For 121 years, JELL-O has been one of America’s favorite desserts. A
fun, wiggly, jiggly, colorful food for kids and adults alike.
Today, JELL-O becomes a toy.
JELL-O, the iconic brand best known for gelatin and pudding products,
unveils JELL-O Play, a new line of JELL-O gelatin toys designed to
inspire parents and kids to engage in free play and fun. Play time has
declined by 25% over past decades1 as families have become
increasingly over-scheduled, and studies have shown that children’s
creativity has declined significantly from this loss of freedom2.
Through its first-ever line of gelatin toys, JELL-O Play has embraced
the mission of making free play activities accessible for families with
a range of convenient, easy-to-make activities.
“We want to inspire parents and kids to set their imagination free with
a line of gelatin toys celebrating free play and fun,” says Katy
Marshall, Marketing and Sales Lead of Springboard, the new Kraft Heinz
platform dedicated to nurturing, scaling, and accelerating growth of
disruptive food brands, including JELL-O Play. “JELL-O Play is a toy you
can eat. There are no rules to what you can make when you let your
creativity out of your head, onto your plate, and into your mouth.”
The purpose-driven line of edible toys can be molded, shaped and built
into whatever a child imagines, and was built around themes that were
specifically chosen to spark kids’ creativity, from ocean explorations
and jungle safaris to construction sites and adventures in the sky.
With JELL-O Play Build & Eat Kits, parents and kids can use the plastic
molds to create JELL-O building blocks that stack and build into
anything from an airplane in the sky to a live construction site. JELL-O
Play Cutters kits offer colorful gelatin with cookie cutters in a
variety of playful shapes, and JELL-O Play with Edible Stickers combine
gelatin with edible stickers to create your own colorful and playful
designs. All items are priced under $5. They are currently available for
pre-order at Amazon.com and at select retailers including Target stores,
Target.com, and HEB. JELL-O Play will be launching in retail stores
nationwide throughout the summer.
JELL-O Play has announced its launch with a short animated film, “Bring
Your Kitchen to Life,” taking parents and kids on a journey inside
an ordinary kitchen that has been transformed into a fantastical JELL-O
Play world. Originally conceived by Droga5, JELL-O’s prior agency, the
campaign was built in partnership with AwesomenessTV’s in-house branded
content studio, Wildness, and uses animation and CGI to show the
unlimited possibilities for creation and play inside of the kitchen. The
film will be airing in cinemas nationwide through July 6th,
and is part of the brand’s larger digital and social media marketing
campaign, “Think it. Make it. Eat it."
JELL-O Play. Think it. Make it. Eat it. Join the conversation with
#JelloPlay #KidsFreePlay @JelloPlay
on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ:KHC) is the fifth-largest food and
beverage company in the world. A globally trusted producer of delicious
foods, The Kraft Heinz Company provides high quality, great taste and
nutrition for all eating occasions whether at home, in restaurants or on
the go. The Company's iconic brands include Kraft, Heinz, ABC,
Capri Sun, Classico, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Lunchables,
Maxwell House, Ore-Ida, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia,
Planters, Plasmon, Quero, Smart Ones and Velveeta.
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ABOUT SPRINGBOARD
Springboard is a new platform from The Kraft Heinz Company dedicated to
nurturing, scaling, and accelerating growth of emergent, disruptive US
brands within the food and beverage space. The Springboard platform is
seeking opportunities to develop brands with authentic propositions and
inspired founders within one of four pillars that are shaping the future
of the food and beverage space: Natural & Organic, Specialty & Craft,
Health & Performance and Experiential brands. For more information,
visit www.springboardbrands.com.
1 “The State of Play in America,” TheGeniusofPlay.Org, June
2017.
2 “As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their
Creativity,” Psychology Today, September 17, 2012.
ALISON BROD MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
Brooke Scher Mogan, 212-230-1800
heinz@alisonbrodmc.com
or
The Kraft Heinz Company
Lynne Galia, 847-646-4396
Lynne.galia@kraftheinzcompany.com