Fruit Roll-Ups
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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| Energy | 1,562 kJ (373 kcal) |
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85.2 g
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| Sugars | 38.7 g |
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3.5 g
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0.1 g
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| Other constituents | |
| Water | 10.2 g |
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| Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
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Fruit Roll-Ups is a brand of fruit snack that debuted in grocery stores across the United States in 1983. The snack is a flat, pectin-based fruit-flavored snack, wrapped around a piece of cellophane for easier removal.
Fruit Roll-Ups are manufactured by General Mills and distributed under the Betty Crocker brand in the United States brand in Australia. Several similar products have been marketed by General Mills and by other companies.
Fruit Corners Fruit Roll-Ups were heavily marketed on television in the United States throughout the early 1980s. Most spots featured the tag line "Fruit Corners Fruit Roll-Ups: Real fruit and fun, rolled up in one." Later spots featured children innovating in the "Fruit Roll-Up Fun Factory".
The overall marketing theme is that parents can feed their children "fun" processed foods that are based on real fruit. Studies of American mothers have shown that the mothers are surprised at how sweet Fruit Roll-Ups are and how little fruit is present in them. For example, the strawberry flavor contains no strawberries, and the only ingredient derived from fruit is the sugar present in concentrated pear juice.
General Mills' research for the product began in 1975.
Joray Fruit Rolls are a round, fruit leather product from New York that predates Fruit Roll-Ups. Fruit Roll-Ups have a more rubbery texture than the natural rolls and though were originally round in shape, they are now shaped like a parallelogram.
Fruit Roll-Ups have featured variants on the original plain sheets such as punch out shapes on the rolls and temporary tattoos and tattoos for tongues.
Betty Crocker sells Fruit Roll-Ups in single-flavor boxes and flavor variety packs.
The main ingredient is sugar, and Fruit Roll-Ups contain five different types of sugar: sugar from pear juice concentrate, corn syrup, dried corn syrup, sugar, and a small amount of dextrose. They also contain small amounts of partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, citric acid, sodium citrate, acetylated monoglycerides, fruit pectin, malic acid, ascorbic acid, natural flavors, and artificial colors.
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