Not a Low Calorie Food, Sugarfree. The originally celebrated curiously strong Confections were first produced in England at the turn of the 19th century by Smith & Co., which later became a part of Callard & Bowser, a prestigious English confectioner founded in 183. Today Altoids chewing gum is made to the same exacting standards as the original Altoids mints recipe developed more than 200 years ago.