1 apple & eve l.l.c. is a privately held new york based company specializing in 100 percent juice and organic juice products . 2 the company was founded by gordon crane in 1975 upon crane s graduation from the university of rhode island in 1972 . 2 apple & eve was listed in beverage industry s top 100 list of beverages four times . 3 4 5 6 in 2008 inc. magazine listed apple & eve 91 in the food & beverage category in the inc. 5000 7 a list of the 5 000 fastest growing companies in the united states . prevention magazine named apple & eve fruitables tropical orange one of the healthiest packaged foods in 2011 . 8 contents 1 company history 2 products 3 nutritional information 4 health benefits 5 additional information 5.1 newport folk festival 5.2 sesame street flavors 5.3 sesame street ebooks 5.4 fruitables music mash up 6 references 7 external links company history edit in 1975 gordon crane founded apple & eve 2 and in 1978 the company introduced its first cranberry product . 2 apple & eve became the first company to package 100 percent juice products 9 in brik pak aseptic juice boxes in 1982 . 2 in 1999 the licensed sesame street juice was introduced to the line . 2 four years later the organic juice line launched . 10 in 2000 apple & eve juices became available in 64 oz . pet bottles . in 2005 apple & eve llc . acquired the northland juices brand making apple & eve one of the largest cranberry juice brands in the country . 11 12 in 2007 apple & eve received an investment from clearlight partners a california based private equity firm . 2 in 2009 the company introduced fruitables 13 a line of fruit and vegetable juice blended beverages . 2 the fruitables berry berry flavor was chosen as the chicago tribune kid favorite . 14 most recently apple & eve launched fruitables family size 64 oz . bottles . 15 in july 2014 lassonde industries acquired apple & eve . products edit the company sells natural 100 percent apple juice as well as a line of natural cranberry juice and a line of cranberry juice blended with other juices . apple & eve also produces juice boxes for children on the go single serving products for older children and adults a line of sesame street licensed juice boxes 10 and 64 oz . bottles . 2 apple & eve produces northland branded cranberry juice blends as well as fruitables and seneca branded juices . nutritional information edit the majority of apple & eve products are 100 percent juice . 16 fruitables provides one third less sugar than other juices in the market ; it is blended with purified water and contains one combined serving of fruits and vegetables per box . 12 16 17 it provides 100 percent of the daily recommendation for vitamin c as well as 10 percent for vitamins a and vitamin e. 12 apple & eve products have no added sugars or artificial flavoring . 12 most of apple & eve juices are kosher 12 and all are gluten free . 16 apple & eve organics and sesame street organics are usda certified organic and carry the quality assurance international seal that verifies that apple & eve has been produced according to the strictest usda standards . 10 health benefits edit 100 % juice products contain the naturally occurring phytonutrients found in fruits and vegetables that have disease preventative and disease fighting properties . 18 100 % juice drinkers are leaner have better insulin sensitivity and have lower risk for obesity and metabolic syndrome . 18 myplate the current nutrition guide published by the united states department of agriculture recommends one serving of fruit per day for children and two servings per day for adults . 19 according to the juice products association one four ounce glass of juice equals a full serving of fruit . 18 additional information edit newport folk festival edit during the year of apple & eve s 30th anniversary they became title sponsors of the newport folk festival a music celebration made famous by bob dylan james taylor and peter paul & mary . 20 apple & eve s passion for stressing natural product and environmental consciousness made the juice brand a natural fit for the event . what attracted us to this partnership is the fact that the nature of the festival itself parallels the culture and philosophy behind apple & eve said ceo gordon crane . it gives us a chance to give something back to the community that reflects what we re all about . 20 apple & eve sponsored the festival from 2002 2004 while also sponsoring the usta apple & eve and newsday long island tennis classic in 2002 2003 . 21 sesame street flavors edit apple & eve first introduced its sesame street line of 100 percent fruit juices in 1999 becoming the first company to be awarded the sesame street license for beverages . 10 as a result of the partnership with sesame workshop according to the new york times apple & eve has become the beverage of choice among the preschool set . 2 the line includes flavors such as big bird s apple elmo s punch bert and ernie s berry and cookie monster s orange tangerine . each has a character face affixed to their respective label . the sesame street juices accounted for more than 14 percent of apple & eve s sales in 2002 . 