Jumex

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company_name = Jugomex, S.A. de C.V.
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company_type = Private
foundation = April 27 1961
location = Mexico City, flagcountry|Mexico
key_people =Eugenio Lopez Alonso
industry = Foods
products = Fruit juices, nectar, children's drinks, milk, energy drinks, and sports drinks
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homepage = [http://www.jumex.com.mx/ www.jumex.com.mx]
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Jumex is a brand of juice and nectar in Mexico. The Jumex brand is also popular among Hispanic consumers in the United States. Currently, the Jumex Group (which manufactures Jumex) offers lines of fresh and preserved fruit juices, nectar, children's drinks, milk, smoothies, energy drinks, and sports drinks in Mexico.

Jumex is also the brand name for an anti-aging drug (Selegiline), it works by conserving the amount of dopamine available in the brain. It is also used to treat Parkinson's disease.

History

The origins of Jumex lie with Fruit and Juice Packing, Inc. ("Empacadora de Frutas y Jugos, S.A.") and its Frugo brand, which were founded on April 27, 1961. The first flavors were apricot, apple, guava, mango, pear, plum and tamarind, today several additional flavors and blends are offered under its brands. The actual Jumex brand and its "little blue can" was introduced in 1964. The current company associated with Jumex and other popular beverage brands is the Jumex Group, which consists of Frugosa, Botemex, Jugomex, Alijumex, Vilore Services Corp., Vilore Services, and Vilore Foods, Inc. (U.S.) [http://www.jumex.com.mx/BacercaJumex/fsAcerca.html] Jumex is associated with the Mexican foods company La Costeña.

The first Jumex production plant outside Mexico is under construction in El Salvador and will be inaugurated later this year.

La Colección Jumex

The Colección Jumex is said to be the largest private contemporary art collection in Latin America, with works by Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky and Gabriel Orozco. The museum is located on the sprawling grounds of the Jumex factory in the industrial outskirts of Mexico City. It is about 19.5 km from Mexico City on the Carretera Libre Mexico-Pachuca.

External links

* [http://www.jumex.com.mx Jumex Group website]

* [http://www.lacoleccionjumex.org La Coleccion Jumex website]