chocolate syrup is a brand of chocolate syrup first produced in 1928 . the company bosco products inc. is based in towaco new jersey and products are sold throughout the united states and europe . 1 contents 1 history 2 production process 3 cultural references 3.1 advertising 3.2 art 3.3 film 3.4 music 3.5 television 4 references 4.1 notes 4.2 sources 5 external links history edit bosco chocolate syrup was purportedly invented in 1928 in camden nj by an unknown physician . 2 the william s. scull company a company founded in 1831 in camden nj acquired the manufacturing license . the scull company s most famous product was boscul coffee who gave the product its brand name bosco . 3 in the 1950s corn products company acquired bosco and bosco products inc. acquired the brand in 1985 . 1 the trade name bosco was first used in 1928 and was registered in 1968 . the website bosco.com is unaffiliated with the cocoa product and its producer ; the domain name was subject to arbitration . 4 the company has branched out and makes other products including candy bars bearing the brand name . 5 6 nutritional and food value are reported . 7 production process edit bulk materials are added via automatic measuring devices into stainless steel cooking vats . minor ingredients and flavorings are blended into the batch separately through a custom blender device following product handling and quality assurance codes . while in the vats bosco is pasteurized for product uniformity and then cooled for bottling . computers measure and monitor the product temperatures . malt extract is added which combined with bosco cocoa powder yields the distinctive bosco taste . bosco was once packaged in glass jars but is now sold in plastic squeeze bottles . as of 2015 bosco is produced in several flavors in addition to the original chocolate strawberry sea salt caramel fudge brownie sugar free and mocha the last of which was added ca. 2012 replacing berry blue . 8 cultural references edit advertising edit bosco chocolate syrup at that time called bosco milk amplifier was heavily advertised on children s shows during the late 1950s and early 1960s such as the popeye club a local atlanta georgia program featuring popeye cartoons as well as live action sequences . 9 an important feature of many of the television advertisements was the jingle i love bosco . bosco commercials were featured frequently as some of the retromercials used in lieu of commercial breaks on tv land during its earliest years . art edit vik muniz a modern artist is famous for recreating well known works of art such as the last supper by leonardo da vinci entirely in bosco chocolate syrup . 10 11 12 a bosco portrait by muniz sold for 110 000 in 2007 . 13 film edit bosco chocolate syrup was used as fake blood in alfred hitchcock s psycho 1960 during the shower scene . 14 bosco chocolate syrup was used as fake blood in george a. romero s night of the living dead 1968 . 14 music edit avante garde saxophonist marion brown s quartet performed a song titled bosco on their la placita album recorded live in willisau switzerland on march 26 1977 . 15 television edit in the seinfeld episode the secret code george costanza reveals his atm pin bosco to j. peterman s mother on her deathbed who in turn repeats the phrase as her last word before she dies . he is then in a predicament at the end of the episode where he refuses to give up his atm pin bosco to save a man who s shirt is caught in an atm machine while the building is on fire . 16 references edit notes edit a b linda j. barth 20 august 2013 . a history of inventing in new jersey from thomas edison to the ice cream cone . the history press . pp. 69 70 . isbn 978 1 62584 675 4 . sietsema robert july 7 2009 . a short unsatisfying history of bosco chocolate syrup . village voice . retrieved 29 march 2016 . boscul coffee william s. scull & company . dvrbs.com . retrieved 29 march 2016 . carmody james a. june 29 2000 . bosco products inc. towaco nj usa complainant vs. bosco e mail service vancouver bc canada and mailbank.com point roberts wa usa respondent . decision claim number fa0005000094828 . retrieved november 21 2015 . makers of bosco syrup to offer chocolate bars . candy industry . january 4 2011 . retrieved november 22 2015 . bosco natural milk chocolate bars 12 piece box . retrieved november 21 2015 . bosco chocolate syrup . fooducate.com . retrieved november 23 2015 . syrups & bars . bosco . retrieved november 20 2015 . mcclellan don 26 september 2009 . flip the spoon rarely remembered . don mcclellan s half a century with wsb television . retrieved 3 november 2013 . barth 2013 pp. 69 70 . goldberg vicki september 25 1998 . art review ; it s a leonardo it s a corot well no it s chocolate syrup . the new york times . retrieved november 23 2015 . the last supper in ten unusual mediums just in time for the holidays a 110 000 syrupy portrait . usa today . reuters . october 3 2007 . retrieved november 23 2015 . a b bosco syrup introduces mocha flavored syrup the first new flavor in nearly a decade . the wall street journal . 22 april 2013 . archived from the original on march 3 2014 . retrieved 25 february 2014 . marion brown quartet la placita live in willisau 1978 netherlands timeless records gardner urban 1 august 2011 . burnishing the bosco brand . the wall street journal . retrieved 20 november 2015 . subscription required sources edit barth linda j. august 20 2013 . a history of inventing in new jersey from thomas edison to the ice cream cone . charleston south carolina the history press . pp. 69 70 . isbn 9781626192065 . retrieved november 22 2014 . sietsema robert july 7 2009 . a short unsatisfying history of bosco chocolate syrup . the village voice . retrieved november 21 2015 . external links edit 1950s bosco chocolate syrup commercial youtube 25 second animated commercial with song i love bosco and others if you tarry on the page youtube gallery of classic graphic design featuring bosco official website van dyke dick . bosco chocolate syrup commercial video . youtube . retrieved november 22 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bosco chocolate syrup & oldid 738281143 categories companies based in new jerseyconfectionery companies of the united statesbrand name chocolatesyrup1928 introductionshidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages bahasa indonesiaportugu stagalog edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 00 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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