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{{short description|Brand of tea and juice drinks}} |
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|name = Snapple |
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|type = [[Iced tea]], [[juice|juice drink]], [[lemonade]], [[water]] |
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| type = [[Iced tea]], [[juice|juice drink]], [[lemonade]], [[water]] |
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|manufacturer = [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]] |
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| manufacturer = [[Keurig Dr Pepper]] |
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| origin = [[United States]] |
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|introduced = 1972 |
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| introduced = {{Start date and age|1972}} |
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| website = {{URL|https://www.snapple.com/}} |
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|related = [[Nestea]], [[Lipton Iced Tea]] |
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'''Snapple''' is a brand of tea and [[juice]] drinks which is owned by [[Keurig Dr Pepper]], based in [[Plano, Texas]], United States. The original producer of Snapple, a company that was known as '''Unadulterated Food Products''', was founded in 1972.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZmbAgAAQBAJ&dq=unadulterated+food+products+snapple&pg=PA23 |title=The Business Book |date=2014-02-17 |publisher=DK Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4654-2670-3 |pages=23 |language=en}}</ref> The brand achieved some fame due to various pop-culture references, including television shows. |
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'''Snapple''' is a brand of tea and juice drinks which is owned by [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]] and based in [[Plano, Texas]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Snapple was founded by [[Leonard Marsh (businessman)|Leonard Marsh]], [[Hyman Golden]], and [[Arnold Greenberg (Snapple)|Arnold Greenberg]] in 1972 in [[Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>Snapple History [http://www.snapple.com/history "Snapple History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514171619/http://www.snapple.com/history |date=2013-05-14 }}, Snapple website</ref> Their company, which was originally known as Unadulterated Food Products, was first conceived as a part-time venture to supply fruit juices to [[health food store]]s.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |first=Margalit |last=Fox |title=Leonard Marsh, a Founder of Snapple, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/business/leonard-marsh-80-dies-a-founder-of-snapple.html?_r=1& |work=[[New York Times]] |date=2013-06-23 |access-date=2013-06-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904110402/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/business/leonard-marsh-80-dies-a-founder-of-snapple.html?_r=1& |archive-date=2017-09-04 }}</ref> Unsure if the business would succeed, Greenberg continued to run his health food store in [[Manhattan]]'s [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], while Leonard Marsh and his [[brother-in-law]], Hyman Golden, operated a [[window washing]] business.<ref name=nytimes /> In a 1989 interview with ''[[Crain's New York Business]]'', Marsh admitted that when they launched the small business he knew "as much about juice as about making an atom bomb."<ref name=nytimes /> |
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[[Image:RackofFlavors.png|250px|thumb|left|Snapple Flavors]]Snapple was founded by [[Hyman Golden]], Arnold Greenberg and Leonard Marsh in [[Valley Stream, New York]], on [[Long Island]] in 1972. The word "Snapple" was introduced in the early 1980s and is derived from a carbonated apple juice.<ref>O'Connor, Anahad. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21golden.html "Hyman Golden, Co-Founder of Snapple, Dies at 85"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 20, 2008. Accessed September 20, 2008.</ref> "In 1980, the company introduced a line of all-natural juices with the Snapple name, which came from one of its first products, a carbonated apple juice that had a "snappy apple taste." They first started with pure fruit drinks, and would not manufacture their first tea, lemon tea, until 1987.<ref>snapple.com "About Snapple" Accessed March 10, 2009</ref> Currently, there are four different types of Snapple: [[Tea]] (diet and regular), [[juice]] drinks, [[lemonade]], and [[bottled water]]. |
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An early [[apple juice]] product led to the company's name, Snapple.<ref name=nytimes /> Golden, Greenberg and Marsh had created a [[Soft drink#Carbonated drinks|carbonated]] apple juice.<ref name=nytimes /> One of the batches of apple juice fermented in the bottle, causing the bottle caps to fly off.<ref name=nytimes /> The original name of that particular apple juice product, ''Snapple'', a [[portmanteau]] derived from the words ''snappy'' and ''apple'', became the new name for their beverage company. Thus the Snapple Beverage Corporation was born, beginning in the early 1980s.<ref name=nytimes /><ref>O'Connor, Anahad. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21golden.html "Hyman Golden, Co-Founder of Snapple, Dies at 85"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911000951/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21golden.html |date=2017-09-11 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 20, 2008. Accessed September 20, 2008.</ref> Snapple would not manufacture their first [[tea]], lemon tea, until 1987.<ref name=SnappleHist>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.snapple.com/history|publisher=Snapple.com|access-date=25 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514171619/http://www.snapple.com/history|archive-date=14 May 2013}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Peach Flavor.JPG|250px|thumb|right|New Snapple]]Snapple's brand slogan is "Made from the best stuff on Earth." |
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{{As of|2016}}, there are many different types of Snapple: tea (multiple flavors, such as lemon, raspberry, and peach, all of which come in original and diet), [[juice]] drinks, [[lemonade]], and [[bottled water]]. Snapple also comes in aluminum cans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drsoda.com/snappleincans.html |title=Snapple in Cans |publisher=Khaki Blue Bones |access-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235846/http://www.drsoda.com/snappleincans.html |archive-date=2 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Snapple was known for a popular series of TV advertisements in the early 1990s featuring [[Wendy Kaufman]] (the "Snapple lady") answering letters from Snapple fans. |
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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:SNAPPLE PEACH TEA 16.png|thumb|right|Snapple Peach Tea]] -->Snapple's brand slogan is "Made from the Best Stuff on Earth". |
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The [[Quaker Oats Company]] bought Snapple for $1.7 billion in 1994 and quit using Wendy. The company ran into problems and sold it to [[Triarc]] in 1997 for $300 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morevalue.com/glossary/restrict/Divestiture-Snapple.html|title=www.morevalue.com/glossary/restrict/Divestiture-Snapple.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> Triarc sold it to [[Cadbury Schweppes]] for $1.45 billion in September 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fool.com/news/breakfast/2000/breakfast000918.htm|title=www.fool.com/news/breakfast/2000/breakfast000918.htm<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref> It was spun off in May 2008 to its current owners. |
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Snapple was known for a popular series of TV [[advertisements]] in the early 1990s featuring [[Wendy Kaufman]] (the "Snapple Lady") answering letters from Snapple fans.<ref name=TimesPop>{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Peter|title=AT WORK WITH: Wendy Kaufman; Snapple! Cackle! Pop! A Star Is Born|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/04/garden/at-work-with-wendy-kaufman-snapple-cackle-pop-a-star-is-born.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=4 January 1995|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811105342/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/04/garden/at-work-with-wendy-kaufman-snapple-cackle-pop-a-star-is-born.html|archive-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> In an effort to counteract the Coke and Pepsi challenge commercials, Snapple began running a new line of advertisements in May 1992, which featured its trademark "Made from the best stuff on Earth" line in ads that spoofed earlier beer and sports drinks promotions; the ads received low marks from advertising industry observers. In addition, the company used its $15-million-a-year advertising budget to pay for a long-lived series of live radio commercials featuring controversial radio hosts [[Howard Stern]] and [[Rush Limbaugh]]. At the end of the summer of 1992, Snapple conducted a five-week search for a new advertising agency that could better convey its corporate identity in preparation for a wider national push. Later that year, Snapple also signed tennis player [[Jennifer Capriati]] to endorse its products. By August 1992, Snapple had expanded its distribution to every major city in the United States and it signed new contracts with beverage distributors. The company owned no manufacturing facilities, but instead made agreements with more than 30 bottlers across the country. In this way, Snapple was able to keep its overhead low and its payroll short. The company administration consisted of just 80 employees, 50 of whom worked out of a modest office building on Long Island.<ref name=EncyclopediaCom>{{cite web|title=Snapple Beverage Corporation|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2841500155.html|work=International Directory of Company Histories|publisher=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=24 April 2013|date=January 1995|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720231126/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2841500155.html|archive-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> |
