Sunkist Fruit Gems Soft Candy, Assorted Natural Flavors, 2-lb

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For me, these are just 'OK' treats.I'm not going to purchase these again. It seems that either my memory of these was off or they actually changed over the years since my fond memories of them. The berry flavored gems are the best flavor, the rest are varying degrees of understandable flavors that I am just not compelled to reach for so often, yet even the berry wasn't as compelling a flavor as my memory recalled. I know tastes can change with one's age, so that might have something significant to do with it. This bag will likely go untouched for quite some time, unless I decide to drop it on family or friends and leave it with them.3Flavors have changed; also way too sugary. Will buy again, but ONLY because they are "allergy free!"These are good for people with peanut allergies. However, they are more sugary than they were years ago. I was excited about seeing these on Amazon after looking for these for years after our local stores stopped stocking them. The grapefruit used to actually taste more like a tasty tart grapefruit flavor (sweet and tart) and now tastes so sugary you can't tell it is grapefruit flavored. Also, we used to really like the lime and there are no green lime gems in this bag. I will probably buy it again (but on the lookout for something better), due to life-threatening peanut allergy, but would really like these to be more fruitful/tart flavored like they used to be. Too many overly sugary tasting candies on the market and this used to be unique. I originally rated these 4 stars (simply because they are "allergy free" and there aren't many candies out that can suffice for people with severe peanut allergies) but then edited it to 2 stars because the flavors are really nothing like the great flavors they were before. Please go back to the old flavors that actually tasted like FRUIT and not just sugar!!!! All that said, my grandkids like them a lot, but they don't know they used to taste a lot better. One of them will only eat the lemon (that one actually tastes like lemon).ADDENDUM: These are very hard for kids to unwrap and even difficult for adults. These wrappers are not easy to tear open!!2Did Sunkist change or is this a weird variety pack?I love fruit gems. I should really never buy the things as I devour them and have no sense of proportion when eating them. So buying a 2 lb bag online may not have been my best choice.The question with this bag though is did fruit gems change or is my memory faulty? This bag seemed to not be focused on the bright orange, red, and yellow fruit gems of my youth. There seemed to be many blue and green ones (and the ever-eternal white ones, what are those supposed to be?) Trying to associate actual fruit with each one seems an exercise in hubris so I won't try. However, I will tell you that I was disappointed with this purchase due to the large number of the weird off flavors (okay, that's purely a subjective judgement, but I have no time for detailed fruit gem field trials with proper controls.)This is a large bag of gelatin candy. If you care not about specific flavor, then it should be fine. The gelatin is formed in disk shapes and each is covered in sugary crystals (I don't claim that these are actually made of sugar. Who knows.) I just removed two stars as this isn't the bright sunny orange, red, and yellow (and white, can't forget the weird cousin gems) happiness I recall.3not in packagethey dont come in original packaging.3We just hope you can come up with a good natural lime flavor soonI buy these for my office because everyone loves them. However, in the past year the size of the disks seem to have shrunk and the flavors seem more diluted. We really miss the lime but appreciate a more natural candy. We just hope you can come up with a good natural lime flavor soon. Also the last several bags I bought didn't have any blueberry at all and only a few lime. My office was disappointed. We are happy you are working towards a more natural formula but please dont shrink the size or skimp on flavors. That seems to be more profit motivated than customer satisfaction. We will order one more time but if no improvements then we will switch to a different candy.2Fresh fruit flavors, not too sugary, good customer service.Fresh fruit flavors, not too sugary, good customer service. We purchased this on Amazon from the Sunkist company because:1- We read all the other good customer reviews, and2- We like chewy fruit-flavored candies, lol!The packaging states that these are made with real fruit juice - and they taste like it. Very "fruity" flavors. Many gummy fruit candies come with a lot of sugar coating on the outside, that falls off and makes a mess when you eat them. These do not. There is a coating on the outside, but it is not just loose sugar, it doesn't fall off when you open the candy.These are individually wrapped, which makes them easy to hand out to other people, and also keeps them fresh. The package we purchased has a "best-by" date that is 18 months in the future - they arrived very fresh.We contacted the customer service department at Sunkist, just to compliment them on the quality of the candy. They responded to us with their thanks, and in addition they sent us some free candy samples. That really surprised and impressed us!Great product, well worth the price!5Very disappointing flavors.While these Sunkist Fruit Gems arrived soft, fresh and packaged nicely in their own zip lock bag, their flavors are seriously lacking from the Fruit Gems with bursts of flavor I loved many years ago. They reek of flavors derived from extract rather than the fresh fruit tastes they once had. Individual flavors are very subtle and hard to recognize as are the pale colors of each with a definite bitter extract after taste. Very disappointing. Edible, but I won t be reordering. You ve ruined a once great product.3Not what they use to be. Bleh!What happened? These use to be THE best jelly candies with a bright fruit taste and soft chew. I haven't found these in a few years so I was excited to find them again. But why? These, if I didn't know the color of the drop in my mouth I would have no idea what flavor I was eating. Such a disappointment, plus they are a bit stale. Glad I only bought one bag, not the 3 I was going to order. Why do companies constantly ruin their product?1the item on Amazon shows fruit gems made in USA, when delivered, it said made in ThailandI dislike the misleading information. I only want treats for my grand kids made in the USA. The picture provided for the product had an American flag and said made in USA. When the fruit gems arrived, it said made in Thailand1Disappointing- Not what they used to be!I used to love these years ago with their intense fruit flavors and the unique texture created by using pectin. They seemed to disappear for a long time until I ran into them here on Amazon. These are not the same candies. They all seem diluted, a bit too sweet, and the citrus flavors have bitter, pith-like aftertastes. The lime is quite...soapy. The sugar used to coat these is also coarser, which is another step down, in my opinion. I read somewhere that they changed the flavors to be "all natural." Bring back the artificial ones. Don't people know that "natural" does not necessarily mean that raspberry flavor comes from raspberry. Corn-derived flavors are still labeled as "natural."3

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