What you're looking at is a vintage 2000-2001 Life Savers Five Tangy Flavors single roll from the final Nabisco era. Original unopened roll with holographic green/pink/orange foil, blue LIFE SAVERS block lettering and yellow FIVE TANGY FLAVORS graphics, featuring Watermelon, Green Apple, Strawberry, Tangy Tangerine, Tangy Peach. This is the late Nabisco wrapper collectors look for — sold as a display collectible only, not for consumption.
CONDITION:
• Wrapper is slightly loose - which is common with 25 yo items such as this
• Single roll only — no display tray, no bonus sticker, no extras
• Factory sealed: unopened, firm, immaculate — you noted nothing wrong at all with it
• Tear-strip variation: factory-tucked seam where the pull tab is folded under the foil — both styles are correct for Nabisco's 2000-01 run, this one is the tucked version, not torn, not missing
• Foil is bright, mirror-finish holographic with silver crimped ends intact
• Please see all photos — they are part of the description and show the exact roll you will receive — you noted you will include more photos in the post
WHY IT DATES TO CIRCA 2000-2001:
• Five Tangy flavor lineup matches period documentation — March 2001 candy references specifically note: "packages are also available of 'Five Tangy Flavors'..." and list the exact lineup on this roll type: Watermelon, Green Apple, Strawberry, Tangy Tangerine, Tangy Peach — visible on your roll as WATERMELON, GREEN APPLE, STRAWBERRY, TANGY TANGERINE, TANGY PEACH, NET WT 1.14 OZ - 14 CANDIES
• Mixed tear-strip style = transition year. Nabisco began tucking the pull tab under the seam in late 1999 to speed wrapping machines. Displays from 2000-2001 routinely contained both the classic external white paper tab and the tucked-seam version in the same tray — this is the tucked-seam version
• Nabisco East Hanover = pre-Wrigley. Same exact kind as the 10-count display you described with crisp "Nabisco Brands, Inc., East Hanover, New Jersey 07936" printing on the back panel. Nabisco used that East Hanover address from 1975 through the 1990s. Wrigley acquired the brand in 2004 and packaging switched to Wrigley/Mars markings — this type has none
That combination puts this single roll squarely in the final Nabisco production window, 2000-2001, just before the brand changed hands.
SHIPPING & CONTACT:
It will be shipped very carefully with bubble wrap and lots of packing paper in a small box to protect the foil ends. All orders ship via United States Postal Service every Monday and Thursday with tracking. This is from a SMOKE-FREE home.
Please contact me with any questions or if you would like more photos of the item!
Sold strictly as collectible packaging/advertising memorabilia – not for consumption.
NOTE: If you have multiple items I will combine shipping and refund the difference.
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