Fruit Winders

### Flavours

Orange, Strawberry, Blackcurrant, Apple, Tropical, Lemon, and Raspberry (Original)Strawberry, Blackcurrant, Apple, Raspberry, Very Cherry, and Mango (Double Strip)

Fruit Winders are a Screamin' Fruit product. They were the first product introduced and the only one that still exists in some form. They were intially called "Real Fruit Winders," and were called "Screamin' Fruit Winders" when other Screamin' Fruit products were available.

## Product

Fruit Winders are long fruit gummy strips that come attached to rolled-up wax paper. In terms of fruit content, all Fruit Winders contain pear puree, and contains different types of fruit juice or puree depending on the flavour. The exact amount of fruit in a Fruit Winder depends on both the time of production and flavour. The initial Fruit Winders were wide, but the modern-day double strip variety contains two very thin strips.

Fruit Winders are likely based on the American fruit snack, Fruit by the Foot, which is a General Mills brand.

## Packaging

Fruit Winders came in packs (or wrappers) that feature a depiction of the Fruit Winder on the front. These also came in boxes with similar depictions, also featuring activities, promotions, or illustrations on the back. The wax backing paper that Fruit Winders came attached to have comics or activities printed on it.

Sometimes, Fruit Winders boxes came with other products packed in, such as Twisted Tiles and ChewChat Stampers.

The way the Fruit Winders were depicted on the fronts of packs and boxes varies in style. Upon release, the first Fruit Winders featured realistic depictions of the fruit being wrapped in Fruit Winders with the same texture as their skin or peel. Around the release of Apple Fruit Winders, it seems Fruit Winders gained wrappers with the gang members depicted rather than fruit. The winner of the 2003 flavour vote received a wrapper with text reading "YOU VOTED WE STRETCHED IT" in place of the fruit. When other Screamin' Fruit products were released, realistic fruit appeared on the package again, now featuring faces and appearing to be winded into the Fruit Winder. It seems that the packaging may have reverted to the wrapped fruit style during the release of Raspberry Fruit Winders.

## Flavour

The initial Fruit Winders came in seven known flavours.

### Orange Fruit Winders

These were made with orange juice, and were represented by Blabber. They were first released in 2001.

### Strawberry Fruit Winders

These were made with strawberry puree, and were represented by Sorbabe. They were first released in 2001.

### Blackcurrant Fruit Winders

These were made with blackcurrant puree, and were represented by Booster. They were first released in 2001.

### Apple Fruit Winders

These were made with apple juice, and were represented by Max. They were first released in 2002.

### Tropical Fruit Winders

These were made with grapefruit and passion fruit juice as well as banana puree, and were represented by Voojuice. They were first released in 2003, and were the successful candidate of the 2003 flavour vote.

### Lemon Fruit Winders

These were likely made with lemon juice, and were likely represented by this character. They were first released in 2004, and were an unsuccessful candidate in the 2003 flavour vote.

### Raspberry Fruit Winders

These were made with raspberry juice, and were represented by Stealth. They were first released in 2004, and were an unsuccessful candidate in the 2003 flavour vote.