Maynards Sports Mixture Reviews
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“Where's the Black ?”
Written on: 20/04/2013
There used to be a black one that tasted completely different to the others then it was taken out. I seem to recall that the black ones were then sold in bags of their own. where can I get my hands on bags of the original black ones.AS for the fruit ones they are boring and dull. Bring back the black. (read more)
“WHATA LET DOWN”
Written on: 13/03/2013 by SUZIESWEET
Just opened a 150 gramme bag of Maynards Sports Mix. I'm not in the habit of counting the sweets but have just tipped them onto the table as I wanted to eat my favourite first, i.e. Black There are 37 sweets - 1 black (my favourite) NO red, 10 green, NO yellow and 26 orange (my least favourite) I don't mind tolerating my fair share of orange if the colours are evenly distributed. What a let down (read more)
“HORRIBLE”
Written on: 13/08/2012
I bought a packet of sports mix and they were horrible it tasted like they had been sprayed with perfume, Whats going on why do they taste so bad???? (read more)
“Rancid taste”
Written on: 20/06/2012
I bought a bag of the sports mixtures on the 12 th June and they tasted rancid, I have emailed to them and heard nothing be carefull as I gave to my grandson first and was very upset as the taste really upset him Angela Hartlepool (read more)
“new flavour poison”
Written on: 21/05/2012 by shugburrell (1 review written)
the new flavour in new packets to promote olympic games is absolutely poisonous and tainted the rest of the bag. I couldn't get the taste from my mouth for at least an hour and now I am psychologically scarred in case I eat another one and get that taste. What on earth have you done? These used to be my favourite sweets? I feel I should be compensated for being subject to such an horrendous taste. Am going to collect all the pink ones and send them back to company to demand they sit and eat... (read more)
Chootch's Response to shugburrell's Review
Written on: 14/07/2012
I wrote to Cadbury and complained and received the following reply
'I confirm we have identified a flavour deviation for these sweets. It has affected only a very short period of production. The result is that a limited number of packs exhibit an unusual taste when compared to our standard product.
Please be assured that there is no indication that the flavour is harmful and it does not pose a food safety risk'
They are continuing to monitor each batch of the product. Oh and I got a £10 voucher refund :-)
I have purchased another bag since and with some hesitation, ate the red ones again - and they were perfect!
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“Absolutely Cracking”
Written on: 20/05/2012 by RAWickham9
Great taste, great texture. Simply the best fruit gum confectionary product out there at the moment. (read more)
“YUCK!!”
Written on: 17/05/2012
I have been a fan of Lions Sports Mix (the best in my view) then Maynards, a bit of shame when licorise flavour went, so I had not bought any for a while, until the Team GB version on sale now. The first sweet out was OK but then I got an orange colour and had to spit it out. The flavour was of cleaning fluid or some such unpleasant tasting chemical. I thought maybe it was a one off so had another orange which was inedible also. I have complained to Cadburys who replied with a standard... (read more)
“What have they done?!!!!”
Written on: 07/05/2012 by chootch (1 review written)
I always keep a bag of Sport Mixtures in my car and last week opened my latest packet, which was branded for Team GB by Cadbury. Oh my god, I was nearly sick. The red ones taste like chemicals. Seriously, I don't think this can be intentional, can only presume something has gone very full. (read more)
Jwalls's Response to chootch's Review
Written on: 11/05/2012
I totally agree with you the red one's are vile god know what's in them but I hope it's nothing bad.
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“Just eating a bag of sports mixtures 150g Bag number...”
Written on: 27/04/2012
Just eating a bag of sports mixtures 150g Bag number oshog20641. some of the orange coloured sweets taste like poison. There is definately something wrong with these sweets. Have had them many times but they never tasted like this (read more)
Guest's Comment
Written on: 04/05/2012
I must agree, the sweets that are between red and orange in colour are revolting, taste of very strong perfume.
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Guest's Comment
Written on: 07/05/2012
prefered it when the black ones tasted of liquorice
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Chootch's Comment
Written on: 07/05/2012
Agreed. Bought a couple of packets last week and sending them back. Vile. It's the red ones in the packets I have. I was almost sick. It's like tasting chemicals. Yack! I hope it's just a blunder and not a forced change.
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Chootch's Comment
Written on: 07/05/2012
That's it, perfume!!! I'm glad it'snot just me. I'm sending them back this week as a very dissatisfied customer
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Sheldon1's Comment
Written on: 07/05/2012
Glad it wasn't just me. I think the sweets have been tampered with during manufacture. Was hoping Cadbury would have written a response.
