After Eight

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title: "After Eight" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1962-establishments-in-england", "brand-name-confectionery", "british-confectionery", "chocolate-confectionery", "kosher-food", "mint-food", "nestlé-brands", "products-introduced-in-1962", "rowntree's-brands"] description: "Mint chocolates made by Nestlé" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Eight" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mint chocolates made by Nestlé ::

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name	After Eight
logo	Aftereight brand logo.png
logo_size	250
image	After Eight chocolate thin (adjusted).jpg
image_size	200
producttype	Chocolate confection
currentowner	Nestlé (1988–present)
country	UK
introduced
previousowners	Rowntree's (1962–1988)
website
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| name = After Eight | logo = Aftereight brand logo.png | logo_size = 250 | image = After Eight chocolate thin (adjusted).jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = | producttype = Chocolate confection | currentowner = Nestlé (1988–present) | producedby = | country = UK | introduced = | discontinued = | related = | markets = | previousowners = Rowntree's (1962–1988) | trademarkregistrations = | ambassadors = | tagline = | website = | module = | module1 = | footnotes = After Eight Mint Chocolate Thins, often referred to as simply After Eights, are a brand of mint chocolate covered sugar confectionery. They were created by Brian Sollitt at Rowntree Company Limited in the UK in 1962 and have been manufactured by Nestlé since its acquisition of Rowntree in 1988.

Manufacturing

The mints were originally manufactured at Rowntree's York factory, before production transferred to Castleford, West Yorkshire, in 1970. For the UK market, they are now manufactured in Halifax following Nestlé's closure of the Castleford factory in 2012, with over one billion After Eights produced every year.

After Eights were originally made from dairy-free dark chocolate. In 2002, however, Nestlé started adding butterfat to After Eights made at certain production facilities so as to increase resistance to chocolate bloom. This practice expanded to all production facilities in 2009. Nestlé has also made special editions of After Eights, including Orange & Mint, Strawberry & Mint, Gin and Tonic & Mint, and milk chocolate.

The fondant in the centre of After Eights is made from a stiff paste of common sugar, water, and a small amount of the enzyme invertase. This fondant can readily be coated with dark chocolate. After manufacture, the enzyme gradually splits the common sugar into the much more soluble sugars glucose and fructose, resulting in a more liquid consistency. Once manufactured, each completed chocolate is packaged in a sheath and then loaded into a box. After Eights are certified kosher dairy by the Orthodox Union.

Notes

References

1. Hyde, Dana. (March 1991). "The Nestlé takeover of rowntree: A case study". European Management Journal.
2. Treanor, Jill. (10 December 2010). "40 years and billions of mints later, Nestlé to close After Eight factory". [[The Guardian]].
3. (1995). "Handbook of starch hydrolysis products and their derivatives". Blackie Academic & Professional.

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