Flintstones Chewable Vitamins are a line of children's chewable vitamin supplements, introduced by Miles Laboratories in 1968. They taste faintly like candy and represent characters from The Flintstones. Bayer acquired Miles in 1979.
Overview[]
Flintstones Chewable Vitamins are one of the most successful Flintstones products. Some television and print advertisements have been under heavy rotation without being related to The Flintstones. Their jingles of "We are Flintstone kids!" and "Ten million strong and growing!", composed by Martin O'Donnell, have reached fame through the heavy circulation of advertisements.
The vitamins are shaped like the following characters: Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, Dino, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and the Great Gazoo.
The vitamins can be purchased in grocery stores and pharmacies as well as online. For over 20 years, Betty was not included as one of the vitamins. However, after a grassroots campaign and the results of a Bayer telephone poll came in favor of including Betty, she was added to the lineup, replacing the Flintstone car.
External links[]
- Official U.S. site, with nutrition information
- Official Canadian site