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“I love the green, orange and red ones but honestly I...”
Written on: 29/12/2011 by emmavic
I love the green, orange and red ones but honestly I dont know why the liquorice ones were taken out, absolutely loved the liquorice ones and now because of this I dont tend to buy them as often as I used to. It is exactly the same with the midget gems aswell. (read more)
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“Maynards Sports Mix”
Written on: 01/12/2011 by BAMFORS
Love Them - Love the Blacks - Hated The Old Liquorice Black Ones - Not as Hard as before but wine gums after all (read more)
“Not the same sweeties any more :( Totally Revolting.”
Written on: 13/11/2011 by Marbles296
Our family buy these weekly... its a Sunday night tradition. Not any more... we had our last packet tonight. I was going to report them as being faulty or a bad run, but then I read the packaging. When Cadbury bought the original company I waited for the change... and here it is. The sweets are inedible. In fact some of them smell of vomit. How very sad that you felt the need to change them... There was no need whatsoever. I hope that this is not a unique review and that you get so... (read more)
Guest's Response to Marbles296's Review
Written on: 07/05/2012
Agreed. Bought a couple of packets last week and sending them back. Vile. It's the red ones in the packets I have. I was almost sick. It's like tasting chemicals. Yack! I hope it's just a blunder and not a forced change.
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“Something missing”
Written on: 04/09/2011
It was bad enough taking away the black one's, but you put the flavours on the bag, so where's the pineapple? We have a bag nearly every week and no pineapple explain!!!!!!!! (read more)
“What on earth have they done to Sports mixture? We...”
Written on: 21/04/2011
What on earth have they done to Sports mixture? We have been searching for a bag with the yellow sweet in for some time now, to no avail. And the culprit behind this huge blow to Sports Mixture fans, Cadbury. Don't be fooled by the 'Maynards' name (poor old Lions, you should never have sold your lovely company to these greedy monsters). Yes, Cadbury have 'mucked' up the recipe for Sports Mixture. Their attention to detail is pretty cra p too. Blobs rather than shapes. And the CRIME of... (read more)
Guest's Comment
Written on: 06/06/2011
yes i agree, BRING BACK THE YELLOW lol i wont be buying anymore till they do :)
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Guest's Comment
Written on: 22/06/2011
Already complained. They told me they were bringing them back and they'd be there soon. All they gave me was a £3 voucher. That was months ago. I even complained today on the Radcliffe and Maconie show today.
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“have maynards taken over from lions now 4 sports...”
Written on: 18/04/2011
have maynards taken over from lions now 4 sports mixture as i tried a packet of maynards last week horrible i prefer the lions ones they had more flavour and more taste and they were firmer than the maynards ones. so i hope u can stil get the lions ones. (read more)
Guest's Comment
Written on: 22/06/2011
You can get the Lions ones in Ye Olde Sweet shops in the big jars.
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“All I cans say is.....owwww my jaw...”
Written on: 20/01/2011
All I cans say is.....owwww my jaw... (read more)
“Why change something that was great. ”
Written on: 02/01/2011
Why change something that was great.
Bring back the original black flavour ... not the dreadful black-current(ish!) rubbish.
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“Screw you guys! I love sports mixture!”
Written on: 02/10/2010
Screw you guys! I love sports mixture! (read more)
“Disgusting! A sorry copy of my favourite sweets, the...”
Written on: 18/09/2010
Disgusting! A sorry copy of my favourite sweets, the original Lions brand. Maynards are soft, sticky, mishapen, gummy blobs...and there's no licorice! I hate you Maynards for ruining one of my childhood memories. Shame on you. (read more)
“I bought a packet of these 2 weeks ago, although not...”
Written on: 10/09/2010 by redisbest (1 review written)
I bought a packet of these 2 weeks ago, although not as good as Lion's. I too love the Pineapple ones and could not find one in the whole bag.
Bored last week I thought I would send an e-mail to Maynards asking why no yellow sweets (not really expecting a reply).
Got a letter back 2 day's ago from Cadbury confirming that they have had some 'minor flavour issues with this particular unit in recent production batches and therefore have not included the pineapple sweet in packs/ boxes of...
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“When I saw sports mixtures back in the shops a couple...”