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[[File:Snapple Bottles.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Old Snapple Bottles and logo was used from 2000-2008]] |
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Thomas H. Lee, an American businessperson, financier and investor of [[Thomas H. Lee Partners]] (THL), acquired [[Snapple Beverages]] in 1992 on undisclosed terms. The three founders of Snapple, Leonard Marsh, Hyman Golden and Arnold Greenberg, said they would own about one-third of the new company and be involved in its management. Hellen Berry, vice president of the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a consultant in [[New York (state)|New York]], estimated that Snapple, which had been for sale for more than a year and had $100 million in sales in 1991, sold for $140 million. Only eight months after buying the company, Lee took Snapple Beverages [[Initial public offering|public]] and in 1994, only two years after the original acquisition, Lee sold the company to the [[Quaker Oats Company]] for $1.7 billion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/03/business/company-reports-quaker-oats-to-acquire-snapple.html |title=COMPANY REPORTS; Quaker Oats to Acquire Snapple |work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 1994 |access-date=October 30, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611211216/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/03/business/company-reports-quaker-oats-to-acquire-snapple.html |archive-date=June 11, 2012 }}</ref> Lee was estimated to have made $900 million for himself and his investors from the sale. Quaker Oats ran into problems and sold Snapple to [[Triarc]] in 1997 for $300 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morevalue.com/glossary/restrict/Divestiture-Snapple.html |title=Quaker Oats Sells Snapple at A $1.4 Billion Loss |publisher=Morevalue.com |date=1997-03-28 |access-date=2012-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116115549/http://www.morevalue.com/glossary/restrict/Divestiture-Snapple.html |archive-date=2013-01-16 }}</ref> Triarc sold it to [[Cadbury Schweppes]] for $1.45 billion in September 2000.<ref>{{cite web |author=Brian Graney |url=http://www.fool.com/news/breakfast/2000/breakfast000918.htm |title=Triarc Sells Snapple to Cadbury Schweppes [Breakfast With the Fool] |publisher=Fool.com |date=2000-09-18 |access-date=2012-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314082143/http://www.fool.com/news/breakfast/2000/breakfast000918.htm |archive-date=2012-03-14 }}</ref> Snapple was spun off in May 2008 to its current owners. |
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Starting in May 2009, Snapple was made with [[sugar]], not [[high fructose corn syrup]]. However, in certain areas, the older formula is still sold in stores, but this is becoming increasingly rare.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/reading-the-tea-leaves-snapple-refreshes-itself/|title=Reading the Tea Leaves, Snapple Refreshes Itself|last=Lee|first=Jennifer 8|date=2009-02-19|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2009-02-21}}</ref> |
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== Controversies == |
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===Lawsuits=== |
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In 2009, a consumer lawsuit was brought against Snapple. The suit alleges that the manufacturer's marketing use of the words "all natural" is fraudulent because the drink is made with corn syrup. The complaint also raises the issue of Snapple drink names including fruits when the products do not contain those fruits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.findlaw.com/andrews/pl/mas/20090326/20090326_snapple.html|title=Snapple Drinks Are Not All Natural or Fruity, Consumer Suit Says|accessdate=2009-07-24}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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In 2009, a consumer lawsuit was brought against Snapple in [[California]]. The suit alleged the drinks contained unhealthy ingredients such as [[High-fructose corn syrup|high fructose corn syrup]] and deceptive names on labels that led consumers to believe that certain healthy elements are in the drinks that are not really present.<ref name=NotNatural>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredprnews.com/2009/03/30/lawsuit-alleges-snapple-drinks-are-not-all-natural-or-fruity_200903302958.html|title=Lawsuit Alleges Snapple Drinks Are Not All Natural or Fruity|date=30 March 2009|publisher=WiredPRNews.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926052119/http://www.wiredprnews.com/2009/03/30/lawsuit-alleges-snapple-drinks-are-not-all-natural-or-fruity_200903302958.html|archive-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> |
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In 2010, in a lawsuit against Snapple in the federal District of New Jersey, the court certified to the FDA for an administrative determination the question whether high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) qualifies as a "natural" ingredient. In 2010, the FDA responded by letter and declined to provide the court with the requested guidance. Stating that it would take two to three years to engage in a transparent proceeding to elicit the proper public participation, the FDA again cited its limited resources and more pressing food-safety concerns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/classactions/articles/spring2012-0412-all-natural-labels-mean-marketing.html|publisher=American Bar Association|title=Confusion in Court over "All Natural" Claims|author=Goulet, Dawn|date=30 April 2012|access-date=29 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104183656/http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/classactions/articles/spring2012-0412-all-natural-labels-mean-marketing.html|archive-date=4 January 2016}}</ref> |
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==Snapple and education== |
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In 2011, a New York federal court dismissed a different lawsuit accusing Snapple of misleading consumers by labeling drinks sweetened with high fructose corn syrup as "all natural" when the drink contained no natural juice. The court found that the plaintiffs had failed to show that they were injured as a result of Snapple's labeling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law360.com/articles/221637/snapple-beats-all-natural-label-suit|work=Law360|title=Snapple Beats 'All Natural' Label Suit|author=Rubenstein, Abigail|date=24 January 2011|access-date=29 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080444/http://www.law360.com/articles/221637/snapple-beats-all-natural-label-suit|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> |
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In October 2003, Snapple began its sponsorship of the [[New York City]] [[school system]],{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} as part of the deal to make Snapple [[New York]]'s official beverage.<ref name="snappledeal">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/17/dining/the-snapple-deal-how-sweet-it-is.html?sec=health|title=The Snapple Deal: How Sweet It Is|last=Burros|first=Marian|date=2003-09-17|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2009-04-01}}</ref> The company promised an $8 million dollar per year profit for city schools if it were allowed to sell its drinks, including juice and [[bottled water]], in school [[vending machine]]s.<ref name="snappledeal"/> Snapple was able to acquire the contract in part because New York City officials did not want to encourage the consumption of [[Soft drink|sodas]], which have been linked to childhood [[obesity]], [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes ]] and are generally considered unhealthy. The Snapple juice drinks, specifically created to meet rules banning soda and other sugary snacks from city schools, are marketed under the "Snapple 100% Juiced!" label.<ref name="snappledeal"/> The flavors available under this brand include Green Apple, Fruit Punch, Melon Berry, Grape, Orange Mango, and Strawberry Lime.<ref name="snappledeal"/> Although the juice drinks are fortified with vitamins and minerals, they still contain more sugar (41 grams) than a 12-ounce container of [[Coca Cola]] (39 grams).<ref name="snappledeal"/> Dr. [[Michael F. Jacobson]], the [[executive director]] of the [[Center for Science in the Public Interest]], called the drinks "little better than vitamin-fortified sugar water."<ref name="snappledeal"/> In addition, the concentrates used in the drinks, apple, grape and pear, are the least expensive and nutritious. Dr. Toni Liquori, associate professor at the [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Columbia Teachers College]], questioned the sale of bottled water in schools, saying "If anything, we should have cold water in our schools."<ref name="snappledeal"/> |
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After the lawsuit in May 2009, Snapple was made with [[sugar]], not [[high fructose corn syrup]]. In certain areas the older formula is still sold in stores, but this is becoming increasingly rare.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} |
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The deal also gave Snapple exclusive rights to sell its tea and juice-based drinks in vending machines on all New York City properties starting in January 2004. Snapple paid the City $106 million for the rights and agreed to spend $60 million more to marketing and promotion over the length of the five-year contract{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}. |
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=== Snapple and New York City schools === |
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=="Real Facts"== |
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In October 2003, Snapple began its sponsorship of the [[New York City public school system]] (and other parcels in the area), as part of the deal to make Snapple [[New York City]]'s official beverage.<ref name="snappledeal">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/17/dining/the-snapple-deal-how-sweet-it-is.html?sec=health|title=The Snapple Deal: How Sweet It Is|last=Burros|first=Marian|date=17 September 2003|work=New York Times|access-date=1 April 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903162345/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/17/dining/the-snapple-deal-how-sweet-it-is.html?sec=health|archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref> The company promised an $8 million per year profit for city schools if it were allowed to sell its drinks, including juice and [[bottled water]], in school [[vending machine]]s.<ref name="snappledeal"/> |
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Snapple is well-known for printing interesting numbered "facts" on the inside of their [[bottle cap]]s. A list of these "Real Facts" is available on the company website.<ref>http://www.snapple.com/real-facts/</ref> |
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Snapple was able to acquire the contract in part because [[New York City]] officials did not want to encourage the consumption of [[Soft drink|sodas]], which have been linked to childhood [[obesity]] and [[diabetes]] and are generally considered unhealthy. The Snapple juice drinks, specifically created to meet rules banning soda and other sugary snacks from city schools, are marketed under the "Snapple 100% Juiced!" label.<ref name="snappledeal"/> The flavors available under this brand include Green Apple, Fruit Punch, Melon Berry, Grape, Orange Mango, and Strawberry Lime.<ref name="snappledeal"/> Although the juice drinks are fortified with vitamins and minerals, a 16-ounce bottle contains more sugar (41 grams) than a 12-ounce can of [[Coca-Cola]] (39 grams).<ref name="snappledeal"/> |
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===Incorrect facts=== |
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Dr. [[Michael F. Jacobson]], the [[executive director]] of the [[Center for Science in the Public Interest]], called the drinks "little better than vitamin-fortified sugar water."<ref name="snappledeal"/> In addition, the concentrates used in the drinks, apple, grape and pear, are the least expensive and nutritious. Dr. Toni Liquori, associate professor at the [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Columbia Teachers College]], questioned the sale of bottled water in schools, saying "If anything, we should have cold water in our schools."<ref name="snappledeal"/> |
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Several of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect or exaggerated. Discredited "Real Facts" include: |
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* #31 "The average human will eat an average of eight spiders a year while asleep." This "statistic" was disseminated in 1993 as an example of the absurd things people will believe simply because they come across them on the internet, as uncovered by [[Snopes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp|title=snopes.com: Spiders Swallowed Per Year<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> |
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* #36 "A [[duck]]'s quack does not echo." Tested by [[Snopes]] and Mythbusters. Both tests concluded that a duck's quack does echo but is hard to distinguish.<ref> |
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* #69 "[[Caller ID]] is illegal in [[California]]." There is no law against Caller ID in the state, though there were lengthy debates about illegalizing it in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/PUC+to+mull+telephone+CLASS+proposals-a012048787|title=PUC to mull telephone CLASS proposals. - Free Online Library<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> |
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* #77 "No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times." This myth was proven wrong by [[Britney Gallivan]] in 2002 when she managed 12 folds. In 2005, drawing on Gallivan's accomplishment, the [[Discovery Channel]] show ''[[MythBusters]]'', folded a piece of paper 11 times. The piece of paper used in ''[[MythBusters]]'' was an oversized piece of paper and thinner than a standard 8.5"x11" piece of paper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/underwater-car/episode/941361/trivia.html|title=MythBusters: Underwater Car Episode Trivia - TV.com<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> |
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* #89 "The average American walks 18,000 steps a day." There are many 10,000 steps a day health programs which consider 10,000 a stretch goal. Such programs state that a "sedentary person" only walks 1,000 to 3,000 steps a day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html|title=TheWalkingSite.com}}</ref> |
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* #114 "The oldest known animal was a [[tortoise]], which lived to be 152 years old." A tortoise named Harriet once lived to be 175 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/06/23/harriet-turtle.html|title=Harriet the turtle dead at age 175 | work=CBC News | date=2006-06-23}}</ref> |
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* #116 "The largest fish is the whale shark - it can be over 50 feet long and weigh 2 tons." Full-grown whale sharks do not weigh 2 tons (4,000 lbs or 1,820 kg), but are much heavier, weighing up to 16 tons (32,000 lbs or 14,550 kg).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestFish.htm|title=Biggest Fish... Whale Shark}}</ref> |
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* #146 "The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as [[Manhattan]]." -- Although, Manhattan has a smaller land area, it's total area (including water area) is larger than [[Arlington County, Virginia]] which in total area (as it has no water area) is the smallest county in America. |
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* #162 "The temperature of the [[sun]] can reach up to 15 million degrees Fahrenheit." In fact, the core of the sun reaches 15 million degrees Celsius, about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm|title=Sun|author=Calvin J. Hamilton|accessdate=2008-07-11}}</ref> |
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* #794 "Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, and Zabriskien [sic] Point, the lowest point in the United States, are less than eighty miles apart." It is true that Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the ''contiguous'' United States, but Badwater in Death Valley, not Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, is the lowest point in the United States.<ref>http://www.americansouthwest.net/california/death_valley/badwater.html</ref> |
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* #889 "The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers." It is true that [[Rhodopis]] is considered the oldest telling of the [[Cinderella story]], but her slippers are consistently described as rose-gold. Some claim that Charles Perrault's classic French telling featured fur slippers, and that ''vair'' (fur) was mistranslated as ''verre'' (glass), but this is believed to be an urban legend.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/language/misxlate/slippers.asp</ref> |
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The deal also gave Snapple exclusive rights to sell its tea and juice-based drinks in vending machines on all New York City properties starting in January 2004. Snapple paid the City $106 million for the rights and agreed to spend $60 million more to marketing and promotion over the length of the five-year contract.<ref name=NYCRights>{{cite news|last=Day|first=Sherri|title=Sizing Up Snapple's Drink Deal With New York City|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/business/sizing-up-snapple-s-drink-deal-with-new-york-city.html|access-date=25 April 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=12 September 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527233610/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/business/sizing-up-snapple-s-drink-deal-with-new-york-city.html|archive-date=27 May 2015}}</ref> |
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==Rumors and myths== |
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Like many popular brands, Snapple has had urban myths and false rumors occasionally plague its brand. In 1992, rumors began to spread that Snapple was a supporter of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and [[Operation Rescue]]. The reasoning for this was the portrayal of a ship from the [[Boston Tea Party]],<ref>'http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A3YKZcnkf8c/ScPaV0HHZjI/AAAAAAAAAbA/9b-YVI0lx1I/s1600-h/Picture+63.png' An old bottle of Snapple Iced Tea with the Boston Tea Party theme label</ref> which was mistakenly believed to be a slave ship. The ensuing bad publicity caused the company to redesign their iced tea labels. The new design featured a smiling [[sun]] and, depending on the flavor, a lemon wedge/peach slice/several raspberries and a lemon tree/peach tree/raspberry bush.<ref>'http://img4.realsimple.com/images/food-recipes/tools-products/0412/snapple-tea_300.jpg' The mid-1990s label redesign</ref> In early 2009 the label design would receive another makeover, this time with a somewhat more simplified design.<ref>'http://popsop.ru/wp-content/uploads/dr-pepper-snapple-g.jpg' Snapple Lemon Iced Tea</ref> |
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=== K symbol === |
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Snapple also fell victim to the old rumor that the small "K" was either a representation of the Klan, or of an imagined "[[Kosher tax|Jewish Tax]]" (augmented by the fact that all three founders were Jewish). The "K" on the products actually meant that they were certified [[kosher]]. |
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In the early 1990s, the original label graphic on the Iced Tea flavor, a depiction of the United States historical event the [[Boston Tea Party]], was replaced due to misinformation espoused by protest groups claiming the ships on the packaging were slave trading vessels in [[New York Harbor]]. Snapple also fell victim to a rumor that the small ''K'' was either a representation of the [[Ku Klux Klan|Klan]], or of an imagined [[Kosher tax (antisemitic canard)|Jewish Tax]] (augmented by the fact that all three founders were Jewish). The ''K'' on the products actually meant that they were [[hechsher|certified kosher]]. There were also rumors that the company donated to the controversial pro-life organization [[Operation Save America|Operation Rescue]]. |
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Snapple initially tried to quell these rumors quietly, but ultimately had to launch a media campaign to squash them, pointing out it would be bad for business to support controversial issues in such a way as the rumors implied. Through a media campaign with the [[NAACP]], Snapple successfully fought back these rumors, although occasionally they are still brought up as fact.<ref name=Snopes1>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/rumors/snapple.htm |title=Snapple Rumors |publisher=Snopes.com |date=21 April 2008|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=Snopes2>{{cite web|title=Snapple Dragoon|url=http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.asp|publisher=Snopes.com|access-date=25 April 2013|date=28 April 2011}}</ref> |
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==Real Facts== |
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Snapple initially tried to quell these rumors quietly, but ultimately had to launch a media campaign to squash them, pointing out it would be bad for business to support controversial issues in such a way as the rumors implied. Through a media campaign with the [[NAACP]], Snapple successfully fought back these rumors, although occasionally they are still brought up as fact.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/rumors/snapple.htm|title=http://www.snopes.com/rumors/snapple.htm}}</ref> |
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Snapple is well known for printing an interesting numbered list of Snapple "Real Fact" facts on the inside of their [[bottle cap]]s. A list of these "Real Facts" is available on the company website;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snapple.com/real-facts|title=Real Facts |publisher=Snapple|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> however, the most comprehensive list of "Real Facts" is available at https://www.snapplecaps.com/real-facts/. The "Real Facts" currently go from #1 to at least #1926, although many numbers in this range have never had facts written for them and have never been put into circulation.<ref name="SnappleCaps.com">{{cite web |last1=Free |first1=Chris |title=Real Facts |url=https://www.snapplecaps.com/real-facts/ |website=SnappleCaps.com |access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref> |
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[[File:Snapple_Real_Fact_735.jpg|thumb|alt=Alt text|Snapple "Real Fact" #735]] |
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[[File:Snapple Real Fact 735.jpg|thumb|alt=Inside of Snapple cap features factoid|"Real Fact" #735. Each Snapple cap features a random [[factoid]], some of which have been dismissed as [[list of common misconceptions|misconceptions]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairviewer.org/features/2011/11/22/true-snapple-facts/ |title="True" Snapple Facts |publisher=The FairView |date=22 November 2011 |access-date=16 August 2012 |author=McManus, Matthew |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011164634/http://www.fairviewer.org/features/2011/11/22/true-snapple-facts/ |archive-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>]]Several of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect or exaggerated. |
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==Collecting Snapple caps== |
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'''[http://www.snappletop.com Snapple Top Collection Services]''' is a database, "Global Community Collection", that [[Collecting|collects]] photos of Snapple "[[Snapple#.22Real_Facts.22|Real Facts]]" caps from its visitors to display as a reference to all Snapple fans. |
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The basis of the site is to bring together a community of Snapple fans and simultaneously show the power of the internet. In fact, Dani links the personal website links to the caps they submit in appreciation of their submission. The goal is to collect all of the "Real Facts" ever printed.<ref>[http://www.snappletop.com/p/about.html Snapple Top Collection Services: About]</ref> |
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| {{nts|20}} |
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| Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower. |
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|There are other vegetables that are also flowers, such as cauliflower and artichoke.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://world-crops.com/flower-vegetables/ |title=Flower vegetables - World Crops Database |date=24 September 2012}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|23}} |
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| The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monument. |
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| The San Francisco cable cars are included in a group known as [[National Historic Landmarks]] rather than National Monuments, which are a different designation. There are many ships that are National Historic Landmarks, as well as a few roller coasters.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/we-fact-checked-snapples-real-facts/280512/ We Fact-Checked Snapple's 'Real Facts'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217001116/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/we-fact-checked-snapples-real-facts/280512/ |date=2017-02-17}} ''The Atlantic''. 11 October 2013.</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|31}} |
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| The average human will eat an average of eight spiders a year while asleep. |
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| This statistic is false and completely impossible, as noted by ''[[Scientific American]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-people-swallow-8-spiders-a-year-while-they-sleep1/|title=Fact or Fiction?: People Swallow 8 Spiders a Year While They Sleep|work=Scientific American|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807072943/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-people-swallow-8-spiders-a-year-while-they-sleep1/|archive-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|36}} |
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| A [[duck]]'s quack does not echo. |
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| This was tested by Snopes and ''MythBusters'', both of which found that a duck's quack does echo but is hard to distinguish.<ref>{{cite news|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|title=Sound science is quackers|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3086890.stm|access-date=2006-11-02|date=2003-09-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107182221/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3086890.stm|archive-date=2006-11-07}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|69}} |
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| [[Caller ID]] is illegal in [[California]]. |
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| There is no law against Caller ID in the state, though there were lengthy debates about making it illegal in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/PUC+to+mull+telephone+CLASS+proposals-a012048787|title=PUC to mull telephone CLASS proposals|publisher=Free Online Library<!-- Bot generated title -->}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|77}} |
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| No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. |
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| This myth was proven wrong by [[Britney Gallivan]] in 2002, when she managed 12 folds. In 2005, drawing on Gallivan's accomplishment, ''MythBusters'' folded a piece of paper 11 times. The piece of paper used in ''Mythbusters'' was an oversized piece of paper that was thinner than a standard 8.5" × 11" (21.59 × 27.94 cm) piece of paper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/underwater-car/episode/941361/trivia.html|title=MythBusters: Underwater Car Episode Trivia – TV.com<!-- Bot generated title -->|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208091435/http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/underwater-car/episode/941361/trivia.html|archive-date=2008-02-08}}</ref> The wording of "piece of paper" is also a broad statement, as noted by ''MythBusters''. |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|89}} |
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| The average American walks 18,000 steps a day. |
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| It was found that the average American only walks 5,117 steps a day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/walking/2012/04/why_don_t_americans_walk_more_the_crisis_of_pedestrianism_.html|title=The Crisis in American Walking|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Vanderbilt|first=Tom|quote=the average American manages only 5,117 steps.|date=2012-10-04|access-date=2014-12-28}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|114}} |
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| The oldest known animal was a [[tortoise]], which lived to be 152 years old. |
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| In June 2006 a tortoise named [[Harriet (tortoise)|Harriet]] died at 175 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harriet-the-turtle-dead-at-age-175-1.609777|title=Harriet the turtle dead at age 175|publisher=CBC News|date=2006-06-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401221858/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harriet-the-turtle-dead-at-age-175-1.609777|archive-date=2007-04-01}}</ref> The oldest known animal to have lived was named [[Ming (clam)|Ming]], a clam of the species ''[[Arctica islandica]]'', who was killed by researchers at approximately 507 years old.<ref name=ScienceNordic>{{cite web |url=http://sciencenordic.com/new-record-world%E2%80%99s-oldest-animal-507-years-old |title=New record: World's oldest animal is 507 years old |author=Lise Brix |work=Sciencenordic |date=2013-11-06 |access-date=2013-11-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131115121158/http://sciencenordic.com/new-record-world%E2%80%99s-oldest-animal-507-years-old |archive-date=2013-11-15}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | Outdated |
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| {{nts|140}} |
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| Holland is the only country with a national dog. |
