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Haribo Starmix vs Tangfastics: Which Is More Po...

Haribo's two biggest bags compared — the classic mixed shapes of Starmix against the sour cola bottles and rings of Tangfastics, and which one Britain actually buys more of.

Haribo Starmix vs Tangfastics: Which Is More Po...

Haribo's two biggest bags compared — the classic mixed shapes of Starmix against the sour cola bottles and rings of Tangfastics, and which one Britain actually buys more of.

Toxic Waste vs Brain Licker Bitz

Toxic Waste was built purely to be extreme sour. Brain Licker Bitz is a novelty tongue-colour candy that happens to be sour too. A head-to-head look at what actually separates...

Toxic Waste vs Brain Licker Bitz

Toxic Waste was built purely to be extreme sour. Brain Licker Bitz is a novelty tongue-colour candy that happens to be sour too. A head-to-head look at what actually separates...

Brain Licker: The Story Behind the Novelty Sour...

Brain Licker made its name with a rollerball bottle in the early 2000s — here's the real brand history, and the hard-candy Bitz format we actually stock.

Brain Licker: The Story Behind the Novelty Sour...

Brain Licker made its name with a rollerball bottle in the early 2000s — here's the real brand history, and the hard-candy Bitz format we actually stock.

Refreshers: The Full Swizzels Range We Stock

Refreshers have been fizzing on British pick 'n' mix counters since 1955 — here's the story and the five genuine Swizzels Refreshers lines we stock.

Refreshers: The Full Swizzels Range We Stock

Refreshers have been fizzing on British pick 'n' mix counters since 1955 — here's the story and the five genuine Swizzels Refreshers lines we stock.

Trolli: The Brand Behind the Sour Gummy Craze

Trolli: The Brand Behind the Sour Gummy Craze

A German gummy brand that leaned hard into sour, textured, unusual-shaped sweets rather than the classic bear-and-cola-bottle format most people picture.

Trolli: The Brand Behind the Sour Gummy Craze

A German gummy brand that leaned hard into sour, textured, unusual-shaped sweets rather than the classic bear-and-cola-bottle format most people picture.

Is There a Way to Measure How Sour a Sweet Actually Is?

Is There a Way to Measure How Sour a Sweet Actu...

Chilli heat has the Scoville scale. Sourness has something similar but far less standardised — here's what actually determines the number.

Is There a Way to Measure How Sour a Sweet Actu...

Chilli heat has the Scoville scale. Sourness has something similar but far less standardised — here's what actually determines the number.