Jujyfruits
Jujyfruits are a chewy, gumdrop-like starch-based candy, manufactured by Ferrara Candy Company. Jujyfruits began production in 1920. They were popular in movie houses along with Heide's other gummy candy, Jujubes.[1]
Description
The Jujyfruits shapes are Pineapple, Tomato, Raspberry, Grape Bundle, Asparagus Bundle, Banana, and Pea Pod.[1] The banana shape is stamped with "HEIDE." Fruity flavors correspond to the colors (not the shapes) and include raspberry (red), anise/licorice (black), lime (green), orange (orange), and lemon (yellow).[1] The candies are firm and harden with age or when chilled. A sour variety is also available.
Prior to January 1999, the green sweets were mint flavoured. Hershey (the parent company at the time) changed them to lime after a customer survey found that mint was not a popular flavor.
Ingredients
One of the basic ingredients of both Jujubes and Jujyfruits was 'Ju-ju gum'.[2] This is supported by the fact that the original Jujubes box lists 'natural gum' as its first ingredient. As of 2009, the ingredients listed on Jujyfruits boxes are:
- Corn syrup
- Sugar
- Modified and unmodified cornstarch
- Natural and artificial flavors
- White mineral oil
- Carnauba wax
- Caramel color
- Artificial colors (Yellow 6, Blue 1, Yellow 5 and Red 40)
Brand extension
In the 1970s, Jujyfruits held a promotion where customers could send five dollars and a token from a Jujyfruits carton to the Heide Candy Company and receive a brass buckle and leather belt in return.[3]
In popular culture
Jujyfruits were featured in the season five episode of Seinfeld titled "The Opposite".
They were also featured in "So B. It" by Sarah Weeks. Where various characters persuaded Heidi's mentally disabled mom to do things by giving her Jujyfruits.
External links
References
- 1 2 3 "Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. - Who We Are". Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ↑ "Jujyfruits - Candy you ate as a kid". Old Time Candy. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ↑ "Jujyfruits Promotion". The Candy Wrapper Museum. Retrieved 2010-04-07.