Hawaiian Punch
| Product type | Beverage |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc |
| Country |  United States |
| Introduced | 1934 |
| Website | http://www.hawaiianpunch.com/ |
Hawaiian Punch is a brand of fruit punch drinks (containing less than 2% fruit juice) owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (DPS).[1][2][3][4] It was created in 1934 by A.W. Leo, Tom Yates, Ralph Harrison as an ice cream topping in a converted garage in Fullerton, Calif.; customers later discovered that it made an appealing drink when mixed with water. They formed Pacific Hawaiian Products to produce the beverage. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company bought Pacific Hawaiian in 1962. Procter & Gamble bought Hawaiian Punch from Del Monte Foods, spin off from RJR Nabisco in 1989, in 1990. Procter & Gamble sold Hawaiian Punch to Cadbury Schweppes in 1999. Dr Pepper Snapple was spun off from Cadbury Schweppes in 2008.
The name comes from the source of the original recipe's main ingredients. The original formulation of Hawaiian Punch was composed of 7 fruit flavors: apple, apricot, guava, orange, papaya, passion fruit, and pineapple.
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Punchy, Hawaiian Punch's mascot [edit]
The Punchy character was originally created by cartoonist Joe Malerba of Retained Film Services, and was animated primarily by Jan Svochak of J.J. Sedelmaier Productions. He was head animator of the character from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Punchy was sometimes shown on the scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia after outfielder Shane Victorino (a native of Hawaii) makes an important hit. Also, former New York Mets outfielder Benny Agbayani (also Hawaiian) was nicknamed "Hawaiian Punch" after a series of clutch homers in the 2000 season.
Fruit punch drink flavors [edit]
- Fruit Juicy Red: the original flavor
- Fruit Juicy Red Light: low calorie version of original flavor
- Green Berry Rush: strawberry and kiwi
- Mazin' Melon Mix: melon
- Bodacious Berry: berry
- Orange Ocean: orange
- Wild Purple Smash: grape and berry
- Jakarta Berry Licious:pineapple
- Lemonade: old-fashioned lemonade
- Berry Blue Typhoon: Mixed Berry Fruit Punch
- Berry Bonkers: Berry Fruit Punch
- Lemon Berry Squeeze: strawberry and lemonade
- Berry Limeade Blast: strawberry and limeade
- Lemon Lime Splash: lemon and lime
- Island Citrus Guava: guava and lime
- Polar Blast: citrus fruit punch
- Mango Passionfruit Squeeze: mango and passion fruit
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