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Jujyfruits are a chewy, gumdrop-like starch-based candy, manufactured by Heide Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrara Candy Company. Johnny fruits began production in 1920. They were popular in movie houses along with Heide's other gummy candy, Jujubes.^[1]

Description

The Jujyfruits shapes are Asparagus Bundle, Banana, Grape Bundle, Pea Pod, Pineapple, Raspberry, and Tomato.^[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.

Until January 1999, the green sweets were mint flavored. Hershey (the parent company at the time) changed them to lime after a customer survey found that mint was not a popular flavor.

Ingredients

As of January 2024, 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.^[2]

In popular culture

Jujyfruits was featured in the TV series Seinfeld's fifth-season finale, "The Opposite", and was also briefly mentioned in the sixth-season episode "The Scofflaw".

The main character of the romantic fantasy film Beastly features a main character (Lindy) with a penchant for Jujyfruits.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. - Who We Are". Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
^ "Jujyfruits Promotion". The Candy Wrapper Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

External links

Jujyfruit Candy website Archived 2019-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
Official Ferrara Candy website

[heide-1] "Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. - Who We Are". Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

[promo-2] "Jujyfruits Promotion". The Candy Wrapper Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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+{{Short description|Kind of candy}}
-[[File:Jujyfruits-Box-Small.jpg|right|300px|Jujyfruits]]
+{{confuse|Juicy Fruit}}
-'''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, [[Jujube (confectionery)|Jujubes]].<ref name=heide />
+[[File:Jujyfruits-Box-Small.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jujyfruits package design circa 2011]]
+[[File:Ferrara-Candy-Jujyfruits.jpg|link=File:Ferrara-Candy-Jujyfruits.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An assortment of Jujyfruits]]
+'''Jujyfruits''' are a chewy, [[gumdrop]]-like [[starch]]-based [[candy]], manufactured by [[Heide Candy Company]], a subsidiary of [[Ferrara Candy Company]]. Johnny fruits began production in 1920. They were popular in movie houses along with Heide's other gummy candy, [[Jujube (confectionery)|Jujubes]].<ref name=heide />
 ==Description==
+The Jujyfruits shapes are [[Asparagus|Asparagus Bundle]], [[Banana]], [[Grape|Grape Bundle]], [[Pea|Pea Pod]], [[Pineapple]], [[Raspberry]], and [[Tomato]].<ref name=heide>{{cite web|url= http://www.farleysandsathers.com/About/WhoWeAre.asp?BrandID=5|title= Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. - Who We Are|work= Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.|accessdate= 2010-04-07|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101217005900/http://farleysandsathers.com/About/WhoWeAre.asp?BrandID=5|archivedate= 2010-12-17}}</ref> The banana shape is stamped with "HEIDE". Fruity flavors correspond to the colors (not the shapes) and include [[raspberry]] (red), [[anise]]/[[licorice]] (black), [[lime (fruit)|lime]] (green), [[Orange (fruit)|orange]] (orange), and [[lemon]] (yellow).<ref name=heide /> The candies are firm and harden with age or when chilled. A [[sour]] variety is also available.
-[[File:Mixed-jujyfruits.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An assortment of Jujyfruits.]]
-The Jujyfruits shapes are [[Pineapple]], [[Tomato]], [[Raspberry]], [[Grape|Grape Bundle]], [[Asparagus|Asparagus Bundle]], [[Banana]], and [[Pea|Pea Pod]].<ref name=heide>{{cite web |url= http://www.farleysandsathers.com/About/WhoWeAre.asp?BrandID=5|title= Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. - Who We Are|work= Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.|publisher= |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref> The banana shape is stamped with "HEIDE." Fruity flavors correspond to the colors (not the shapes) and include [[raspberry]] (red), [[anise]]/[[licorice]] (black), [[lime (fruit)|lime]] (green), [[Orange (fruit)|orange]] (orange), and [[lemon]] (yellow).<ref name=heide /> 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. [[The Hershey Company|Hershey]] (the parent company at the time) changed them to lime after a customer survey found that [[Mint (candy)|mint]] was not a popular flavor.
+Until January 1999, the green sweets were mint flavored. [[The Hershey Company|Hershey]] (the parent company at the time) changed them to lime after a customer survey found that [[Mint (candy)|mint]] was not a popular flavor.
 ==Ingredients==
+As of January 2024, the ingredients listed on Jujyfruits boxes are:
-One of the basic ingredients of both [[Jujube (confectionery)|Jujubes]] and Jujyfruits was 'Ju-ju gum'.<ref name=oldtimecandy>{{cite web |url= http://www.oldtimecandy.com/jujyfruits.htm|title= Jujyfruits - Candy you ate as a kid|work= Old Time Candy|accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref> This is supported by the fact that the original Jujubes box lists 'natural gum' as its first ingredient. {{Asof|2009}}, the ingredients listed on Jujyfruits boxes are:
-*[[Corn syrup]]
+* [[Corn syrup]]
-*[[Sugar]]
+* [[Sugar]]
-*Modified and unmodified [[cornstarch]]
+* Modified and unmodified [[cornstarch]]
-*[[Natural flavor|Natural]] and [[artificial flavor]]s
+* [[Natural flavor|Natural]] and [[artificial flavor]]s
-*White [[mineral oil]]
+* White [[mineral oil]]
-*[[Carnauba wax]]
+* [[Carnauba wax]]
-*[[Caramel color]]
+* [[Caramel color]]
-*[[Artificial color]]s ([[Yellow 6]], [[Blue 1]], [[Yellow 5]] and [[Red 40]])
+* [[Artificial color]]s ([[Yellow 6]], [[Blue 1]], [[Yellow 5]] and [[Red 40]])
 ==Brand extension==
-[[Image:Cx heide jujyfruits.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Jujyfruits package design circa 1977 with the belt buckle promotion.]]
+[[Image:Cx heide jujyfruits.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Jujyfruits package design circa 1977 with the belt buckle promotion]]
-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.<ref name=promo>{{cite web |url= http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/heidepromos.html|title= Jujyfruits Promotion|work= The Candy Wrapper Museum|publisher= |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
+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.<ref name=promo>{{cite web|url= http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/heidepromos.html|title= Jujyfruits Promotion|work= The Candy Wrapper Museum|publisher= |accessdate= 2010-04-07|archive-date= 2010-01-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100108035613/http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/heidepromos.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
 ==In popular culture==
+Jujyfruits was featured in the TV series ''[[Seinfeld]]'''s fifth-season finale, "[[The Opposite]]", and was also briefly mentioned in the sixth-season episode "[[The Scofflaw]]".
+The main character of the romantic fantasy film ''[[Beastly (film)|Beastly]]'' features a main character (Lindy) with a penchant for Jujyfruits.
-Jujyfruits were featured in the season five episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' titled "[[The Opposite (Seinfeld episode)|The Opposite]]".
+==See also==
-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.
+* [[List of confectionery brands]]
-==External links==
-* [http://www.jujyfruits.com/ Jujyfruit Candy Website]
-* [http://www.ferrarausa.com Official Ferrara Candy Website]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* [http://www.jujyfruits.com/ Jujyfruit Candy website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310214317/http://www.jujyfruits.com/ |date=2019-03-10}}
+* [http://www.ferrarausa.com Official Ferrara Candy website]
 {{Farley's & Sathers}}
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-[[Category:1920 introductions]]
+[[Category:Ferrara Candy Company brands]]
+[[Category:Products introduced in 1920]]
 [[Category:Candy]]