Written on: 05/09/2010
When I saw sports mixtures back in the shops a couple of years ago
I was the least to say, excited. I was not dissapointed they were just as I remembered in every way. I have three brothers all of which were hooked on these delightful nostalgic gems. Once word got out I would say that on average we were all buying 1-3 packets per week ! All was well for a few years until alas Maynards bought out Lion Brand and there
the love story ends. They basically destroyed them overnight ! Well done...
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“I am really cross now! I buy sports mixtures because I...”
Written on: 01/09/2010
I am really cross now! I buy sports mixtures because I love the pineapple flavour. Bad enough when one packet I bought had none in. Imagine my fury now at having bought at least 5 packets with no sign of a pineapple. I want to know why and will not buy them again unless I get a reply to this from the company!
Janey G
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Redisbest's Comment
Written on: 10/09/2010
I bought a packet of these 2 weeks ago, although not as good as Lion's. I too love the Pineapple ones and could not find one in the whole bag.
<br/>Bored last week I thought I would send an e-mail to Maynards asking why no yellow sweets (not really expecting a reply).
<br/>Got a letter back 2 day's ago from Cadbury confirming that they have had some 'minor flavour issues with this particular unit in recent production batches and therefore have not included the pineapple sweet in packs/ boxes of Sports Mix. However, they are in the process of rectifying this issue and are confident that they will be introducing the Pineapple unit shortly'.
<br/>They also included a £3 voucher for any Cadbury product. Result!!
<br/>Go to 'www.cadbury.co.uk' to log a complaint if so wish to do.
<br/>G
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“Used to love them but not the same now the liquorice...”
Written on: 13/08/2010
Used to love them but not the same now the liquorice flavour has been substituted for blackcurrant. Also much softer than the Lions product. Last 3 bags have had no yellow pineapple ones. Why ??? (read more)
“Maynards completely ruined Sports Mixture when they...”
Written on: 04/08/2010
Maynards completely ruined Sports Mixture when they took it over a few years back....I have stopped buying them...they have done the same to Midget Gems too...the white ones used to be pear drop flavour, but are now no longer in the bag.
I think if you buy a box of sports mixture from www.aquarterof.co.uk they are the orginal ones made by Lion (now called Tangerine Confectionery). You can also buy boxes of liquorice gums too.
Tangerine/Lion now do a similar bag called Football Gums and the...
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“on my birthday i was looking forward to my big box of...”
Written on: 01/08/2010
on my birthday i was looking forward to my big box of sportsmixtures only
to find no yellow and no black ones.
i have bought many bags since then and this is an often accurence (No yellows)which is very disappointing considering it has a picture on the box(bag),i am not going to buy any more since it is not meeting my satisfactory needs and i am regarding this as a misleading picture.
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Wavygravy's Comment
Written on: 04/08/2010
try buying a box from here
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<br/>http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/lions-sports-mixture-p-210.html
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<br/>They are the original Lion brand ones.
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“I have just bought a pack of Sports Mixture gums and...”
Written on: 29/07/2010
I have just bought a pack of Sports Mixture gums and was really disappointed. There were no yellow or green ones and they are so mishapen. I can't work out what the heck any of them are supposed to represent. I thought I must have a duff packet, but other reviews say the same things. What a load of rubbish! They are too small too. Can you tell I'm not satisfied? lol. (read more)
“what the **** ! I agree with all negative comment. Why...”
Written on: 25/07/2010
what the **** ! I agree with all negative comment. Why change them. If i want wine gums I would buy wine gums. These are not meant to be like this. What a major dissapointment! Ps. There were NO yellow ones in either the bags i bought for both myself or my daughter. Will never buy again (read more)
“This is the e.mail I sent to Maynards; ”
Written on: 16/07/2010 by rikstar (1 review written)
This is the e.mail I sent to Maynards;
I was happily away to sit down and enjoy my first packet of Sports Mixture in quite a while and went straight for the black ones - OMG what have you done to them? They are now blackcurrant flavour - why? I also noticed that the orange ones are now Apricot - again why? And the yellow ones are Pineapple - again why? Apricot and Pineapple - who in their right minds would decide to make flavours of Apricot and Pineapple.
They used to be one of my favorite...
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“The pineapple ones are the best...evocative of the...”
Written on: 30/05/2010
The pineapple ones are the best...evocative of the spiky fruit itself! (read more)
“Why would you buy over some well known and loved...”
