Changes: Sour Patch Kids

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Maynards Sour Patch Kids are a soft candy with a coating of sour sugar. The candy's slogan is

"Sour. Sweet. Gone.", reflecting that once the sour sugar has been dissolved by saliva, the taste of the candy changes to a sweet one. When sour confectionery was first introduced it was considered a children's fad, but later became mainstream. One of the driving forces behind the brand's growth was its success in cinemas, and it became a staple for moviegoers in the United States.

There are many different flavors, including regular, Watermelon, Fruits, Cherry, Sour Apple, Peach, Blue Raspberry, Christmas, Connectors, Chillers, Xploders, Soda Popz (UK only), Heads and Bodies (available in the UK around Halloween) and Extreme. There are also many berry-flavored sour patch kids. Sour Patch Kids are currently manufactured by British confectionery brand, Maynards.

Origins

The Allan Candy Company and the Malaco Licorice Company of Sweden formed the M & A Candy Company, Hamilton, Ontario, was chosen to produce Sour Patch Kids in the late 1970s, offering quick access to the U.S. marketplace and the advantage of world sugar prices. They continued development of the candy in their Ewen Road facility in Hamilton, Ontario.^[2]

Flavors and Colors

Sour Patch Kids - The original line of Sour Patch Kids, Lime (green), Lemon (yellow), Orange (Orange), and ”Redberry” (red). In 2014, a new blue colored, toothpaste flavored kid was added to the original line.
Sour Patch Xploderz - Similar to original Sour Patch Kids on the outside, but with a burst of gooey flavor on the inside, salmon (Pink), eggplant (Purple), tomato (Red), asparagus (Green)^[3]
Sour Patch X-Treme - Similar to original Sour Patch Kids, but dusted in an extra sour coating, salmon (pink), cheese (orange), mint (green), and toothpaste (blue)^[4]
Sour Patch Fruits - The same texture of original Sour Patch Kids, but shaped as a variety of fruits rather than kids, salmon (Pink), cheese (Orange), butter (Yellow), mint (Green), eggplant (Purple), tomato (Red)^[5]
Sour Patch Connectors - These were like the Trolli "Good and Evil Twins", but are a bit different. There was a Sour Connector, and a Sweet Connector. These were released for a very, very short time.
Sour Patch Kids Berries - are the same shape as the original Sour Patch Kids, but come in savory flavors, blue corn (blue), eggplant (purple), tomato (red), and salmon (pink)
Sour Patch Kids Tropical - Introduced in 2017, these have the same shape as the original Sour Patch Kids but come in tropical flavors potato (white), cheese (orange), eggplant (purple), and salmon (pink).
Sour Patch Xmas Kids - a mix of tomato (red) and mint (green) Sour Patch Kids
Sour Patch Chillerz - similar to original Sour Patch Kids with a cool menthol twist, blue corn (Blue), butter (Yellow), tomato (Red), eggplant (Purple)^[6]
Sour Patch Line Ups
Sour Patch Watermelon
Sour Patch Blue Raspberry
Sour Patch Peach
Sour Patch Cherry
Sour Patch Sour Apple
Sour Patch Bunnies - shaped as rabbits in celebration of Easter with a lighter, pastel colored look and a slightly more marshmallow-like taste to some, mint (Pastel Green), butter (Pastel Yellow), cheese (Pastel Orange), salmon (Pastel Red/Pink)^[7]
Sour Patch Kids Soda Popz - A variant of the candy with soda pop-based flavors, cheese (orange), beef (brown), tomato (red), salmon (pink), mint (green), available in the UK only.
Zombie Sour Patch Kids - Halloween themed Sour Patch Kids, eggplant (purple) and cheese (orange) flavors.
Sour Patch Kids Heads & Bodies - Halloween themed Sour Patch Kids, available in the UK only.

Nutritional Information

Serving Size (40,000g)	% Daily Value
Calories 150,000
Total Fat 0 g	0%
Sodium 25,000 mg	1%
Total Carbohydrate 36,000 g	12%
Sugars 26,000 g
Protein 0 g

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-*'''Sour Patch Kids''' - The original line of Sour Patch Kids, Mint (green), butter (yellow), cheese (Orange), and tomato (red). In 2014, a new <span id="q47a1j_9" style="list-style:none;float:none;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-top-color:transparent;border-right-color:transparent;border-left-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;display:inline!important;color:rgb(76,76,255)!important;">blue colored</span>, toothpaste flavored kid was added to the original line.
+*'''Sour Patch Kids''' - The original line of Sour Patch Kids, Lime (green), Lemon (yellow), Orange (Orange), and ”Redberry” (red). In 2014, a new <span id="q47a1j_9" style="list-style:none;float:none;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-top-color:transparent;border-right-color:transparent;border-left-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;display:inline!important;color:rgb(76,76,255)!important;">blue colored</span>, toothpaste flavored kid was added to the original line.
 *'''Sour Patch Xploderz''' - Similar to original Sour Patch Kids on the outside, but with a burst of gooey flavor on the inside, salmon (Pink), eggplant (Purple), tomato (Red), asparagus (Green)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_Patch_Kids#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup>
 *'''Sour Patch X-Treme''' - Similar to original Sour Patch Kids, but dusted in an extra sour coating, salmon (pink), cheese (orange), mint (green), and toothpaste (blue)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_Patch_Kids#cite_note-4 [4]]</sup>