01-24-2005, 01:13 PM
I found this today, and it does explain some confusion expressed by my children and their American cottage neighbours after trips to 'the candy store' near the cottage. *
There's a bit of confusion surrounding the M&M/Mars family of chocolate bars â Mars, Snickers, Milky Way and Three Musketeers â because the company markets them differently in different countries.
In the United States, M&M/Mars' home, they shake out like this:
Snickers: Peanut butter nougat, topped with caramel and roasted peanuts and covered with milk chocolate.
Mars (now called "Snickers with Almonds"): Plain nougat, topped with caramel and whole almonds and covered with milk chocolate.
Milky Way: Chocolate malt-flavoured nougat and caramel covered with milk chocolate.
Three Musketeers: Chocolate-flavoured nougat covered with milk chocolate.
While very few people actually notice, the composition of the nougat filling is different for each bar.
Internationally (including Canada), the American Three Musketeers is sold as a Milky Way, the American Milky Way is sold as a Mars bar, and the American Mars bar isn't (wasn't) sold at all. (Confusing, huh?)
Assuming you are from Canada, a Snickers and a Mars bar (American Milky Way) differ in two areas: the Snickers has peanuts, obviously, but it also has a different kind of nougat. Snickers have peanut butter nougat, while Mars bars have chocolate malt-flavoured nougat.
I thought it was confusing when we had a thread a while back about the different words used for 'soft drink' in varying areas - pop, soda, Dr. Pepper :blink: etc. But when the actual product inside the package is not the same thing, it does sow confusion.
Has anyone run into any other examples where products are sold internationally with different names than domestic ones?
* This is actually a general store, but they have a single-mindedness about what they see when they go there.
There's a bit of confusion surrounding the M&M/Mars family of chocolate bars â Mars, Snickers, Milky Way and Three Musketeers â because the company markets them differently in different countries.
In the United States, M&M/Mars' home, they shake out like this:
Snickers: Peanut butter nougat, topped with caramel and roasted peanuts and covered with milk chocolate.
Mars (now called "Snickers with Almonds"): Plain nougat, topped with caramel and whole almonds and covered with milk chocolate.
Milky Way: Chocolate malt-flavoured nougat and caramel covered with milk chocolate.
Three Musketeers: Chocolate-flavoured nougat covered with milk chocolate.
While very few people actually notice, the composition of the nougat filling is different for each bar.
Internationally (including Canada), the American Three Musketeers is sold as a Milky Way, the American Milky Way is sold as a Mars bar, and the American Mars bar isn't (wasn't) sold at all. (Confusing, huh?)
Assuming you are from Canada, a Snickers and a Mars bar (American Milky Way) differ in two areas: the Snickers has peanuts, obviously, but it also has a different kind of nougat. Snickers have peanut butter nougat, while Mars bars have chocolate malt-flavoured nougat.
I thought it was confusing when we had a thread a while back about the different words used for 'soft drink' in varying areas - pop, soda, Dr. Pepper :blink: etc. But when the actual product inside the package is not the same thing, it does sow confusion.
Has anyone run into any other examples where products are sold internationally with different names than domestic ones?
* This is actually a general store, but they have a single-mindedness about what they see when they go there.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake