Talk:Jumex

Several Basic Problems with the Lead
Jumex is a brand name, so it doesn't mean "Jugos Mexicanos" (since it's used for many other things ... although it probably is meant to suggest that all is juice). It's not a brand of "juice and nectar"; it would seem it's primarily a brand of fruit-flavored drinks. And it's not a brand "in Mexico" but one that is owned by a company based in Mexico (I think). Frappyjohn (talk) 08:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Note on "nectars"
Just a little note on Jumex: I've noticed that Jumex "nectar" products sold in the United States of America tend to be very high in Calories. Whereas a typical 12 fl. oz. soft drink contains 170-180 Calories, a 12 oz. Jumex of most varieties has 200-220 Calories. The various Jumex nectars I've tried (Guava, Guanabana, Peach Pineapple) were all cloyingly sweet and thick, almost like syrup. It might be worth noting, if others agree, that Jumex "nectars" are very high in carbohydrates and extremely sweet. They might capture the essence of natural flavor, but they add an awful lot of sugar taste to it.
 * The Jumex "nectars" I've seen in the U.S. are not "100% nectar" as the label on the container in the article's illustration says, but are thickened and sweetened fruit-flavored drinks. Frappyjohn (talk) 08:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation?
This could probably use a disambiguation page as this article contains info on both a brand of juice and a drug, which it probably shouldn't. 24.80.163.219 (talk) 06:57, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like this has been corrected. There is now a disambiguation page. Frappyjohn (talk) 08:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Other Markets?
The wiki page currently mentions the market in Mexico and America. Is Jumex available, exported, to any other parts of the world? Europe for example? If not, are there similar products filling the same niche there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.206.130 (talk) 08:08, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Should someone add a note about the proper Spanish or English pronunciation of "Jumex"? Is the "J" pronounced with an English "J", as in "Jack", or with an "H" as in "Humex"? There is much confusion among English speaking consumers in the United States. --Pioneer42 (talk) 13:15, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I see someone has added a pronunciation of "HU-MEX," which is still ambiguous. It should be pronounced like "Who Mex", but HU-MEX could be taken for "Hue Mex". Frappyjohn (talk) 08:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

It is a Mexican product that is a contraction of two Spanish words: "jugos" + "mexicanos." The hard pronunciation of the letter "J" as in "juice" is (almost) never used in native Spanish pronunciation without modification. The soft pronunciation mirroring the anglophonic "H" sound as in "hooligan" is overwhelmingly predominant if not exclusive.

When the hard pronunciation of "J" is used in Spanish it is almost always borrowed from another language, particularly English, and the pronunciation distinction is frequently indicated in writing by the addition of an "h" immediately after the letter "J." A very common example of this is the name "John" in which the letters "o" and "h" are reversed in order to indicate a modification in the pronunciation of the letter "J" and retain the traditional anglophonic hard pronunciation of the "J" in the name. In Spanish transliteration "John" thus becomes "Jhon." Absent the modifier, the "J" in the names "John" or "Jon"/"Jonathan" and other borrowed hard "J" words or names like "Julie" are often pronounced NOT with an "H" sound but with a Spanish "Y" sound, thus "Yon," "Yonatán" or "Yuly."

Anecdotally, as a native Spanish speaker I have never heard any fellow Spanish speakers pronounce Jumex with a hard "J" and have never been corrected when asking for it at Latin markets with a soft "J." Conversely I have seen quizzical looks on the face of Spanish speakers when non-speakers ask for or about Jumex with a hard "J."

I submit that the proper pronunciation should be listed as "HOO-mex."


 * The correct pronunciation of this product is HOO-mex, with a Spanish soft "J." This was confirmed with a spokesperson of Vilore Foods, Inc., the US distributor of Jumex (based in San Antonio, TX), via telephone on August 6, 2019.

IPA pronunciation
Someone should probably IPA-ize the pronunciation for Jumex - I had a look at the Spanish IPA myself but couldn't wrap my brain around it. --24.80.163.219 (talk) 02:29, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

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Is Jumex still around?
Their website (jumex.com) appears to be non-functioning. Have they been bought by another company? --Akhooha (talk) 23:22, 30 June 2020 (UTC)