# What flavor is Juicy Fruit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759 "2008-09-23T00:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/21 "2008-09-24T14:27:36Z")
Dammit Happy, were you watching me this weeekend? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/22 "2008-09-24T15:19:21Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Dammit Happy, were you watching me this weeekend? Oh yeah. I saw you “take a sniff [and] pull it out.” ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/23 "2008-09-24T17:09:27Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I think it has to do with [this commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdeBclljUv0). Wow, I can’t believe I knew all the lyrics to that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/24 "2008-09-24T17:15:30Z")
A version updated for [1987](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrZvUlGJr30&feature=related), which features the infamous “take a sniff, pull it out” line for the first time. And finally, the pastel-drenched [1991](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64tRuH2J24k&feature=related) version, with a winter-season bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/25 "2016-07-27T18:59:15Z")
I know this an old thread, but I made some Ginger snap cookies the other day, right? One recipe suggested Cardamom. So I busted up a bunch of the pods and ground up the seeds in my coffee grinder. I probably overdid them in the recipe, but it definitely has a Juicy Fruit type flavor, I’m convinced. See what you think if you have some Cardamom, grind some up and taste test. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/26 "2016-07-27T19:04:07Z")
There was a $500 million settlement. I’m not sure if this lady ran the company or had an investment in it or not. > **[Miss Cleo Settles for $500 Million](https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news02/cleo_settle.html)** > > The operators of her psychic hot line have agreed to cancel $500 million in customer bills, return all uncashed checks to customers and pay a $5 million fi ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/27 "2016-07-27T19:36:55Z")
I’d bet heavily that the flavor is a “fantasia,” a synthetic combination, just as is cola flavor. It’s meant to be ambiguous for wider appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/28 "2016-07-27T19:40:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > There was a $500 million settlement. I’m not sure if this lady ran the company or had an investment in it or not. > [Miss Cleo Settles for $500 Million](https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news02/cleo_settle.html) Miss Cleo would have been able to tell you that you were posting in the wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/29 "2016-07-27T19:52:43Z")
I wondered where that Cleo post disappeared too. ☹ My apologies. I only buy the regular Juicy Fruit gum. Love the flavor. I assume it’s a mixture of artificial fruit flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/30 "2016-07-27T21:56:16Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > There’s definitely a banana-ish taste to it. > > Yes, they do have banana. But…but…bananas aren’t juicy!!! What’s the matter with this world??? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/31 "2016-07-27T23:48:55Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > There’s definitely a banana-ish taste to it. > > Yes, they do have banana. On this day ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/32 "2016-07-28T00:06:56Z")
Juicy Fruit used to be advertised as “a fascinating artificial flavor”. I don’t thunk it was ever meant to taste like any specific fruit. [![](http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/juicy-fruit.png) ](http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/juicy-fruit.png) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/33 "2016-07-28T04:48:53Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > But…but…bananas aren’t juicy!!! If you wait long enough, they’re juicy . . . and black. And Juicy Fruit is tutti-frutti flavored. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/34 "2016-07-28T23:51:08Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wondered where that Cleo post disappeared too. ☹ My apologies. > > I only buy the regular Juicy Fruit gum. Love the flavor. I assume it’s a mixture of artificial fruit flavors. It was introduced in 1893, while artificial flavors have been around a long time it seems reasonable that natural flavorings were used initially. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/35 "2016-07-29T00:10:13Z")
It tastes vaguely fruity for about five seconds and then immediately turns to “pencil eraser”. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759/36 "2016-07-29T01:01:10Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > It tastes vaguely fruity for about five seconds and then immediately turns to “pencil eraser”. You’re thinking of Fruit Stripe. Juicy Fruit keeps its flavor more on the order of 10-15 seconds. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flavor-is-juicy-fruit/464759.md?page=1)