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Candycrave rhubarb and custard sweets are multi-coloured, fruit-flavoured tubes or pencils with a tangy rhubarb and sweet custard combination, containing ingredients like sugar, glucose syrup, potato starch, and gelatine, along with colours such as E100 and E133. There are different types, with some being traditional boiled sweets and others being gummy pencils, so ingredients and form (like chewy or hard) can vary.
Description
Appearance:
The sweets come in various forms, including multi-coloured tubes or gummy pencils, often featuring yellow, pink, and green colours.
Flavour:
They offer the classic British pairing of a sharp, fruity rhubarb tang combined with a smooth, sweet custard flavour.
Texture:
Depending on the specific type, they can be hard boiled sweets or soft, chewy gummy pencils.
Ingredients
The exact ingredients can vary depending on whether the sweet is a boiled sweet or a gummy product, but common ingredients include:
Sugar
Glucose-fructose syrup or Glucose syrup
Potato starch or modified potato starch
Palm fat or vegetable fat
Invert sugar syrup
Acids: Tartaric acid
Humectant: Glycerol
Gelatine (gelling agent)
Flavourings
Fruit and vegetable concentrates
Colours: E100 (Curcumin), E133 (Brilliant Blue FCF), E150d (Sulphite Ammonia Caramel)