Trojan (brand)

Trojan
OwnerChurch & Dwight Company
CountryUnited States
Introduced1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Previous ownersFay and Youngs (1916)
Youngs Drug Products (1919)
Carter-Wallace (1985)
Church & Dwight (2001)
TaglineTrojan. Pleasure you want. Protection you trust.
Websitetrojanbrands.com

Trojan is a brand name of condoms and sexual lubricants manufactured by the Church & Dwight Company. Trojan condoms were started by Merle Leland Youngs in the 1910s after he moved to New York City. The major condom manufacturer before Youngs was Julius Schmid, who had made condoms from animal intestines starting in the 1880s.[1]

As of 2006, 70.5% of condoms purchased in United States drugstores are Trojan brand.[2]

  1. ^ Tone, Andrea (2002). Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America. New York: Hill and Wang. p. 50. ISBN 0-8090-3816-1.
  2. ^ Koerner, Brendan (29 September 2006). "The Other Trojan War – What's the best-selling condom in America?". Slate. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.