Jarritos

Infobox Beverage
name=Jarritos


type=Tropical Fruit flavor soft drink
manufacturer=AGA Group
origin=flagcountry|Mexico
introduced=1950
discontinued=
color =
related=Sangria Señorial Ibarra (chocolate) Sidral Mundet
variants=

Jarritos is a very popular brand of soft drink in Mexico. Jarritos was started by Don Francisco "El Güero" Hill in 1950. Jarritos is made in fruit flavors and is less carbonated than soft drinks made in the United States or Canada. Many Jarritos flavors are naturally flavored. [http://novamex.com/pdf/JarritosGlass.pdf] The word "jarrito" means "little jug" in Spanish and refers to the Mexican tradition of drinking water and other drinks in clay pottery jugs. In 1989, the first importation of Jarritos to retail stores in the U.S. began; by 1997, Jarritos became the most popular soft drink in the U.S. among Latino consumers. The Jarritos brand is currently owned by the AGA Group, a large independent-bottling conglomerate based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, although its also produced and distributed in some areas of Mexico by The Pepsi Bottling Group and by Cott.

Jarritos comes in 13.5 and 20-ounce glass and plastic as well as 1.5 liter bottles, in the following eleven flavors (with the Spanish name in parentheses):
*Fruit Punch ("tutifruti")
*Grapefruit ("toronja")
*Guava ("guayaba")
*Roselle ("jamaica")
*Lime ("limón")
*Mandarin ("mandarina")
*Pineapple ("piña")
*Strawberry ("fresa")
*Tamarind ("tamarindo")
*Mango ("mango")
*Watermelon ("sandía")

Associated brands

Jarritos' parent company, Novamex, also produces other well known Mexican soft drinks such as the sangria flavor "Sangria Señorial", cider flavor "Sidral Mundet" and "Mineragua" mineral water, as well as "Tuny" canned tuna, "D'Gari" flavored gelatin, Ibarra (chocolate) drink, cakes, and "Chata" canned meat and refried beans.

External links

* [http://www.jarritosmexico.com Mexican Jarritos web page]
* [http://www.novamex.com/jarritos.sstg Novamex – Jarritos web page]
* [http://www.cott.com.mx/jarritos.html Cott Mexico – Jarritos web page]