Sour Patch Kids (known as Very Bad Kids in France, and known as

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Sour Patch Kids in Canada and previously in the UK) are a brand of soft candy with a coating of

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and

sour sugar Sour sanding, or sour sugar, is a food ingredient that is used to impart a sour flavor, made from citric or tartaric acid and sugar. It is used to coat sour candies such as lemon drops and Sour Patch Kids, or to make hard candies taste tart, su ...

(a combination of

citric acid Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula HOC(CO2H)(CH2CO2H)2. It is a colorless weak organic acid. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits. In biochemistry, it is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, which occurs in t ...

tartaric acid Tartaric acid is a white, crystalline organic acid that occurs naturally in many fruits, most notably in grapes, but also in bananas, tamarinds, and citrus. Its salt, potassium bitartrate, commonly known as cream of tartar, develops naturally i ...

, and sugar). The slogans "Sour Then Sweet" and "Sour. Sweet. Gone." refer to the candy's sour-to-sweet taste.

History

Sour Patch Kids were originally created by Frank Galatolie of Jaret International, under the name of Mars Men in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s,

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and the Smeera Blyton Licorice Company of Sweden formed the Allen Candy Company in

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, to produce them. In 1985 they re-branded to Sour Patch Kids, but it is now owned by Santi. The name was likely changed to capitalize on the popularity of

Cabbage Patch Kids Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982. They were inspired by the Little People soft sculptured dolls sold by Xavier Roberts as collectibles. The brand was renamed 'Cabbage ...

Current Flavors

Berry, Lime, Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, Watermelon.

Discontinued Flavors

Video game

World Gone Sour is a 2011 video game based on Sour Patch Kids. It was developed by Playbrains and published by

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. It was released on December 20, 2011, for PC, April 10, 2012, for

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, and April 11, 2012, for

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(XBLA).

References

External links

Pick Your Favorite Kids & Personalize Your Pack , Sour Patch Kids
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