Nestlé is swapping the round Smarties tube for a six-sided “hexatube,” the first change in the sweet’s packaging in 67 years, it said today (Friday). The familiar packaging was launched in 1938.

Nestlé has announced that Smarties, the popular brightly coloured sugar coated candy with a milk chocolate centre, will be free from artificial colours as of next month. The move is a reaction to ...