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Freshen Up was a chewing gum with flavored gels inside manufactured by Cadbury Adams in Brazil. Current flavours include cinnamon, peppermint, spearmint and bubble gum. A fruit variation was offered in the 1970s.

History

The product was launched in 1975. In 2019, the product was discontinued by the manufacturer.

Factory explosion

In 1976 an explosion of the Freshen Up gum manufacturing line at the American Chicle factory in Queens, New York killed six workers. The New York State Supreme Court justice in Queens dismissed the manslaughter and homicide charges against the Warner-Lambert Company and the four executives the following year.

References

1. "Executives Indicted in Blast. Chewing Gum Plant Blast Kills Six". Associated Press. August 19, 1977. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
2. "Gum Plant Cleared Of Crimes in a Blast Killing Six in 1976; Gum Company Cleared of Crimes". New York Times. February 16, 1978. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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