Nothing is more nostalgic than these melt-in-the-mouth Raspberry-flavoured shrimp-shaped delights. If you have never had these - don't worry, they don't taste like seafood! Nothing compares to the iconic Bassetts Shrimp. Do you chew yours or let them melt on your tongue a bit first? Pink Shrimps have always been an incredibly moreish sweet. But more than one in five adults eat these bags alone, and more than a third of 16 to 24 year olds. One of the things we always recognised is that people do buy with their eyes so we need to make sure that what they see tastes as good as they expect,” Fretwell tells me – something my attempt at Dolly Mix, purple with an overpowering mango flavour, doesn’t quite achieve. Confectionery classics with a twist Wine Gums have been a household name for years and were first invented over 100 years ago! In contrast to their name, Wine Gums contain no alcohol, but each coloured sweet is named after a type of wine. Wine Gums are traditionally made in 5 shapes: kidney, crown, rhombus, circle, and oblong (and also in a variety of colours). Which is your favourite shape and colour? Cadbury Schweppes merged its newly acquired sugar confectionery operations to form Trebor Bassett Ltd.

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Runts – the candy sweet that looks like fruit, making some kids feel like they are getting their 5-a-day whilst rotting their teeth. Well that’s what the tagline should have been. Another of Willy Wonka’s creations (actually Nestle, but they obtained the Charlie and the Chocolate factories rights). These provided a tangy citrus like flavour when you bit into one of these beauties. You can still find them in some of those annoying 20p in and twist machines – which never give you enough sweets for your dollar. Sherbet Fountain The transformation. For the sake of our waistlines and health, Public Health England (PHE) recommends we should be halving the amount of added or newly termed ‘free sugars’ [sugar that’s been added to food by you or a manufacturer, as well as natural sugars you get in honey, syrups and unsweetened fruit juice] we’re consuming to no more than 5 per cent of our daily calories – that’s around 30g of sugar (or about 7 teaspoons) a day for adults, and less for children, depending on their age. Some are confused over which products come under the tax. McDonald’s has added 12p to the price of a medium Coca-Cola, which contains 42g of sugar. But Fanta – which has recently changed its recipe – and low-sugar Coke Zero, Diet Coke, and Sprite, remain the same price. On top of impressing an eclectic audience of adults on a trip down memory lane and children on the hunt for the next on-trend treat brands such as Barratt also have to make sure their sweets are appropriate in our sugar-conscious era. That involves a delicate balance between doing their bit to lower sugar content while still making sure people feel they are having a treat.New Coke "New Coke" almost spelt the end for the Coca-Cola empire in 1985. They changed the flavour of Coke and the… Last week’s sugar tax added up to 24 pence per litre on fizzy drinks sold in the UK, as part of a government initiative to reduce obesity.

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Space Dust Nobody ate Space Dust because it tasted nice. In fact, most people probably couldn't tell you what it tasted like. It wasn't… Everyone loves a sweet treat now and again, but traditional sweets provide no nutrition, only calories from sugars – and the type that we should be cutting down on. Three sweets (26g) will provide 20g sugar – that is 67 per cent of your daily maximum free sugar allowance.” Pressure group Action on Sugar wants similar rules to be applied to sweets and chocolate, with a ban on multibuy promotions, and a 20 per cent levy on all confectionery.Forever a favourite with children and adults alike - White Mice is a chocolate treat that nobody can refuse. The smooth and creamy white chocolate texture is hard to beat. We also available have pink and white mice /large-pink-white-mice for a unique and fun strawberry twist or traditional sugar mice /sugar-mice for a true retro classic. These morish mice will always be a fun one to eat! Hostess Trolley The LG Hawkins company introduced its "heated sideboard" in 1931, but it was 22 years before one of its designers,… Sno-Cone Machines In 1967, Hasbro introduced its little icy treat factories to sweaty summer cities and suburbs everywhere. The Frosty Sno-Man Sno-Cone… Balancing nostalgia and people’s reluctance to let go of their childhood favourites with the need to win over a brand new audience is a task for Fretwell and his team. Yet that challenge has not stopped them trying twists on tried and tested classics, such as a new Sour Apple dip dab that riffs on the old-school version, to mark the relaunch. So there are our best traditional English sweets. perhaps we've reminded you of a retro childhood favourite or we've introduced you to a new favourite?