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| [[Holland]] is a region within the [[Netherlands]], but is not technically a country in its own right. The national dog of the Netherlands is the [[Keeshond]], but other countries such as [[Mexico]] also have [[List of national animals|national dogs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/the-difference-between-holland-the-netherlands|title=The Difference between Holland & the Netherlands|date=January 2013 |publisher=CGP Grey|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706180819/http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/the-difference-between-holland-the-netherlands|archive-date=6 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/314157/keeshond|title=keeshond – breed of dog|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829082528/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/314157/keeshond|archive-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|146}} |
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| The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as [[Manhattan]]. |
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| Manhattan is actually the [[County statistics of the United States#Nationwide land area extremes|second-smallest county by land area]] after [[Kalawao County, Hawaii]]. The smallest self-governing county is [[Arlington County, Virginia]]. |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|162}} |
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| The temperature of the [[sun]] can reach up to 15 million degrees [[Fahrenheit]]. |
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| The surface of the Sun can reach 6,000 degrees [[Celsius]], or about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The core of the Sun though can reach 27 million degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/17137-how-hot-is-the-sun.html#:~:text=The%20temperature%20of%20the%20sun%20varies%20from%20around%2027%20million,the%20surface%2C%20according%20to%20NASA.|title=Sun|author=Calvin J. Hamilton|website=[[Space.com]] |access-date=2008-07-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523151141/http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm|archive-date=2008-05-23}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|163}} |
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| The first penny had the motto "Mind your own business". |
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| The first pennies worldwide date back to the medieval era. The first official one-cent coin (known as a [[Fugio Cent]]) of the United States held the message "Mind Your Business". In 1793, the first one-cent coin was struck by the [[United States Mint]]. |
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| style="color:orange" | Misleading |
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| {{nts|182}} |
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| A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon. |
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| It is true that [[rainbow]]s can only be seen if the [[sun]] is close to the [[horizon]], but it does not need to be morning or late afternoon for a rainbow to appear. North of the [[Arctic Circle]], rain can rarely occur in midday when the sun is close to the horizon due to the [[Earth]]'s [[axial tilt]]. |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|744}} |
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| Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away |
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| According to [[Sea World (Australia)|Sea World]], this distance is a much lower limit of about 1 km (0.6 miles). |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|761}} |
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| Owls are one of the only birds that can see the color blue |
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| Birds in general have excellent color vision. Some are even able to see into the [[UV spectrum]]. |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|793}} |
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| [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] is one of the longest streets in the world. It is 150 miles long. |
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| Broadway terminates 32 miles (51.5 km) from its [[Manhattan]] origin. It continues north of [[Sleepy Hollow, New York]], as [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|U.S. 9]] and [[Albany Post Road]]. |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|794}} |
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| [[Mount Whitney]], the highest mountain in the continental United States, and Zabriskien [sic] Point, the lowest point in the United States, are less than eighty miles apart. |
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| It is true that Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the ''contiguous'' United States, but the lowest point is [[Badwater Basin]] in Death Valley, which is 13 miles further than [[Zabriskie Point]]. In a nutshell, the lowest point is 84 miles from Mt. Whitney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americansouthwest.net/california/death_valley/badwater.html|title=Badwater, Death Valley National Park|author=The American Southwest|publisher=americansouthwest.net|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201143213/http://www.americansouthwest.net/california/death_valley/badwater.html|archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> |
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| style="color:orange" | Partly true |
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| {{nts|825}} |
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| Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. |
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| The average newborn's eyeball is 16 to 18 millimeters in diameter (axial length). The infant's eyeball grows slightly to approximately 19.5 millimeters and by age 3 to 23mm. The eyeball continues to grow, gradually, to a diameter of about 24–25 millimeters in adulthood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/|title=Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology of the Human Eye|author=Dr. Ted M. Montgomery|publisher=tedmontgomery.com|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706053651/http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/|archive-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> |
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| style="color:orange" | Partly true |
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| {{nts|853}} |
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| Hawaii has its own time zone. |
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| Hawaii shares a [[Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone|time zone]] with the [[Aleutian Islands]], though the population of the remaining islands is so small that 99.5% of people in Hawaii's time zone do live in Hawaii. |
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| style="color:orange" | Partly True |
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| {{nts|868}} |
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| Thomas Jefferson invented the [[Clothes hanger|coat hanger]]. |
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| Claims that Thomas Jefferson invented the clothes hanger are unfounded, according to the [[Thomas Jefferson Foundation]] at [[Monticello]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/clothes-rack|title=Clothes Rack|publisher=monticello.org|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706175434/http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/clothes-rack|archive-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> The modern coat hanger has been patented over 200 times in the U.S. alone since the mid-1800s. |
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| style="color:orange" | Inconclusive |
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| {{nts|889}} |
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| The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers. |
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| "[[Rhodopis]]" is considered the earliest known variant of the "[[Cinderella]]" story.<ref name="Green 2011, chapter '''The Land of Egypt'''">Roger Lancelyn Green: ''Tales of Ancient Egypt'', Penguin UK, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-14-133822-4}}, chapter ''The Land of Egypt''</ref> In the story, Rhodopis is Greek and the slippers are consistently described as rose-gold rather than fur. While [[Charles Perrault]]'s French re-telling of the story featured fur slippers, it is believed to be an urban legend that ''vair'' (fur) was mistranslated as ''verre'' (glass).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/language/misxlate/slippers.asp|title=Glass Slippers Mistranslations|date=31 December 1998 |publisher=snopes.com|access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|904}} |
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| If done perfectly, any [[Rubik's Cube]] combination can be solved in 17 turns. |
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| The [[Optimal solutions for Rubik's Cube|minimum number of turns]] it takes to solve a Rubik's Cube is 20 in [[Superflip|some cases]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cube20.org/|title=God's Number is 20|publisher=cube20.org|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708012721/http://www.cube20.org/|archive-date=8 July 2015}}</ref> |
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| style="color:red" | False |
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| {{nts|907}} |
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| Dueling is legal in [[Paraguay]] as long as both parties are registered blood donors. |
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| There is no evidence supporting the claim that dueling is legal anywhere in Paraguay. The U.S. Paraguayan consulate has, in fact, stated that dueling is illegal in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlcref.blogspot.com/2010/02/paraguayan-smackdown.html|title=Mississippi Library Commission Reference Blog: Paraguayan Smackdown!|author=Jesse|date=18 February 2010 |publisher=mlcref.blogspot.com|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715044715/http://mlcref.blogspot.com/2010/02/paraguayan-smackdown.html|archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> |
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| style="color:orange" | Inconclusive |
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| {{nts|921}} |
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| If you had 1 billion dollars and spent 1 thousand dollars a day, it would take you 2,749 years to spend it all. |
