Harry Seager, from Buckinghamshire, UK, caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple. Taking to social media, he posted a picture of the naked candy bar. The 34-year-old said that while Mars Wrigley UK wouldn’t give him a reason for the imperfection, one person on social media suggested that the bar had escaped being blown by air. Mars later conceded that the bar had “slipped through” its production line and missed getting the identifying swirl. “The only reason I emailed Mars was because I was interested in what might have caused it to happen,” said Seager. Another social media user who used to work at the Mars factory explained that the candy bars go through a machine called an enrober. Once they’re coated in chocolate by the enrober, a blast of air hits the bars as the exit the waterfall and that's what gives it its signature swirl. There’s normally an employee posted whose job is to remove the bars that missed being hit by the air. For his disappointment, Seager was compensated in the amount of ￡2 ($2.50), which he says will buy 2 of the candy bars. It’s clear that there’s a difference in the economies of the UK and the U.S. — while a Mars bar in the UK sells for $1.25, the ones in the U.S. go for double that amount.
