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Jell-O has often been associated with Mormon culture. Kraft’s sales figures from 1997 show that Salt Lake City residents consume more Jell-O than anywhere else in the U.S.
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Scandal! When Elizabeth McNabb found out she was adopted and decided to search for her birth mother, she came up with Barbara Woodward (direct heir to the Jell-O fortune). Woodward had become pregnant with a married man and subsequently gave up the child for adoption. After Woodward’s death in 2003, McNabb sued for a piece of the inheritance, which she finally got — $3.5 million — in 2007.
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Some notable discontinued of both Jell-O classic and Jell-O puddings include:
- Bubble gum
- Cotton candy
- Coffee
- Cola
- Green apple
- Passion fruit
- Maple syrup
- Triple chocolate
- Plain (huh?)
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Candy cane, however, is a flavor still in circulation. As are: margarita, butterscotch, pumpkin spice, pina colada, and orange ice cream.
Credits: buzzfeed