Fry's Turkish Delight
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| Product type | Chocolate bar |
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| Owner | Mondelez International |
| Produced by | Cadbury |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 1914 |
| Previous owners | J. S. Fry & Sons(1914–19) |
| Website | cadbury.co.uk/frysturkishdelight |
Fry's Turkish Delightis a chocolate bar made byCadbury.It was launched in the UK in 1914 by the Bristol-based chocolate manufacturerJ. S. Fry & Sonsand consists of a rose-flavouredTurkish delightsurrounded bymilk chocolate.[1]The Fry's identity remained in use after Fry & Sons merged with Cadbury in 1919.
In Australia and New Zealand, the range of "Turkish" products released by Cadbury has expanded to include mini-Easter eggs,ice cream, sectioned family block chocolate bars, and small versions used in boxed chocolates.[2]In Ireland, Cadbury also manufacture the Dairy Milk Turkish, usingCadbury Dairy Milkchocolate instead with a slightly different Turkish centre, in the familiar block bar form.[3]
As of August 2010, Fry's Turkish Delight (along with other products such asFry's Chocolate Cream,Crunchie etc.) for the UK market is produced in Poland.[4]They do not now contain any artificial colours (changed from E129Allura Red ACto natural E160acarotenesand E162Beetroot Red.) In New Zealand, they are still made with artificial colours.[citation needed]
In recent years alternative flavoured centres have been produced including Lemon, Cherry and Orange.
From the late 1950s, the slogan 'Full of Eastern Promise' has been used for the product on British TVadvertisements.[5]Among those appearing in such advertisements in the 1960s were the model and actressJane Lumb.[6]In 2000, ‘Eastern Promise’ was ranked 37th inChannel 4’s poll of the "100 Greatest Adverts".[7]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^Kathy Martin (2017).Famous Brand Names and Their Origins.p. 46.ISBN9781781590157.
- ^"Favourites Boxed Chocolates".Cadbury.au.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-04-20.Retrieved2018-04-19.
- ^"Turkish".cadbury.ie.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-09-03.Retrieved2019-09-03.
- ^confectionerynews - Final UK-made Cadbury Crunchie bars from SeptemberArchivedAugust 8, 2010, at theWayback Machine
- ^Berry, Steve; Norman, Phil (2014).A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers.London:The Friday Project.p. 99.ISBN9780007575480.
- ^"Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - characters of the past month".BBC News.2008-04-02.Archivedfrom the original on 2023-03-25.Retrieved2008-04-02.
- ^"The 100 Greatest TV Ads".London:Channel 4.2000. Archived fromthe originalon 18 June 2001.Retrieved4 August2019.
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