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Haribo Starmix vs Tangfastics: Which Is Actuall...

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 Actuall...

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: Which Extreme...

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: Which Extreme...

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.