Uncle Joe's Mint Balls Uncle Joe's Mint Balls Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are mints produced by Wm Santus & Co. Ltd. in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England since 1898. Despite their name, the mints are not truly spherical but oblate spheroids. The ingredients of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are: pure cane sugar, oil of peppermint and cream of tartar and are described on the tin as "suitable for vegans". The words "Gluten Free" are also on the tin lid. The early mint balls were made by William Santus' wife, Ellen, before production moved to a factory near Wigan Wallgate railway station in 1919. The packaging,
Alastair Balls stem cell cultivation and transfer. In 2007 Alastair Balls stood down as chief executive of the Centre for Life, to become chairman of its board of trustees. In the New Year Honours of 1994, Alastair Balls was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for "services to regeneration in the north east of England." Alastair Balls Alastair Gordon Balls CB, DL (born 18 March 1944) is a former senior economic adviser to the UK HM Treasury and director, Northern Region, Departments of Environment and Transport, and is Chairman of the International Centre for Life. Balls was born