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Winterfresh
Winterfresh is a wintergreen flavored variety of chewing gum made by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Introduced in the United States in 1994, it was the largest-selling sugar gum in the market by the end of the decade. It was marketed as an alternative to the Big Red brand. Extra gum, a sugarless gum, introduced a Winterfresh flavor in 1988, while Freedent introduced a Winterfresh flavor around the same time the Winterfresh brand gum was introduced. Each three-gram stick contains 10 calories (42 kilojoules).
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Winterfresh is a wintergreen flavored variety of chewing gum made by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Introduced in the United States in 1994, it was the largest-selling sugar gum in the market by the end of the decade. It was marketed as an alternative to the Big Red brand. Extra gum, a sugarless gum, introduced a Winterfresh flavor in 1988, while Freedent introduced a Winterfresh flavor around the same time the Winterfresh brand gum was introduced. Each three-gram stick contains 10 calories (42 kilojoules).
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