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| When counting [[leap year]]s, it would take you 2,738 years at 1 thousand dollars a day to spend 1 billion dollars. |
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| style="color:red" | Exaggerated |
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| {{nts|975}} |
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| The letter J is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the [[periodic table of the elements]]. |
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| This was true until 2012, when element 114 was officially renamed [[Flerovium]] from its initial placeholder name ununquadium. Now both J and Q are missing from the periodic table.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webelements.com/|title=WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements|author=Mark Winter|publisher=webelements.com|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104110225/http://webelements.com/|archive-date=4 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iupac.org/news/news-detail/article/element-114-is-named-flerovium-and-element-116-is-named-livermorium.html|publisher=IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry|title=Element 114 is Named Flerovium and Element 116 is Named Livermorium|access-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602010328/http://www.iupac.org/news/news-detail/article/element-114-is-named-flerovium-and-element-116-is-named-livermorium.html|archive-date=2 June 2012}}</ref> |
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==Popular culture== |
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[[File:Andretti Autosport helmets - 2015 Indianapolis 500 - Sarah Stierch.jpg|thumbnail|Snapple sponsors [[Marco Andretti]]'s IndyCar during the 2015 season]] |
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Snapple was the official beverage sponsor of ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' from season 7 to season 9 of the [[NBC]] show<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/480504-Snapple_Becomes_Sponsor_of_America_s_Got_Talent_.php|work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Snapple Becomes Sponsor of 'America's Got Talent'|first=Jon|last=Lafayette |publisher=Broadcastingcable.com |date=13 February 2012 |access-date=2012-10-22}}</ref> ([[Howard Stern]], one of the judges on the show, was a spokesperson for Snapple in the 1980s). It was replaced by [[Dunkin' Donuts|Dunkin']] for season 10.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-05-26 |title='America's Got Talent' Fuels Up With Dunkin' Donuts |language=en |work=Ad Age |url=https://adage.com/article/media/america-s-talent-fuels-dunkin-donuts/298764 |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> |
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The NBC sitcom [[Seinfeld]] featured Snapple several times during the 9 season run of the show. Perhaps the most famous example is in the Season 4 Episode '[[The Visa]]'. The storyline of the episode revolves around the deportation of the character [[Babu Bhatt]], played by [[Brian George]]. When Babu is unfortunately deported, his cousin arrives at [[Jerry Seinfeld]]'s apartment. [[Elaine Benes]] offers him a Snapple, to which he replies 'No, too fruity'. This was a directorial comment on the criticism which Seinfeld received for [[product placement]]. |
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NBC's [[30 Rock]] included Snapple in the episode "[[Jack-Tor]]" dedicated to product placement, where television writer [[Liz Lemon]] argued against including GE’s products in the show. |
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[[File:I only date guys who drink snapple.png|thumb|I only date guys who drink Snapple.]] |
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Liz: “We’re not compromising the integrity of the show to sell…”<br /> |
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[[Pete Hornberger|Pete]]: “Wow, this is diet Snapple?”<br /> |
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Liz: “I know, it tastes just like regular Snapple, doesn’t it?”<br /> |
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[[Frank Rossitano|Frank]]: “You should try plumagranite, it’s amazing.”<br /> |
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[[Cerie Xerox|Cerie]]: “I only date guys who drink Snapple.”<br /> |
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[[Jack Donaghy|Jack]]: “Look, we all love Snapple. Lord knows I do.” |
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The show even featured someone dressed in a Snapple suit asking where HR was located. Furthermore, when that episode aired, an actual commercial for Snapple was shown during the break after that scene aired. |
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Eminem's song "Any Man" featured Snapple in the lyrics... |
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"...Eminem starts with E, better check the spelling |
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with a capital, somebody grab me a Snapple |
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I got an aspirin capsule trapped in my adam's apple..." |
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In May 2010, a new commercial came out with Pandas talking as humans speaking about Snapple tea. There is a controversy about racism and a possible rip-off of another commercial about Chinese food with talking pandas.<ref>[http://www.snappletop.com/2010/05/whats-with-buzz-on-snapple-pandas.html Snapple Top Collection Services: What's with the buzz on Snapple Pandas?]</ref> |
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On May 16,2010 on NBC's [[The Celebrity Apprentice (U.S. season 9)]] season finale [[Bret Michaels]] and [[Holly Robinson Peete]] have to create a new flavor for Snapple, 30-second commercial, and 3-page advertorial. |
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In December 2010 USA's show ''Psych'' featured Snapple corrugated signs for their peach and diet peach teas in the closing scene in a grocery store. |
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==Snapple Theater Center== |
==Snapple Theater Center== |
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In 2007, Snapple opened the [[Snapple Theater Center]] on 50th |
In 2007, Snapple opened the [[The Theater Center|Snapple Theater Center]] on 50th Street and [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in the heart of [[New York City]]'s [[Theater District, Manhattan|Theater District]]. It has two theaters, one of which is a traditional theater, the other a thrust stage which can house plays. The center also includes a 40×50 ft rehearsal space which is available for rent. The theaters are considered [[off-Broadway]] because of their low seating capacities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Snapple Theater Center -FAQ|url=http://www.snappletheater.com/faq/#broadway|access-date=24 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403060257/http://www.snappletheater.com/faq/#broadway|archive-date=3 April 2013}}</ref> The theater has since dropped the Snapple name and sponsorship and is simply known as ''The Theater Center''. |
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==Kosher certification== |
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== Discontinued brands == |
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Most Snapple drinks do have a [[Kosher certification]] from the [[OK Kosher Certification|OK Kosher]] [[Kosher certification agency|Agency]]. Exceptions include: |
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* Fruit Punch<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crcweb.org/beverage_list.php |title=cRc Kosher Beverage List |date=23 December 2015 |access-date=29 December 2015 |publisher=Chicago Rabbinical Council |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113181743/http://www.crcweb.org/beverage_list.php |archive-date=13 January 2016 }}</ref> |
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Whipper Snapple<br /> |
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* Grape |
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Snapple Sodas |
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* Kiwi Lemon-lime |
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;Iced Tea |
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:Orange Ice Tea, Cactus Ice Tea, Compassion Berry |
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;Elements |
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:Earth, Rain, Sun |
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;Soda |
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:Cherry Lime Ricky, Cream Soda, Tru Root Beer |
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;Juice |
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:Bali Blast, Apple Pie (seasonal) |
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;Lemonade |
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:Ralph's Cantaloupe Cocktail |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Kick (soft drink)]] |
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*[http://www.snapple.com/ Official website] |
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*[http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/reading-the-tea-leaves-snapple-refreshes-itself/?scp=1&sq=snapple&st=cse Snapple Refreshes Itself |
*[http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/reading-the-tea-leaves-snapple-refreshes-itself/?scp=1&sq=snapple&st=cse Snapple Refreshes Itself – Snapple Relaunch (2009)] |
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*[http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.asp The Snapple Dragoon at Snopes.com] |
*[http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/snapple.asp The Snapple Dragoon at Snopes.com] |
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*[http://mysnapplerealfacts.blogspot.com/ Snapple Real Facts list] |
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 26 November 2024
Type | Iced tea, juice drink, lemonade, water |
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Manufacturer | Keurig Dr Pepper |
Country of origin | United States |
Introduced | 1972 |
Website | www |
Snapple is a brand of tea and juice drinks which is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper, based in Plano, Texas, United States. The original producer of Snapple, a company that was known as Unadulterated Food Products, was founded in 1972.[1] The brand achieved some fame due to various pop-culture references, including television shows.
