I love Swedish Fish. Not just 'cause I'm Swedish, but they're so damn good.
One of my roommates left a package of assorted Swedish Fish on the kitchen table, and I've relived my love for the artificially colored candies… though after a few, I remembered WHY I don't eat them very often. 1) They give me a headache, and 2) I swear the gummy portion sticks to my teeth and refuses to come off. Sometimes love hurts. :stupid:
Anyway, I looked up Swedish Fish on Wikipedia, and here's an interesting tidbit of information:
This is one of the few gummy candies that contains no gelatin and is fully vegan.
That might explain why my vegetarian brother-in-law likes them.
Ingredient list:
- Sugar
- Invert Sugar
- Corn syrup
- Modified Corn starch
- Citric Acid
- White Mineral Oil
- Artificial flavors
- Coloring (FD&C Red 40 for the red color)
- Carnauba wax
I'm guessing the headache-causing ingredients are probably the inverted sugar, corn syrup, artificial flavors, or Red 40. Or all of the above.
But, hey! They're fat free!
