contain trace amounts". Aericanwizard 18:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mars Big One

Let us not forget the Mars Big One, a "king size" Mars bar from the UK, available a few years ago.

Sadly, I only have a photograph of it in rocket-powered flying form: http://smyth ecentral.150m.com/Smythe%20Central%20Hub_files/image006.jpg Crunchysaviour 17:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your hosting service whined about hotlinking.... Fourohfour 19:37, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mars Bar Currency

I note there is no obvious mention of the Mars Bar currency / link to such a page??

See http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9f128868-68b4-11da-bd30-0000779e2340.html for more detail

Snickers Almond NOT the same as the original

They are very different bars. Snickers Almond is NOT the same.. Snickers has less carmel and the nougat is different (peanut based, rather than plain). Also the almonds are in little bits, whereas with the Mars Bar they were big chunks. Cshay 00:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Total Recall

The trivia section mentions "the book Total Recall" and a character named Hauser. The movie Total Recall, with a character named Hauser, was (I gather) based on Philip K. Dick's story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"; was it republished with the movie title, or what? —Tamfang 03:42, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Animal Products

Does anyone know whether the changes involving the use of animal products are limited to chocolate bars manufactured in the U.K., or does it go as far as products made in Canada and the U.S.? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.122.93.93 (talk) 15:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

They've reversed this decision now anyway; I've edited the section accordingly. — Matt Eason ^{(Talk  Contribs)} 02:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Original Mars Bar

Not sure about the 1930s U.K. version of the Mars bar that the article refers to, but I do know that the U.S. Mars bar contained NO CARAMEL until the mid-to-late 1970s. It was white nougat with whole almonds on top (not mixed in with the nougat), and all covered in milk chocolate. I believe caramel was added around 1977 (yes, I'm old enough to remember). If you need verification, check out any of the pre-1980s Mars bar commercials on YouTube, and you'll see for yourself. superbu 05:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]