Juicy Fruit
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Changed "kilojoules" to "joules." 42,000 joules seems like an absurd amount of energy for one stick of gum.
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'''Juicy Fruit''' is a brand of [[chewing gum]] made by [[Wrigley's]]. Introduced in the [[United States]] in 1893, Juicy Fruit almost immediately became one of the best-selling brands in the country, and remains so today. It has had seven different packaging designs as of 2004; many older packages are considered collectors items in a [[niche marketing|niche market]].
[[Image:Juicyfruit.jpeg|thumb|200px|Assorted Juicy Fruit packaging]]
Juicy Fruit was taken off the [[civilian]] market temporarily during [[World War II]] because of shortages in the necessary ingredients to make it; additionally, demand for gum to be included in [[C-ration]]s made sufficient production impossible. The gum was re-introduced to the general public in 1946.
Each three-[[gram]] stick contains ten [[calorie]]s (42 [[joule|joules]]).
Despite it not being a sugarless gum, in 2003 in the United States, Wrigley's replaced some of the sugar with aspartame and Ace K, both artificial sweeteners.
People often report that the ([[Southeast Asia]]n) '''[[jack fruit]]''' tastes nearly identical to Juicy Fruit, but just which "[[fruit]]" serves as its [[flavoring|flavor]] has been deliberately made vague by Wrigley's. Recently the company has capitalized on this in a campaign selling gum with flavors named "Strappleberry" and "Grapermelon" under the Juicy Fruit brand. Wrigley's apparently told ''[[Imponderables]]'' that [[banana]] is one crucial flavor among many others. It is likely, however, that the chemical used for flavoring is isopentenyl acetate, a [[carboxylic ester]].<ref>Pavia, "Organic Laboratory Techniques" pp.99-100</ref>
In the early 2000s, a pellet gum version was introduced, and contains no sugar, unlike the stick version. However, the green version contains sugar, and was introduced in 2006.
=== Canadian Flavours In Pellet Form ===
*Juicy Fruit Original
*Juicy Fruit Red
*Juicy Fruit Blue
*Juicy Fruit Pink
*Juicy Fruit Green
*Juicy Fruit Purple
*Juicy Fruit Apricot Berry (Orange)
==Juicy Fruit in the media==
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The Juicy Fruit [[brand]] has been represented in the media in the following ways:
=== In film ===
*In the film ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'', Randle McMurphy ([[Jack Nicholson]]'s character) offers Chief Bromden a stick while the two are awaiting punishment for fighting in the [[psychiatric hospital]] in which they are confined. This act prompts the Chief, who had been pretending to be a [[deaf-mute]] to finally speak with the line "Mmm...Juicy Fruit."
*In the 2006 film "[[Inside Man]]", Dalton Russel ([[Clive Owen]]'s character) offers Keith Frazier ([[Denzel Washington]]) a piece of gum, which happens to be Juicy Fruit. He leaves the unfinished pack and some wrappers in the unmarked safety deposit box.
*In the first Godzilla movie, the foreign scientists were chewing Juicy Fruit in order to "Make them look more American".
*In [[Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)]], Leslie (played by [[Annasophia Robb]]) gives Jesse a piece of Juicy Fruit on the school bus.
*In the 1977 Martin Scorsese film "[[New York, New York (film)|New York, New York]]", [[Liza Minnelli]]'s character requests a piece from [[Robert De Niro]]'s character in their introduction to each other.
=== In music ===
*Two people can be seen chewing Juicy Fruit before kissing in the music video for "Here in Your Arms" by [[Hellogoodbye]].
*"Juicy Fruit" is also the name of a popular 80s song by [[James Mtume]]. Off of his album ''[[Juicy Fruit (album)|Juicy Fruit]].
*"Grapefruit Juicy Fruit" is the name of a 70s song by [[Jimmy Buffett]], originally released on the album ''[[A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean]]''.
=== On TV ===
*In a second series episode of [[UK]] sitcom [[Spaced]], One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is referenced throughout, including the character of Daisy offering a Chief look-a-like a piece of Juicy Fruit
*In the 2006-7 British TV series ''[[Life on Mars (TV series)|Life on Mars]]'', the characters are frequently seen chewing Juicy Fruit. During the first series DCI [[Gene Hunt]] lays out two packets of Juicy Fruit on the interview table. In a series two episode, an exchange between DC [[Chris Skelton]] and a schoolgirl goes:
*Juicy Fruit is also referenced in [[American Dad]], when Stan explains what being popular feels like by comparing it with the taste of Juicy Fruit.
*There was a Juicy Fruit Commercial that was banned, that shows a woman beating up a Giant Orange Whale, who stole her Juicy Fruit.
*Juicy Fruit featured a "banned" or alternative commercial on their Canadian website, in which a snowboarder hits the singing guitar player over the head with his snowboard, thus killing him.
*In the television series [[The Shield]], Lt. [[Jon Kavanaugh]] constantly chews Juicy Fruit throughout Season 5. He also explains how he used chewing gum as an interrogation technique; when he offers it to people and they refuse, he offers it to them a second time. If they accept the gum the second time, he knows that they will crack under interrogation.
*Juicy Fruit is the name of a prostitute on the show [[South Park]].
*The 42 car in NASCAR driven by Juan Pablo Montoya is co-sponsored by Juicy Fruit and Big Red gum.
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book | author = Pavia, Donald L. | coauthors = Lampman, Kriz, Engel | title = Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques | publisher = Thomson Brooks/Cole | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-495-01630-4}}
==External links==
*[http://www.juicyfruit.com/ Juicy Fruit], the official website for the brand.
*[http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/products/products_juicy_fruit.asp Wrigley's "Juicy Fruit" page]
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