Starburst Candy
Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a cuboid-shaped,
fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, a subsidiary
of Mars, Incorporated.
The Starburst brand was introduced by Mars in 1959,...
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Starburst Candy
Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a cuboid-shaped,
fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, a subsidiary
of Mars, Incorporated.
The Starburst brand was introduced by Mars in 1959, named by Peter Pfeffer in a
competition that won him £5 as Opal Fruits.
The four original flavors were
strawberry, lemon, orange, and lime.
Lime was later replaced with cherry.
In the
1970s Opal Fruits were well known for their advertising tag line ?Opal Fruits ?
made to make your mouth water!
Opal Fruits were introduced in the United States in 1967 as Starburst.
Originally,
Starburst came in the same flavors as Opal Fruits and the first variant, ?Sunshine
Flavors?, later renamed ?Tropical Opal Fruits?, was released thereafter.
In Europe, Lemon and Lime were combined to become ?Lemon and Lime? to make room for
a Blackcurrant flavor.
The brand name ?Opal Fruits? was phased out in the UK,
followed by Ireland in 1998 in order to s
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