recip for sunkist fruit gems from jell belly

Just 100% of the RDA of vitamin C in every serving. no crazy fish oil or Zinc or anything to give the gummi a crazy aftertaste. 31 grams are carbohydrates but 11 of them are from the sugar alcohols per 40 gram serving (which amounts to 110 calories). And nutritionally? Well the sparing use of the sugar substitutes means that these clock in at a mere 78 calories per ounce. They smell like orange zest and are surprisingly complex with lots of zest to back up the light tart bite. Orange - the little translucent orange slices are just lovely. It could be a little more intense, but overall a great middle of the road lemon gummi. The shape is perfect, the chew is soft and the flavor is a blend of tartness, sweetness and zestiness. Lemon - I expect great things from a lemon product from Sunkist, which made its name on citrus. These were redder than the cherries so I blame my personal nemesis Red 40, your mileage may vary. There’s a slight throat burn towards the end. Strawberry - looks more like a shoe tread than a fruit, but still nicely fragrant and fruity, only slightly tangy but basically tasty. As a whole they smell like fruit punch.Įach piece is formed like the fruit it’s flavored for.Ĭherry - rather medicine-like. No kid is going to look at these and not think that they’re soft and fruity gummi. Sugar alcohols can cause intestinal distress in some people, so I took it very slow with these. What’s nice is that Sunkist went with a combination of sugar alcohols (sorbitol and maltitol) instead of artificial sweeteners but still kept sugar and corn syrup as the primary sweeteners here. Not only do they have 100% of the RDA of vitamin C and are made with fruit juice but they also state that they contain 35% less sugar than average leading gummi.Ĭorn syrup, sugar, maltitol syrup, sorbitol, gelatin, fruit juice (may contain one or all apple, pineapple juice from concentrate), citric acid, malic acid, ascorbic acid, natural and artificial flavors, carnauba wax, artificial colors (Red 40, Yellow 5 & 6, Blue 1). So they’ve launched some Better For You! gummi. Sunkist is pretty much synonymous with fruit so it’s a pretty good guess they’d want any candy with their name on it to be regarded as healthy. In order to maintain their marketshare many confectionery companies are tweaking their candies to stay in the diets of kids everywhere. (Some ban high-calorie portions, others put limits on the fat ratio and/or the sugar content.

Vending machines are being removed from schools and where they still exists, the snacks must pass a rigorous test to be deemed healthy enough to be included.

Part of this is because of the perception that candy is to blame for the current obesity crisis. Some tout being fat free, others have beneficial natural ingredients pumped up others are fortified with nutrients not normally found in candies. I blame it on there actually being a lot of new candy introductions that make health claims. I feel like I’ve been doing a lot of reviews for candies with health claims lately.

Recip for sunkist fruit gems from jell belly