Jarritos
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| Type | Tropical Fruit flavor soft drink |
| Manufacturer | AGA Group |
| Country of origin |  Mexico |
| Introduced | 1950 |
| Related products | Sangria Señorial Ibarra (chocolate) sidral mundet |
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.[1] 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 2 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.
