Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup
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Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup is a commercial chocolate syrup made by H. Fox & Company in Brooklyn, New York since 1895.
The product is most associated with the egg cream fountain beverage.
Fox's was and is the preferred syrup used in both fountain and home made egg creams in the New York area. When made at home, it was traditional to use factory-bottled seltzer spigots which were home-delivered. The thick syrup was best dispensed with a hand-pump that replaced the lid of the syrup jar, a product discontinued when the company switched to plastic squeeze bottles in 2002.
Fans of the original early 20th-century formulation of U-Bet and egg cream purists specifically seek out the Kosher For Passover version of the syrup. Before Passover, U-Bet is made with refined sugar instead of the High Fructose Corn Syrup sweetener base that is normally used year-round, in order to maintain its kosher certification from Kay Kosher Supervision during the Passover holiday.
