How do you eat yours? ThursdayThoughts TasteTheRainbow pic. If you feel like you've got "Taste the Rainbow" burnout by now, it's for good reason. It originated in , making it today one of the longest-running advertising campaigns ever. When it comes to delivering tasty piledrivers to your taste-buds, Sweets and Sours Skittles are world champs. Since , Skittles has been branching out into a bunch of insane new products. From Sour Skittles to Skittles Bubble Gum to smoothie mix and even collabs for Skittles Slurpees —there's a whole new world of Skittles goodness out there.
In , Skittles changed the gelatine in the recipe so that it now contains no animal products. So they're basically a health food, right? Losing out the top spot to Starbursts.
It's OK, you can't win them all. TasteTheRainbow pic. Skittles has over 25 million followers , making it one of the most liked brand pages on Facebook. Take that, Starbursts. American footballer Marshawn Lynch was made a spokesman for Skittles after he claimed that the candy had helped him to get where he is today in the world of sport.
The beginning of the 21 st Century saw some new products in the Skittles range, and Sour Skittles were introduced in While the original flavors can still be found, there are many other varieties that exist today, including Tropical, Wild Berry, and Smoothie Mix.
In , Skittles became involved in social media, utilizing the internet and social platforms as a way of reaching more customers. As well as having its own website, Skittles also boasts a Facebook page with around 25 million likes, a popular Twitter account, and a heavily subscribed YouTube channel.
The gelatine used in the recipe was changed to a vegan form, meaning they now contain no animal products whatsoever. For every grams, Skittles contain calories, Definitely one of the Skittles facts to keep in mind before you get a little too fond of them.
Originally, Skittles come in red, orange, green, purple, and yellow. Definitely one for mind-blowing Skittles facts. Ever wonder why there is no blue in the original Skittles? During the mids, the color blue used to be one of the most difficult dyes to create for food products including candies.
At the time, the only available blue dyes only had industrial uses for their toxicity. Instead, the Mars Chocolate Company included colors readily available and edible. For eight weeks in , the Wrigley Company released a limited run of Original Skittles with limited-edition blue variants. In March , the company created a web-based promotional campaign.
As part of the campaign, their official website included widgets that redirected to their other social media profiles such as Facebook , YouTube , and Twitter. On a rough estimate, over million pieces of Skittles are produced each day in factories worldwide.
This makes for a total of 70 billion pieces of Skittles per year. Definitely one of the Skittles facts that make you realize how big it is as a brand. According to reports , Skittles is one of the worst non-chocolate candy options due to its high sugar, fat, and calorie content compared to its peers. Whether our brains trick us into perceiving different flavors from Skittles or not, only the Wrigley Company knows for now.
Considered an ancestor of modern bowling, skittles is a traditional lawn and target game in Europe dating back to 3, BC. Frank C. Mars founded Mars Candy Company in , eventually producing Skittles commercially in Even so, there is still so much speculation on the actual inventor of skittles.
Currently, Mars Wrigley Brands hold some of the most powerful candy brands on earth. In terms of industrialization, Mars Wrigley Brands aims to have zero-waste garbage disposal from their facilities by reducing the usage of plastic.
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