What is Fruit Stripe Gum?

Fruit Stripe may have been best known for its oversized packs of spectral-striped gum sticks, each bearing a distinct fruit flavor that typically faded away quickly upon chewing.

What is Fruit Stripe Gum?

Fruit Stripe may have been best known for its oversized packs of spectral-striped gum sticks, each bearing a distinct fruit flavor that typically faded away quickly upon chewing.

For years, the packs contained temporary tattoos of brand mascot Yipes the rainbow zebra that kids could apply to their arms, legs, and faces; gum chewers often joked that the tattoos lasted far longer than the gum’s flavor did.

The gum was first launched by bygone candy maker Beech-Nut in 1969 but ended up at Ferrara following a series of corporate handoffs and mergers. Ferrara itself is a unit of the Italian conglomerate Ferrero.

, Fruit Stripe gum is an eclectic mix of five flavors in a zebra-striped package! This brand began as a part of a line of chewing gum produced by Beech-Nut and is the only one to feature wild zebra-like stripes on each piece.