Written on: 22/05/2010
Why would you buy over some well known and loved sweets and completely change them. I used to love sports mixture for the fact they lasted for ages and I loved the black ones! Proper addicted to them. Now they just taste like wine gums (which make you feel a bit sick after about 5 or 6), made them softer for some reason, and changed the completely unique black ones with the completly average flavour of blackcurrant! Where do i go now for rock hard chewy sweets with the liqourice taste? I'm... (read more)
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“they are nothing like the ones I love since childhood....”
Written on: 06/03/2010
they are nothing like the ones I love since childhood. They are too soft and dont taste as nice and no liqorise? I wouldnt buy them now I can get the real ones again. (read more)
“These are the best Jellies on the market they have...”
Written on: 15/12/2009
These are the best Jellies on the market they have good bite, they are not sickly and I can eat the whole packet in one sitting.
I LOVE THEM, MAYNARDS PLEASE DON'T EVER CHANGE THEM.
Only down side is that they are not easy to track down when trying to purchase,
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“What a disappointment, I had a friend bring me 12 pkgs...”
Written on: 05/11/2009
What a disappointment, I had a friend bring me 12 pkgs from the UK. They're nothing like the originals. No where near as chewy and certainly not the same flavours. I thought it was me! My adult palet less discerning than my childhood one. Another favourite that's bitten the dust. In the 70's we used to get them 4 for 1p. Even with the cost of living rising they are certainly not value for money. (read more)
“Compared to Lion Sports mixtures, Maynards Sports...”
Written on: 29/09/2009
Compared to Lion Sports mixtures, Maynards Sports mixtures are like a Beatles tribute band compared to the Beatles. They've tried hard,and they
mean well, but it just isn't good enough.
Too soft,too large and no black ones.
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“Maynards Sports mixture are amazing and the future....”
Written on: 11/08/2009
Maynards Sports mixture are amazing and the future. All the liquorice lovers are weird. Are you 80? Liquorice is the devils confectionary and you will burn in hell for liking it. (read more)
Amclpreston's Comment
Written on: 31/10/2009
For me, the quality, flavour and taste of the original Lions Confectionary midget gems is what makes them special, particularly the liquorice black ones. I understand that Cadbury Maynard, who now own Lion Confectionery did a market survey which said that people preferred blackcurrent instead of liquorice for the black ones.
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<br/>The thing is, changing that means that Maynards midget gems are much the same as the umpteen crap-brand knock-offs that you can buy anywhere, petrol stations, your local Co-op. They all are similar in that they are cheap, low quality sweets being sold at a relatively high price for what they cost to make. By copying that, and selling sweets on the basis of market surveys, you end up with nothing very different to what everyone else is doing.
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<br/>I think I prefer the approach whereby if you have a quality product with a long-standing and loyal 'fan-base', you fnd out what exactly it is that turns them on...., and reach out to new customers from there.
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<br/>What Cadbury's, imo, have done is just done things the lazy, big corporate, way. Created just another bag of 'fruity sweeties', interchangeable, and mostly the same as all the other fruity sweeties. And just as dispensable.
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“Bring back the ORIGINAL Maynards Sports Mixture as the...”
Written on: 03/08/2009
Bring back the ORIGINAL Maynards Sports Mixture as the blackcurrant ones taste like rubbish (read more)
“Never having had the original sweets I can't really...”
Written on: 15/07/2009
Never having had the original sweets I can't really comment on the change only to say that they are so much better than wine gums which are now too soft. I love the maynards sports mixture and just can't stop eating them when the packet is open. I really like the flavours and can't say anything bad about them. (read more)
“maylands sports mixture is too soft, flavours too...”
Written on: 09/07/2009
maylands sports mixture is too soft, flavours too bland and no liquirice flavour. Not like the old version! (read more)
“These Sports Mixture are harder than most other gums,...”
Written on: 30/06/2009 by Sara206 (1 review written)
These Sports Mixture are harder than most other gums, even though they are softer than they used to be when they were made by Lions (which isn't a good thing). All the flavours except the black one are gorgeous, the black one used to be a kind of liquorice flavour which although unusual and as I child I wasn't fond of, became one of my favourites as my taste buds matured. Unfortunately, some marketing bod at Maynards has replaced this original and unusual flavour with a generic... (read more)
“Hey guys like the Maynards Sports Mixture black sweet...”
Written on: 29/06/2009
Hey guys like the Maynards Sports Mixture black sweet try asda own make Miget Gems 25p per bag
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Lionlover's Comment
Written on: 02/07/2009
Confirming Asda's midget gems are the next-best thing to the original Lion gums - try and find bags that have gone opaque or open them and leave them to "mature" and harden into a great chew!
