Freshen Up was a chewing gum with flavored gels inside manufactured by Cadbury Adams in Brazil. Current flavours include cinnamon, peppermint, spearmint and bubble gum. A fruit variation was offered in the 1970s.
History
editThe product was launched in 1975. In 2019, the product was discontinued by the manufacturer.[citation needed]
Factory explosion
editIn 1976 an explosion of the Freshen Up gum manufacturing line at the American Chicle factory in Queens, New York killed six workers.[1] The New York State Supreme Court justice in Queens dismissed the manslaughter and homicide charges against the Warner-Lambert Company and the four executives the following year.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Executives Indicted in Blast. Chewing Gum Plant Blast Kills Six". Associated Press. August 19, 1977. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "Gum Plant Cleared Of Crimes in a Blast Killing Six in 1976; Gum Company Cleared of Crimes". New York Times. February 16, 1978. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
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