Looking for unwrapped candy? Find Unwrapped Sunkist Fruit Gems here. Looking for a different size? See our entire c ollection of Jelly Belly Sunkist Fruit Gems in a variety of packaging options. Bag Contains: approximately 45 individually wrapped pieces Bag Contains: approximately 132 individually wrapped piecesġ-lb. Box Contains: approximately 450 individually wrapped piecesģ-lb. Each gem taste so fresh and juicy you'll think you're biting into the real thing.įlavors: Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Lime, and Raspberryġ0-lb. Made with 5 real fruit juices and a good source of Vitamin C. Here are some frequently asked questions emailed to me you might want to read first.Sunkist Fruit Gems, bulk packaged and individually wrapped.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Revisit: Take 5, Sunkist Fruit Gems & Snickers AlmondĪll Natural, Candy, Jelly Belly, Jelly Candy, Kosher, 7-Worth It, United States.Wonka Exceptionals Fruit Jellies: Grapefruit, Goji Berry & Red Apple.Trader Joe’s Jelly Beans & Citrus Gum Drops.They also come in an individually wrapped version which is better for a candy dish. Just keeping the box closed kept them pretty fresh, even with our higher than normal humidity in Southern California lately. This particular box is nearly a pound and just had loose candies inside two separate trays. They’re available in a few packaging formats.

So think of them as an in-between product. They’re pricey for fruit jellies, but much cheaper than classic artisan pate de fruit. Overall, an excellent revamp for a classic line of candies. It was sweet with a little tannic note like iced tea but not much else going on with it. The blueberry was probably the most disappointing for me, but I really only like fresh blueberries. The raspberry is quite floral and has a strong boiled jam flavor to it. I particularly enjoyed the citrus flavors, they’re distinct and have a lot of citrus peel notes, even if it does make them slightly bitter. The flavors are zesty and fresh without any weird aftertastes from artificial colors. Basically, it’s a vegan product, all vegetable products in there and nothing animal derived. The pieces are flexible and soft, and made with pectin and starch to thicken them. They really look like they should be sticky, but they’re not. The sugar coating is just enough to keep them from binding, but not so much that there’s a lot of extra sugar in the bottom of the package. The pieces are the same size as the previous versions, disks of soft jelly covered with large granulated sugar to keep them from sticking together.

The colors, though natural, are still easy to discern and attractive. The new flavors are: lemon, orange, grapefruit, raspberry and blueberry. Still, when visiting trade shows where Jelly Belly had samples, I always picked up a few of the citrus ones. Neither really lived up to the name of Sunkist, the citrus growers. Then the revamped flavor set (at the same price point but fewer candies in a package) was orange, lemon, lime and raspberry. The original flavor set was orange, lemon, lime, cherry, raspberry and grapefruit. While I like fruit jellies, I pretty much stick to orange slices or spearmint leaves (I know, not a fruit). ( Review of both versions here) Here it is, 6 years later and Jelly Belly has relaunched the Sunkist line using all natural ingredients (natural flavors including juices and natural colors).

Shortly after that, in 2006 Jelly Belly bought the rights to the candy and changed the flavor set. I reviewed the Sunkist Fruit Gems when they were made by a Los Angeles company called Ben Meyerson.

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