Orbit is a brand of sugarless chewing gum from the Wrigley Company. In the United States, where it was re-launched in 2001, it is sold in cardboard boxes with 14 individually wrapped pieces per package. In the UK, where it was launched in 1899 it was originally sold as a traditional long-stick gum, later replaced by the same format as the US.
Orbit Gum for sale at a stand in Barcelona, Spain (March 2007).
A pack of Orbit gum
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, known as the Wrigley Company, is an American multinational candy and chewing gum company, based in the Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Goose Island, Chicago, Illinois.
The Wrigley Building, former HQ
William Wrigley Jr the founder of the Wrigley company
Advertisement for three flavors of Wrigley’s chewing gum (1920)
A newspaper ad from 1920 for three types of Wrigley's gum