Black Jack (gum)
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Black Jack is an aniseed-flavored chewing gum manufactured by the American company, Gerrit J. Verburg Co.[1]
In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general
In 1871, Adams received a patent on a gum-making machine and began mass-producing chicle-based gum. His first product ("Snapping and Stretching") was pure chicle with no flavoring, but sold well enough to encourage Adams in his plans. He began to experiment with flavorings, beginning with
Black Jack Gum was sold well into the 1970s, when production ceased due to slow sales.[3] It was re-introduced in 1986[4] and again in 2019.[5]
Ownership
Warner–Lambert acquired the American Chicle Company, including the Adams brand, in 1962. The American Chicle Company was renamed to Adams in 1997. Pfizer, which had bought Warner-Lambert in 2000, sold Adams and all of Pfizer's other candy brands to Cadbury in 2003. This unit became Cadbury Adams.[6]
In 2019, Gerrit J. Verburg acquired the Black Jack gum brand among several others from Mondelez International, the parent company of Cadbury.[7]
In popular culture
In the Seinfeld episode "The Library", Jerry remembers his high school girlfriend Sherry Becker as an avid chewer of Black Jack, but upon meeting her again she states her distaste for it and insists that she preferred Dentyne.[8]
In the 1990 movie Pump Up The Volume, Christian Slater's character chews Black Jack gum.[9]
In the television series
References
- ^ "Gerrit J. Verburg acquires classic gum brands from Mondelez International".
- ^ "6 Things You May Not Know About Santa Anna".
- ^ "Black Jack Gum".
- ^ "New Revival: Old-Time Gum". The New York Times. 25 December 1986.
- ^ "Gerrit J. Verburg acquires classic gum brands from Mondelez International".
- ^ "Black Jack Gum".
- ^ "Gerrit J. Verburg acquires classic gum brands from Mondelez International".
- ^ "The Library".
- ^ "Pump Up The Volume".
- ^ Riccio, Aaron (December 1, 2013). "Homeland Recap: Season 3, Episode 10, "Good Night"". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 8, 2022.