22 sesame street ebooks edit starting in january 2011 and ending in june 2011 apple & eve began a new cross promotion with the sesame street brand . 23 specially marked apple & eve sesame street products contained a trial code redeemable online for access to the sesame street ebooks bookshelf . 23 sesame street ebooks digital versions of a printed book featuring the sesame street characters were available through the sesame street ebooks bookshelf an individual online bookstore available to view on the web and accessible on digital mobile devices . 24 the trial code allowed access to 10 sesame street titles of the 125 available online ; they offered pictures audio narrations and interactivity animations to entertain children as they learn to read . 23 fruitables music mash up edit apple & eve fruitables seeding the arts music mash up school music program partnered with the vh1 save the music program . 25 the seeding the arts initiative supports music and arts education in schools across america . 26 like fruitables a mash up of fruit and vegetable juice a music mash up is the combination of two or more songs . 27 28 to try to win the contest school music programs entered a musical mash up 29 and a 100 word essay describing the school s need for music funding . 25 the best entry was chosen by a panel of judges including the late fruitables mash up spokesperson cory monteith 30 of fox television show glee fame who was committed to supporting arts education in schools . 27 31 eligible entrants were school choruses from kindergarten through eighth grade . 29 traverse city west middle school in michigan won the best school music mash up in america taking home the grand prize of 10 000 30 toward their music program . charlestown s warren prescott elementary won fruitables best elementary school music mash up in america in 2011 for their performances of goodbye to you by scandal and you can t hurry love by diana ross and the supremes . 32 in 2010 fruitables committed to support the foundation with a 25 000 donation and a pledge of an additional dollar for each new apple & eve facebook fan collected up to 5 000 . in 2011 the company renewed their campaign initiative pledging up to 50 000 for both liking the facebook page 33 as well as coupon redemption from fruitables 8 pack 6.75 oz . juice boxes . 26 references edit apple & eve retrieved 2012 04 03 a b c d e f g h i j apple & eve l.l.c. retrieved 2012 04 03 beverage industry top 100 2004 retrieved 2014 10 27 beverage industry top 100 2005 retrieved 2014 10 27 beverage industry top 100 2006 retrieved 2014 10 27 beverage industry top 100 2011 pdf retrieved 2012 04 03 inc. 5000 list 2008 retrieved 2012 04 03 healthiest packaged foods 2011 retrieved 2012 04 03 apple & eve retrieved 2012 04 03 a b c d sesame street goes organic retrieved 2012 04 03 apple & eve acquires northland branded juice division and enters into long term cranberry agreement ; company becoming 1 player in the 100 % juice cranberry segment retrieved 2012 04 03 a b c d e apple juice box drink retrieved 2007 10 12 apple & eve s fruitables retrieved 2012 04 03 schoenberg nara the kid s table drink your vegetables chicago tribune retrieved 2012 04 03 fruitables review retrieved 2012 04 03 a b c colella s gluten free product list retrieved 2007 10 12 liquid nutrition super market news . 57 59 . 2010 june 28 a b c are you getting enough fruits and vegetables in your diet retrieved 2012 04 03 how much fruit is needed daily retrieved 2012 04 03 a b apple & eve takes over at upcoming newport folk fest retrieved 2012 04 03 apple and eve tennis classic scheduled retrieved 2012 04 03 strugatch warren 2002 06 23 breaking out of the ne niche the new york times retrieved 2012 04 03 a b c free ebooks 30 day trial retrieved 2012 04 03 what is an ebook retrieved 2012 04 03 a b fruitables teams up with glee s cory monteith in the search for the best school music mash up in america retrieved 2012 04 03 a b fruitables seeding the arts retrieved 2012 04 03 a b social media pr case study retrieved 2012 04 03 u e students mashing their way to top retrieved 2012 04 03 a b glee s cory monteith searching for the best mash up retrieved 2012 04 03 keck s exclusives judgment days are coming for glee s finn retrieved 2012 04 03 25 things you don t know about me cory monteith retrieved 2012 04 03 brown sara 2011 05 10 10 000 music prize and a brush with fame for charlestown elementary school the boston globe retrieved 2012 04 03 giveaway fruitables for a month um yes . ended retrieved 2012 04 03 external links edit official website 1 beverage world article 8 15 10 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title apple % 26 eve & oldid 739214723 categories drink companies of the united statescompanies based in new york 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 add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 12 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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