Fry's Turkish Delight

Last updated
Fry's Turkish Delight
Frys-Turkish-Delight-Split.jpg
Product type Chocolate bar
Owner Mondelez International
Produced by Cadbury
CountryUnited Kingdom
Introduced1914;111 years ago (1914)
Previous owners J. S. Fry & Sons (1914–19)
Website cadbury.co.uk/frysturkishdelight

Fry's Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar made by Cadbury. It was launched in the UK in 1914 by the Bristol-based chocolate manufacturer J. S. Fry & Sons and consists of a rose-flavoured Turkish delight surrounded by milk chocolate. [1] The Fry's identity remained in use after Fry & Sons merged with Cadbury in 1919.

Contents

In Australia and New Zealand, the range of "Turkish" products released by Cadbury has expanded to include mini-Easter eggs, ice cream, sectioned family block chocolate bars, and small versions used in boxed chocolates. [2] In Ireland, Cadbury also manufacture the Dairy Milk Turkish, using Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate instead with a slightly different Turkish centre, in the familiar block bar form. [3]

As of August 2010, Fry's Turkish Delight (along with other products such as Fry's Chocolate Cream) for the UK market is produced in Poland. [4] [ needs update ]

From the late 1950s, the slogan 'Full of Eastern Promise' has been used for the product on British TV advertisements. [5] Among those appearing in such advertisements in the 1960s were the model and actress Jane Lumb. [6] In 2000, ‘Eastern Promise’ was ranked 37th in Channel 4’s poll of the "100 Greatest Adverts". [7]

In recent years[ when? ] alternative flavoured centres have been produced including Lemon, Cherry and Orange.[ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kathy Martin (2017). Famous Brand Names and Their Origins. p. 46. ISBN   9781781590157.
  2. ↑ "Favourites Boxed Chocolates". Cadbury.com.au. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ↑ "Turkish". www.cadbury.ie. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. ↑ confectionerynews.com - Final UK-made Cadbury Crunchie bars from September Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Berry, Steve; Norman, Phil (2014). A History of Sweets in 50 Wrappers. London: The Friday Project. p. 99. ISBN   9780007575480.
  6. ↑ "Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - characters of the past month". BBC News . 2008-04-02. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  7. ↑ "The 100 Greatest TV Ads". London: Channel 4. 2000. Archived from the original on 18 June 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.