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“Maynards Sports Mixture are soft and tasteless”
Written on: 28/06/2009
Maynards Sports Mixture are soft and tasteless (read more)
“I've eaten Maynards Sports Mixtures since I was a kid...”
Written on: 07/05/2009 by nicdonald
I've eaten Maynards Sports Mixtures since I was a kid and was reunited with them a couple of years ago. I hated the liquorice ones and so the blackcurrant ones are a nice addition. What annoys me is that they seemed to have changed the calorie content in them. One bag says 5 cals per sweet and the next bag says 15 per sweet - which is right? These bags are both of the 'new' sports. (read more)
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Written on: 05/05/2009 by Baby kelly (1 review written)
When Lions made sports mixtures they did a lovely Black Licquorice one, then Maynards take over, they decide to replace it with a lovely Black Blackcurrant one, I go out and buy a bag of Maynard sports mixtures to try the new blackcurrant ones, & HEY PRESTO!! I get every colour BUT the Black one. WE NEED TO BOYCOTT MAYNARDS, BECAUSE THEY'RE STINGY AND TAKING THEM HOME AND EATING THEM THEIRSELVES!! & falsly advertising black ones on their packet, when there is none in the packet they...
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“Maynards Sports Mixture taste nothing like the real...”
Written on: 30/04/2009 by lgk (1 review written)
Maynards Sports Mixture taste nothing like the real sport mixture by lion, the texture is not the same, the flavours are not as strong , they just don't taste the same.The blacks where one of the best flavours this has been replaced with a totaly different flavour and all the other flavours have been changed. They are just winegums shaped like sport mixture bat ,ball,etc without the real sport mixture flavours we used to love. Just using the origanal name to con people into thinking they are... (read more)
Wavygravy's Response to lgk's Review
Written on: 04/08/2010
if you buy a box from here they are made by Lion brand and are all the original flavours and texture
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<br/>http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/lions-sports-mixture-p-210.html
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<br/>You can also buy liquorice gums from them and I recently bought a couple of bags of Football Gums made by Lion at a local garage which are slightly different flavours, but the black ones are also liqourice, and have the same texture as the old sports mixture....keep your eyes peeled as they were brought out for the world cup and say limited edition on them.
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“Maynards Sports Mixture are the best. I used to buy...”
Written on: 08/03/2009 by raff58 (1 review written)
Maynards Sports Mixture are the best. I used to buy them when I was a young lad and still enjoy them today. However, they changed the original black. Please don't stop making them. (read more)
“I love Maynards Sports Mixture... dont care if they...”
Written on: 03/03/2009
I love Maynards Sports Mixture... dont care if they are softer or taste different to the Lions (?) type... I cant get enough of them ... when anyone visits the UK its the first thing I ask them to bring me back! I used to be a huge Haribo Starmix fan until I tried the Sports Mixtures. Im in heaven troffing them. if you don't like yours.. feel free to send them to me here in Bermuda! (read more)
“Maynards Sports Mixture are nothing like the original...”
Written on: 02/02/2009
Maynards Sports Mixture are nothing like the original lions sports mixtures. Maynards should stick to wine gums and put the original sports mixtures back in the bag including the liquorice (the black one). I for one am disgusted by the blackcurrent replacement. Other pleasure gone but not forgotten. (read more)
“Good news if you are a midget gem lover - you can...”
Written on: 22/01/2009
Good news if you are a midget gem lover - you can still buy Lions original midget gems! If you google 'Lions Midget Gems' you will find numerous sweet shops that sell them by the box.
Rather expensive I must admit though and I was chuffed to see that Makro (I live in Leicester) sell them at a very reasonable £12 for a 3kg box. Long live THE ORIGINAL midget gems!!
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“I've got a full box of Lyons Midget gems which I...”
Written on: 11/12/2008
I've got a full box of Lyons Midget gems which I bought as soons as I found out Maynards had taken them over - about a year ago now. I daren't open it knowing that it may be the last time I ever get chance to eat the 'proper' sweets - aggrrrhhh!! (read more)
“I think they taste like wine gums now. I can't believe...”
Written on: 30/10/2008
I think they taste like wine gums now. I can't believe they changed the taste. My grandma used to bring down a box from Aberdeen at Christmas when they were made by Lion. Now they're softer, blander and worst of all the black flavour has changed! (read more)
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Chootch's Comment
Written on: 14/07/2012
Have posted a response below on shugburrell's comment