Fizzy blue meerkats 300g

Fizzy Blue Meerkats are fruit-flavored, gummy-chewy sweets with a fizzy sour sugar coating, shaped like meerkats, and are vegan and vegetarian-friendly. The ingredients typically include glucose syrup, sugar, modified starch, acids (citric, malic, lactic acid), flavouring, E133 colouring, and a glazing agent like carnauba wax. 

Description

• Appearance: These sweets are shaped like small meerkats. 

• Texture: They are gummy and chewy, with a fizzy, sour sugar coating. 

• Flavor: They are described as fun, fruit-flavored, with a specific mention of a blue raspberry flavor for some variants. 

• Dietary Suitability: They are suitable for vegans and vegetarians. 

Common Ingredients

While exact ingredients can vary slightly between brands, a typical list includes: 

• Glucose Syrup: and Sugar: The main sweeteners. 

• Modified Starch: Often a combination of corn, wheat, or potato starch, which gives the gummy texture. 

• Acids: Citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, and sodium malate for the sour flavor. 

• Flavouring: For the fruit flavor. 

• Colouring: Typically E133 (Brilliant Blue FCF) for the blue color. 

• Glazing Agent: Carnauba wax is often used to prevent sticking.