A Popular Fruit-Flavored Gum Has Been Discontinued After 54 Years

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[{"selector":"#anim-b1466a09-fca0-455b-b688-d0756b0e819e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b6d94149-ff2f-4f8b-839b-db48f22ee19e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7530f5d6-8b0c-455e-9a91-421113b2091c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4a2c3290-8ca4-4945-b973-e8b64ec8db3e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-104.58221%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "We have made the difficult decision to sunset Fruit Stripe Gum, but consumers may still be able to find product at select retailers Learn More Arrow

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[{"selector":"#anim-67d3233c-eecb-4832-aebf-c4d124dfb7a5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c7497e1e-e746-4dc4-a2ad-903eb2e0e8fd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0bb5f5c9-fafc-4efd-9df7-1179c6a22928","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ed88b07c-b991-43ce-a0d5-487c29492fd1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-104.58221%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] According to The Takeout, a Fruit Stripe enthusiast posted a Reddit thread about the product's withdrawal before Ferrara verified it. Learn More Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-e23f024a-ee30-4f31-96d7-326e18ce31e5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0e47d98f-7ac3-4611-977b-c3c28c5ffd31","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0b1f5b9c-bbe0-4615-9eb9-3e7f71c2e085","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-811c939a-9862-4eed-a5e0-a354d110e6a4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-104.58221%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] "I was a bit confused when it began disappearing from my regular places I would buy it like Walgreens and Walmart," the Reddit user Learn More Arrow

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[{"selector":"#anim-8579c9cd-f5fa-4710-a3d0-fcbda3f71753","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-29265cc0-77ad-4d31-9ce9-849f2e4d0bbd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1f45b049-1a24-4356-92d1-b0fae8fd23da","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d83746c6-fc7c-498b-a5d5-3dcd4f25ce10","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-104.58221%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] I just noticed Fruit Stripe Gum is gone. Pour one out for my first tattoos at 4 years old "X, formerly Twitter, fan wrote. Learn More Arrow

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A Popular Fruit-Flavored Gum Has Been Discontinued After 54 Years

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