Alternative names | Gushers |
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Type | Fruit snack |
Created by | Betty Crocker |
Invented | 1991 |
90 kcal (377 kJ) [1] | |
Fruit Gushers (also simply Gushers) are a Betty Crocker-branded fruit snack introduced in 1991. They are soft and chewy with a fruity-juice center.
Fruit Gushers (sometimes simply "Gushers") were introduced in 1991 [1] as a Betty Crocker fruit snack. [2] Each box of Fruit Gushers was list priced at US$2.19 (equivalent to $4.9 in 2023) and contained six pouches of Gushers, each of which had nine individual pieces for 90 calories (380 kJ) per pouch. [1]
Strawberry-flavored Fruit Gushers are composed of pear concentrate, sugar, dried corn syrup, corn syrup, modified corn starch, fructose, and grape juice concentrate. [3] Targeted at children, they were acorn-shaped with a soft " licorice-like" exterior and a liquid inside, included " strawberries and pear puree concentrate", and came in two flavors: "Strawberry Splash" and "Gushin' Grape". [1]
In 2003, one serving of any Fruit Gushers variety was one 0.9-ounce (26 g) package with 90 calories, zero protein, one gram (0.035 oz) of fat, and 20 grams (0.71 oz) of carbohydrates. [4] In 2018, 90 calories worth of Strawberry Fruit Gushers weighed 28 grams (0.99 oz) and contained nine grams (0.32 oz) of sugar, one gram of fat, and cost $0.46 (equivalent to $0.56 in 2023). [3]
Betty Crocker released a new variety of Fruit Gushers in early 2020: "Galactic Fruit Gushers". These featured the flavors "Asteroid Apple", "Berry Star Cluster", and a mystery flavor labeled "Unidentified Flavored Object"; the latter was part of a contest where consumers could guess at the unknown flavor and win prizes "like sweatshirts, hats, blankets, pop sockets, and more". Galactic Fruit Gushers were sold through Walmart.com for $5.88 (equivalent to $6.92 in 2023). [5]
A 1991 Sun-Sentinel review said that the insides oozed rather than gushed, and found the confectionery surprisingly pleasant. [1] In 2013, Complex magazine ranked Fruit Gushers the second-best fruit snack of all time, coming in behind another Betty Crocker product, Shark Bites. [2]
In September 2023, police in St. Marys, Kansas reported seizing fruit snacks and gummies, laced with tetrahydrocannabinol, being packaged as real commercial brands thereof—including Fruit Gushers. [6]
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