Fruit Stripe Gum.Photo:Amazon
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After over a half-century on the market, Fruit Stripe Gum is no more.
The candy’s producer, Ferrara Candy, announced that Fruit Stripe Gum will no longer be a part of their product lineup, according toFood & Wine.
“We have made the difficult decision to sunset Fruit Stripe Gum,” the company said in a statement to the publication.
However, they noted that “consumers may still be able to find the product at select retailers nationwide,” but did not specify where remaining stock could be found.
The company further explained toFood & Winethat “The decision to sunset this product was not taken lightly, and we considered many factors before coming to this decision, including consumer preferences, and purchasing patterns.”
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Fans of the gum took to Reddit on the subreddit r/nostalgia to share their feelings about the discontinuation.
“RIP Fruit Stripe Gum. Despite the truth behind the memes of it lasting a brief time, the flavor for that brief time is unmatched in the chewing gum world. You shall be missed,“wroteone user.
“The wildest three second ride that your tastebuds ever knew,“chimed inanother.
According toFerrara Candy, Fruit Stripe Gum was created in the late 1960s. The company also highlights that each stick of brightly-flavored gum is striped just like Yipes, the Zebra mascot, and comes packaged with a temporary tattoo of Yipes.
Fans of retro sweets likely remember thatKlondike’s Choco Taco was discontinuedafter almost 40 years in the summer of 2022, causing a similarly disappointed reaction from diehard fans of the decades-old ice cream treat.
source: people.com
