Fruit Gushers
Fruit Gushers are a Betty Crocker-branded fruit snack introduced in 1991. They are described as soft and chewy with a fruity-juice center.
History
Fruit Gushers were introduced in 1991 as a Betty Crocker fruit snack. Each box of Fruit Gushers was list priced at and contained six pouches of Gushers, each of which had nine individual pieces for per pouch.Composition
Strawberry-flavored Fruit Gushers are composed of sugar, dried corn syrup, corn syrup, modified corn starch, fructose, pear concentrate, and grape juice concentrate. Targeted at children, they were acorn-shaped with a soft "licorice-like" exterior and a liquid inside, including "strawberries and pear puree concentrate", and came in two flavors: "Strawberry Splash" and "Gushin' Grape".In 2003, one serving of any Fruit Gushers variety was one package with 90 calories, zero protein, of fat, and of carbohydrates. In 2018, 90 calories worth of Strawberry Fruit Gushers weighed and contained of sugar, one gram of fat, and cost. Prior to 2025, the serving size was reduced to, 80 calories, and contained of sugar.
Varieties
Betty Crocker released a new variety of Fruit Gushers in early 2020: "Galactic Fruit Gushers". These featured the flavors "Asteroid Apple", "Berry Star Cluster", and a mystery flavor labeled "Unidentified Flavored Object"; the latter was part of a contest where consumers could guess at the unknown flavor and win prizes "like sweatshirts, hats, blankets, PopSockets, and more". Galactic Fruit Gushers were sold through Walmart.com for.In June 2024, the brand announced that its most-popular flavor, watermelon, was returning to store shelves to meet consumer demands; combined with sour-apple flavored Gushers, boxes of six sachets were to be sold for, while boxes of ten sachets would sell for.
Reception
A 1991 Sun-Sentinel review said that the insides oozed rather than gushed, and found the confectionery surprisingly pleasant. In 2013, Complex magazine ranked Fruit Gushers the second-best fruit snack of all time, coming in behind another Betty Crocker product, Shark Bites.In September 2023, police in St. Marys, Kansas reported misinformation of seizing fruit snacks and gummies, laced with tetrahydrocannabinol, being packaged as real commercial brands thereof—including Fruit Gushers.