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Dots (candy)
Dots, or Mason Dots (trademarked DOTS), are a brand of gum drops marketed by Tootsie Roll Industries, which claims that "since its 1945 launch," the candy has become "America's...#1 selling gumdrop brand."〔(Tootsie Roll Industries - Mason DOTS / Mason Crows )〕 According to advertisements, more than four billion dots are produced from the Tootsie Roll Industries Chicago plant each year.〔(www.candywarehouse.com, advertisement for DOTS ), retrieved November 1, 2011.〕
According to PETA, Dots are vegan,〔(PETA website ) retrieved October 31, 2011.〕 and according to the Tootsie Roll Industries website, they are gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, and kosher〔(Tootsie roll website, health and nutrition section ), retrieved October 31, 2011.〕 (officially certified kosher by the Orthodox Union as of December 1, 2009).〔(News and press release section of tootsie.com ), retrieved October 31, 2011.〕〔(Orthodox Union press release, December 2, 2009 ), retrieved November 1, 2011.〕
==History==
Dots were introduced in 1945 by Mason and trademarked that year. In 1972, Tootsie Roll Industries acquired the Dots brand by purchasing the Mason Division of Candy Corporation of America. Prior to that acquisition they were manufactured by Mason, AU and Magenheimer Confectionery Manufacturing Company of Brooklyn and later Mineola, New York.〔〔(information on Mason, AU, and Magenheimer Confectionery Manufacturing Company ), retrieved November 1, 2011.〕
Crows are the oldest candy in the Dots family, first created in the late 19th century.〔 Original dots date back to 1945, Tropical Dots to 2003, and Yogurt Dots to 2007.〔 Sour Dots were introduced in 2009-2010.
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