History
[edit]Snapple was founded by Leonard Marsh, Hyman Golden, and Arnold Greenberg in 1972 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York.[2] Their company, which was originally known as Unadulterated Food Products, was first conceived as a part-time venture to supply fruit juices to health food stores.[3] Unsure if the business would succeed, Greenberg continued to run his health food store in Manhattan's East Village, while Leonard Marsh and his brother-in-law, Hyman Golden, operated a window washing business.[3] In a 1989 interview with Crain's New York Business, Marsh admitted that when they launched the small business he knew "as much about juice as about making an atom bomb."[3]
An early apple juice product led to the company's name, Snapple.[3] Golden, Greenberg and Marsh had created a carbonated apple juice.[3] One of the batches of apple juice fermented in the bottle, causing the bottle caps to fly off.[3] The original name of that particular apple juice product, Snapple, a portmanteau derived from the words snappy and apple, became the new name for their beverage company. Thus the Snapple Beverage Corporation was born, beginning in the early 1980s.[3][4] Snapple would not manufacture their first tea, lemon tea, until 1987.[5]
As of 2016[update], there are many different types of Snapple: tea (multiple flavors, such as lemon, raspberry, and peach, all of which come in original and diet), juice drinks, lemonade, and bottled water. Snapple also comes in aluminum cans.[6]
Snapple's brand slogan is "Made from the Best Stuff on Earth".
Snapple was known for a popular series of TV advertisements in the early 1990s featuring Wendy Kaufman (the "Snapple Lady") answering letters from Snapple fans.[7] In an effort to counteract the Coke and Pepsi challenge commercials, Snapple began running a new line of advertisements in May 1992, which featured its trademark "Made from the best stuff on Earth" line in ads that spoofed earlier beer and sports drinks promotions; the ads received low marks from advertising industry observers. In addition, the company used its $15-million-a-year advertising budget to pay for a long-lived series of live radio commercials featuring controversial radio hosts Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh. At the end of the summer of 1992, Snapple conducted a five-week search for a new advertising agency that could better convey its corporate identity in preparation for a wider national push. Later that year, Snapple also signed tennis player Jennifer Capriati to endorse its products. By August 1992, Snapple had expanded its distribution to every major city in the United States and it signed new contracts with beverage distributors. The company owned no manufacturing facilities, but instead made agreements with more than 30 bottlers across the country. In this way, Snapple was able to keep its overhead low and its payroll short. The company administration consisted of just 80 employees, 50 of whom worked out of a modest office building on Long Island.[8]
Thomas H. Lee, an American businessperson, financier and investor of Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL), acquired Snapple Beverages in 1992 on undisclosed terms. The three founders of Snapple, Leonard Marsh, Hyman Golden and Arnold Greenberg, said they would own about one-third of the new company and be involved in its management. Hellen Berry, vice president of the Beverage Marketing Corporation, a consultant in New York, estimated that Snapple, which had been for sale for more than a year and had $100 million in sales in 1991, sold for $140 million. Only eight months after buying the company, Lee took Snapple Beverages public and in 1994, only two years after the original acquisition, Lee sold the company to the Quaker Oats Company for $1.7 billion.[9] Lee was estimated to have made $900 million for himself and his investors from the sale. Quaker Oats ran into problems and sold Snapple to Triarc in 1997 for $300 million.[10] Triarc sold it to Cadbury Schweppes for $1.45 billion in September 2000.[11] Snapple was spun off in May 2008 to its current owners.
Controversies
[edit]Lawsuits
[edit]In 2009, a consumer lawsuit was brought against Snapple in California. The suit alleged the drinks contained unhealthy ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup and deceptive names on labels that led consumers to believe that certain healthy elements are in the drinks that are not really present.[12]
In 2010, in a lawsuit against Snapple in the federal District of New Jersey, the court certified to the FDA for an administrative determination the question whether high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) qualifies as a "natural" ingredient. In 2010, the FDA responded by letter and declined to provide the court with the requested guidance. Stating that it would take two to three years to engage in a transparent proceeding to elicit the proper public participation, the FDA again cited its limited resources and more pressing food-safety concerns.[13]
In 2011, a New York federal court dismissed a different lawsuit accusing Snapple of misleading consumers by labeling drinks sweetened with high fructose corn syrup as "all natural" when the drink contained no natural juice. The court found that the plaintiffs had failed to show that they were injured as a result of Snapple's labeling.[14]
After the lawsuit in May 2009, Snapple was made with sugar, not high fructose corn syrup. In certain areas the older formula is still sold in stores, but this is becoming increasingly rare.[citation needed]
Snapple and New York City schools
[edit]In October 2003, Snapple began its sponsorship of the New York City public school system (and other parcels in the area), as part of the deal to make Snapple New York City's official beverage.[15] The company promised an $8 million per year profit for city schools if it were allowed to sell its drinks, including juice and bottled water, in school vending machines.[15]
Snapple was able to acquire the contract in part because New York City officials did not want to encourage the consumption of sodas, which have been linked to childhood obesity and diabetes and are generally considered unhealthy. The Snapple juice drinks, specifically created to meet rules banning soda and other sugary snacks from city schools, are marketed under the "Snapple 100% Juiced!" label.[15] The flavors available under this brand include Green Apple, Fruit Punch, Melon Berry, Grape, Orange Mango, and Strawberry Lime.[15] Although the juice drinks are fortified with vitamins and minerals, a 16-ounce bottle contains more sugar (41 grams) than a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola (39 grams).[15]
Dr. Michael F. Jacobson, the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, called the drinks "little better than vitamin-fortified sugar water."[15] In addition, the concentrates used in the drinks, apple, grape and pear, are the least expensive and nutritious. Dr. Toni Liquori, associate professor at the Columbia Teachers College, questioned the sale of bottled water in schools, saying "If anything, we should have cold water in our schools."[15]
The deal also gave Snapple exclusive rights to sell its tea and juice-based drinks in vending machines on all New York City properties starting in January 2004. Snapple paid the City $106 million for the rights and agreed to spend $60 million more to marketing and promotion over the length of the five-year contract.[16]
K symbol
[edit]In the early 1990s, the original label graphic on the Iced Tea flavor, a depiction of the United States historical event the Boston Tea Party, was replaced due to misinformation espoused by protest groups claiming the ships on the packaging were slave trading vessels in New York Harbor. Snapple also fell victim to a rumor that the small K was either a representation of the Klan, or of an imagined Jewish Tax (augmented by the fact that all three founders were Jewish). The K on the products actually meant that they were certified kosher. There were also rumors that the company donated to the controversial pro-life organization Operation Rescue.
