"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> > "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> > . ..
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> >> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote
> >>
> >>> Prunes and dried plumbs are quite different, for example.
> >>
> >> The industry changed the name from prunes to dried plums
> >> a couple of years ago. An image thing.
> >>
> >> I haven't actually looked to see what it says in the juice aisle.
> >
> > Now they sell plum juice.
> >
>
> I suspect they are trying to appeal to a younger market. Prune juice says
> "old person", even though that's not really true.
>

I like prune juice. But truthfully, I usually buy it for other reasons than
the flavor. I'm sure the name change was due to people associating prune
juice with being constipated.

Paul