American Sweets

MooMoo444 · 19 Oct 2011 at 10:49

The reese's collection...... /drool

glitch · 19 Oct 2011 at 12:48

Hamster said:
Anyone have a clue what they might have been?!!

Fruit Roll Ups? Fruit By The Foot? Fruit Winders?

Tolmekian · 19 Oct 2011 at 12:57

Hamster said:
I'm going back around 25 years but when I was a wee lad, a friend of mine used to go to America quite regularly and always came back with these long strips of strawberry belt sweets. I remember them being really juicy and tangy but can't for the life of me remember what they were called. I probably wouldn't even be able to recognise the name if someone told me. Anyone have a clue what they might have been?!!

Twizzlers?

Dava · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:18

you can generally get filipino or dubai mountain dew from chinese supermarkets or asian shops, this is just as much like the american version but has real sugar instead of that HFCS!

glitch · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:30

Dava said:
you can generally get filipino or dubai mountain dew from chinese supermarkets or asian shops, this is just as much like the american version but has real sugar instead of that HFCS!

Only the American MTN Dew tastes like the American MTN Dew - thanks to Brominated vegetable oil, which is the aforementioned ingredient the EU frown upon.

Dava · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:35

glitch said:
Only the American MTN Dew tastes like the American MTN Dew - thanks to Brominated vegetable oil, which is the aforementioned ingredient the EU frown upon.

have you tried the filipino or dubai version?

they have every ingredient minus the BVO, i have tried them side by side and they are practically similiar if not better, i would prefer sugar over HFCS with BVO, theres not much difference.

code red is better anyway.

also tartrazine and orange juice is missing out of the UK version, these are both in the ones i mentioned.

glitch · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:54

Dava said:
have you tried the filipino or dubai version?

Yes, along with all the other versions that people say taste the same. They don't.

The American version is Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Concentrated Orange Juice, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Sodium Benzoate, Caffeine, Sodium Citrate, Erythorbic Acid, Gum Arabic, Calcium Dosodium EDTA, Brominated Vegetable Oil, Yellow 5.

And as an example, the Dubai version is Carbonated Water, Sugar, Orange Juice, Citric Acid, Caffeine, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Gum Arabic, Natural Citrus Flavor, Ascorbic Acid, Calcium Dosordium EDTA, Tartrazine.

Dava · 19 Oct 2011 at 13:58

i did say just as much like the same, there is barely a difference, i like mountain dew and tbh i preferred these versions to the actual american version as the HFCS makes my throat feel quite strange after a few dews

platypus · 19 Oct 2011 at 14:00

American sweets are not nice

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kaffe · 19 Oct 2011 at 14:13

There's an American food stuffs stall near my work at the moment. Gonna go and raid it later for my trip to Lincoln

Craig1981 · 19 Oct 2011 at 14:23

platypus said:
American sweets are not nice .

Have you tried Jolly Ranchers? Mike & Ike's? Those are nice!

B@Th*nG · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:42

another shop, might be cheaper:

https://www.unclecharleys.co.uk/order.html

B@

Hamster · 19 Oct 2011 at 16:00

Jason_AJB said:
Twizzlers?

They were definitely long flat belt shaped so definitely not Twizzlers

platypus · 19 Oct 2011 at 16:05

If I could find a reasonably priced set of root beer here..

thinking about it, I cna get some American friends to buy it on the airbase!

lewism · 19 Oct 2011 at 16:26

peanut butter m&m's. yum.

Craig1981 · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:15

lewism said:
peanut butter m&m's. yum.

I want to try the coconut M&Ms. Might get some the next time I place an order

CliffyBiro · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:17

I just received two massive bags of peanut butter M&Ms...

Along with some other schtuff.

Craig1981 · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:18

skippi90 said:
I just received two massive bags of peanut butter M&Ms...

Along with some other schtuff.

Nice haul! What are Apple Jacks like? I've been unsure about ordering them. Not sure if I would like them or not.

6thElement · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:22

Hamster said:
I'm going back around 25 years but when I was a wee lad, a friend of mine used to go to America quite regularly and always came back with these long strips of strawberry belt sweets. I remember them being really juicy and tangy but can't for the life of me remember what they were called. I probably wouldn't even be able to recognise the name if someone told me. Anyone have a clue what they might have been?!!

I know the stuff you mean but I can't think of the name. It's raining too much for me to go and look at lunchtime, if I remember I might look on the way home.

sammo62 · 19 Oct 2011 at 17:42

I'm moving to America in December so maybe I can start dealing US sweets back to forum members if they are bought in enough bulk lol - never thought of that market.