Snapple initially tried to quell these rumors quietly, but ultimately had to launch a media campaign to squash them, pointing out it would be bad for business to support controversial issues in such a way as the rumors implied. Through a media campaign with the NAACP, Snapple successfully fought back these rumors, although occasionally they are still brought up as fact.[17][18]
Real Facts
[edit]Snapple is well known for printing an interesting numbered list of Snapple "Real Fact" facts on the inside of their bottle caps. A list of these "Real Facts" is available on the company website;[19] however, the most comprehensive list of "Real Facts" is available at https://www.snapplecaps.com/real-facts/. The "Real Facts" currently go from #1 to at least #1926, although many numbers in this range have never had facts written for them and have never been put into circulation.[20]
Several of the facts on Snapple caps have been found to be outdated, incorrect or exaggerated.
Fact # | Claim | Reality | Status |
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20 | Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower. | There are other vegetables that are also flowers, such as cauliflower and artichoke.[22] | False |
23 | The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monument. | The San Francisco cable cars are included in a group known as National Historic Landmarks rather than National Monuments, which are a different designation. There are many ships that are National Historic Landmarks, as well as a few roller coasters.[23] | Exaggerated |
31 | The average human will eat an average of eight spiders a year while asleep. | This statistic is false and completely impossible, as noted by Scientific American.[24] | False |
36 | A duck's quack does not echo. | This was tested by Snopes and MythBusters, both of which found that a duck's quack does echo but is hard to distinguish.[25] | Exaggerated |
69 | Caller ID is illegal in California. | There is no law against Caller ID in the state, though there were lengthy debates about making it illegal in the early 1990s.[26] | False |
77 | No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. | This myth was proven wrong by Britney Gallivan in 2002, when she managed 12 folds. In 2005, drawing on Gallivan's accomplishment, MythBusters folded a piece of paper 11 times. The piece of paper used in Mythbusters was an oversized piece of paper that was thinner than a standard 8.5" × 11" (21.59 × 27.94 cm) piece of paper.[27] The wording of "piece of paper" is also a broad statement, as noted by MythBusters. | False |
89 | The average American walks 18,000 steps a day. | It was found that the average American only walks 5,117 steps a day.[28] | Exaggerated |
114 | The oldest known animal was a tortoise, which lived to be 152 years old. | In June 2006 a tortoise named Harriet died at 175 years old.[29] The oldest known animal to have lived was named Ming, a clam of the species Arctica islandica, who was killed by researchers at approximately 507 years old.[30] | Outdated |
140 | Holland is the only country with a national dog. | Holland is a region within the Netherlands, but is not technically a country in its own right. The national dog of the Netherlands is the Keeshond, but other countries such as Mexico also have national dogs.[31][32] | False |
146 | The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as Manhattan. | Manhattan is actually the second-smallest county by land area after Kalawao County, Hawaii. The smallest self-governing county is Arlington County, Virginia. | False |
162 | The temperature of the sun can reach up to 15 million degrees Fahrenheit. | The surface of the Sun can reach 6,000 degrees Celsius, or about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The core of the Sun though can reach 27 million degrees.[33] | False |
163 | The first penny had the motto "Mind your own business". | The first pennies worldwide date back to the medieval era. The first official one-cent coin (known as a Fugio Cent) of the United States held the message "Mind Your Business". In 1793, the first one-cent coin was struck by the United States Mint. | Misleading |
182 | A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon. | It is true that rainbows can only be seen if the sun is close to the horizon, but it does not need to be morning or late afternoon for a rainbow to appear. North of the Arctic Circle, rain can rarely occur in midday when the sun is close to the horizon due to the Earth's axial tilt. | Exaggerated |
744 | Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away | According to Sea World, this distance is a much lower limit of about 1 km (0.6 miles). | Exaggerated |
761 | Owls are one of the only birds that can see the color blue | Birds in general have excellent color vision. Some are even able to see into the UV spectrum. | False |
793 | Broadway is one of the longest streets in the world. It is 150 miles long. | Broadway terminates 32 miles (51.5 km) from its Manhattan origin. It continues north of Sleepy Hollow, New York, as U.S. 9 and Albany Post Road. | Exaggerated |
794 | Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States, and Zabriskien [sic] Point, the lowest point in the United States, are less than eighty miles apart. | It is true that Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, but the lowest point is Badwater Basin in Death Valley, which is 13 miles further than Zabriskie Point. In a nutshell, the lowest point is 84 miles from Mt. Whitney.[34] | Partly true |
825 | Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. | The average newborn's eyeball is 16 to 18 millimeters in diameter (axial length). The infant's eyeball grows slightly to approximately 19.5 millimeters and by age 3 to 23mm. The eyeball continues to grow, gradually, to a diameter of about 24–25 millimeters in adulthood.[35] | Partly true |
853 | Hawaii has its own time zone. | Hawaii shares a time zone with the Aleutian Islands, though the population of the remaining islands is so small that 99.5% of people in Hawaii's time zone do live in Hawaii. | Partly True |
868 | Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger. | Claims that Thomas Jefferson invented the clothes hanger are unfounded, according to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.[36] The modern coat hanger has been patented over 200 times in the U.S. alone since the mid-1800s. | Inconclusive |
889 | The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers. | "Rhodopis" is considered the earliest known variant of the "Cinderella" story.[37] In the story, Rhodopis is Greek and the slippers are consistently described as rose-gold rather than fur. While Charles Perrault's French re-telling of the story featured fur slippers, it is believed to be an urban legend that vair (fur) was mistranslated as verre (glass).[38] | False |
904 | If done perfectly, any Rubik's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns. | The minimum number of turns it takes to solve a Rubik's Cube is 20 in some cases.[39] | False |
907 | Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. | There is no evidence supporting the claim that dueling is legal anywhere in Paraguay. The U.S. Paraguayan consulate has, in fact, stated that dueling is illegal in the country.[40] | Inconclusive |
921 | If you had 1 billion dollars and spent 1 thousand dollars a day, it would take you 2,749 years to spend it all. | When counting leap years, it would take you 2,738 years at 1 thousand dollars a day to spend 1 billion dollars. | Exaggerated |
975 | The letter J is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements. | This was true until 2012, when element 114 was officially renamed Flerovium from its initial placeholder name ununquadium. Now both J and Q are missing from the periodic table.[41][42] | Outdated |
Popular culture
[edit]Snapple was the official beverage sponsor of America's Got Talent from season 7 to season 9 of the NBC show[43] (Howard Stern, one of the judges on the show, was a spokesperson for Snapple in the 1980s). It was replaced by Dunkin' for season 10.[44]
Snapple Theater Center
[edit]In 2007, Snapple opened the Snapple Theater Center on 50th Street and Broadway in the heart of New York City's Theater District. It has two theaters, one of which is a traditional theater, the other a thrust stage which can house plays. The center also includes a 40×50 ft rehearsal space which is available for rent. The theaters are considered off-Broadway because of their low seating capacities.[45] The theater has since dropped the Snapple name and sponsorship and is simply known as The Theater Center.
Kosher certification
[edit]Most Snapple drinks do have a Kosher certification from the OK Kosher Agency. Exceptions include:
- Fruit Punch[46]
- Grape
- Kiwi Lemon-lime
See also
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