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Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a box-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy candy manufactured by The Wrigley Company, which is a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated. Starburst has many different varieties, such as Tropical, Sour, FaveREDs, Watermelon, Very Berry, Superfruit, Summer Blast and Original.
This is a list of brand name confectionery products.Sugar confectionery includes candies (sweets in British English), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar.
The tartaric and citric acids provide the candy with a sharp burst of tartness, while the inverted sugar gives the soft gummy its sweet flavor. [3] Sour Patch Kids Extreme, which contains malic acid in addition to the tartaric and citric acids, is considered the sourest variation in the Sour Patch line of candies. [ 3 ]
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"Pacers" mint and packaging as seen in 1981 television advertisement. Pacers is a discontinued British brand of mint flavoured confection, manufactured by Mars. [1]Originally known as Opal Mints, [2] they were plain white coloured chewy spearmint flavoured sweets, launched as a sister product to Opal Fruits (now known as Starburst).
According to the official Starburst "Behind the Burst" page , they came out first in the UK in 1960, and in the US in 1976. boffy_b 05:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC) [ reply ] It's part of Mars' odd company history - for a long while the US and UK Mars firms were seperate, as Mars Jr. came to the UK to set up an independent company.
Between 1982 and 1987, the number of UK staff was reduced from 19,700 to 15,600. [6] In 1987, Rowntree operated 25 factories in nine countries and employed 33,000 people, including close to 16,000 in its eight UK operations. [6] Group turnover was £1.4 billion, with the UK and Ireland accounting for 40% of the total. [6]
Starburst (business), or corporate spin-off, the breaking up of a large company; Starburst (symbol), a symbol consisting of a star surrounded by rays emanating from it; Starburst (missile), a British man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) Fourteen-segment display or Starburst display, an alphanumeric display configuration