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Eclipse is a brand of chewing gum, first introduced in the U.S. by the Wrigley Company in 1999 as its first entrant into the pellet gum segment. However, it was modeled after Excel inCanada, which was launched in 1991, eight years before Eclipse was launched.

Eclipse is a Wrigley chewing gum brand that promises to give users "powerful fresh breath." It comes in blister packs of 12 candy-coated pellets.

Mints are also sold by Wrigley's under the Eclipse brand. Eclipse mints are sold in metal containers.

Eclipse gum is available the U.S and Australia, but are also sold in Canada under the name Excel.

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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

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Key people William Wrigley, Jr.
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Wrigley's Excel is a line of chewing gum and mints available in Canada since 1991. It is the best selling gum in Canada. The gum currently comes in nine flavors: Tangerine Freeze, Polar Ice, Peppermint, Spearmint, Winterfresh, Chlorophyll, Night Chill, Fire and Inferno (cinnamon).
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

Public (NYSE: WWY )
Founded Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1891
Headquarters 410 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois, USA

Key people William Wrigley, Jr.
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Blister pack is a term for several types of pre-formed clear plastic packaging used for small consumer goods.

The two primary components of a blister pack are a pre-formed plastic blister and a printed paperboard card which has a heat-seal coating.
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Eclipse is a brand of breath mint manufactured by the Wrigley Company of Chicago, Illinois in the United States.

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An Eclipse mint is an oval prism rounded at top and bottom, with the top and bottom half varying colours, depending on the flavour.
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Wrigley's Excel is a line of chewing gum and mints available in Canada since 1991. It is the best selling gum in Canada. The gum currently comes in nine flavors: Tangerine Freeze, Polar Ice, Peppermint, Spearmint, Winterfresh, Chlorophyll, Night Chill, Fire and Inferno (cinnamon).
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Eclipse is a brand of breath mint manufactured by the Wrigley Company of Chicago, Illinois in the United States.

Description

An Eclipse mint is an oval prism rounded at top and bottom, with the top and bottom half varying colours, depending on the flavour.
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William D. Perez succeeded William Wrigley, Jr. II as CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing-gum manufacturer. He is the first person outside the Wrigley family to head the 116-year-old company. He will also join Wrigley's board of directors.
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William Wrigley, Jr. II (Bill Wrigley, Jr.) (born 1964) is the current chairman and former CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. He turned over the office of CEO to William Perez on October 23, 2006.
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William Wrigley Jr. (September 30, 1861–January 26, 1932) was a U.S. chewing gum industrialist. He was founder and eponym of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Philip Knight Wrigley (December 5 1894 - April 12 1977), sometimes also called P.K. or Phil. Born in Chicago, he was an American chewing gum manufacturer and executive in Major League Baseball, inheriting both those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William
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William Wrigley III (January 21 1933 Chicago - March 8 1999 Chicago) was President of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, founded by his grandfather William Wrigley, Jr. from 1961 until his death. His father P.K. Wrigley preceded him as president.
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William Wrigley, Jr. II (Bill Wrigley, Jr.) (born 1964) is the current chairman and former CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. He turned over the office of CEO to William Perez on October 23, 2006.
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Airwaves is a brand of chewing gum produced by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company and sold primarily in Europe and East Asia. The brand is marketed for its intense flavor similar to the effect one would get from the consumption of cough drops (which is also sold by Wrigley's).
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Doublemint is a flavor of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company. It was launched in the United States in 1914, and has had variable market share since that time.
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Eclipse is a brand of chewing gum, first introduced in the U.S. by the Wrigley Company in 1999 as its first entrant into the pellet gum segment. However, it was modeled after Excel inCanada, which was launched in 1991, eight years before Eclipse was launched.
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Wrigley's Excel is a line of chewing gum and mints available in Canada since 1991. It is the best selling gum in Canada. The gum currently comes in nine flavors: Tangerine Freeze, Polar Ice, Peppermint, Spearmint, Winterfresh, Chlorophyll, Night Chill, Fire and Inferno (cinnamon).
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Extra is the name of the second sugarfree gum launched by Wrigley's in the United States and was introduced in 1984 (the first being Orbit in 1977). It became one of the most popular brands of gum within a few years.
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Freedent is a gum manufactured by Wrigley's, first introduced in 1975 and marketed as the gum that "won't stick to most dental work". Freedent comes in Peppermint, Spearmint and Winterfresh flavors.
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Juicy Fruit is a flavor and brand of chewing gum made by Wrigley's. Introduced in the United States in 1893, Juicy Fruit almost immediately became one of the best-selling brands in the country, and remains so today.
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Orbit is a brand of sugarless chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. ''' In the United States, where it was re-launched in 2001,[1] it is sold in cardboard boxes with 14 individually-wrapped pieces of gum per package.
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Wrigley's Spearmint is a brand of Wrigley's chewing gum. Wrigley's launched the brand in 1893 and markets the gum as its classic brand, although the company's brand Juicy fruit has been on the market slightly longer.
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Winterfresh is a minty flavor of chewing gum made by Wrigley's. Introduced in the United States in 1994 as an alternative to their Big Red brand, it has had two packaging designs as of 2004.

Each three-gram stick contains ten Calories (42 kilojoules).
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5 is a brand of sugarfree chewing gum, first announced in the U.S. by the Wrigley Company in March 2007. The product has reached markets and retails for $1.49. The names of each of the three flavors is based on the supposed effects that the gum induces on the chewer; the cinnamon
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