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Fruit salad chews
One half of a double act with the Black Jack, the Fruit Salad chew has been through a name change, a recipe change and back again.
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Fruit Salad chews are small, soft chews with a raspberry and pineapple flavour. Like their partner the Black Jack, they are sold under the Barratt name, and they are made in Spain. According to Barratt's history, Fruit Salad and Black Jack first appeared in 1920.
What is in a Fruit Salad?
The listed ingredients are glucose syrup, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, citric acid, soya lecithin as an emulsifier, flavourings and three colours: E104, E124 and E122. Each chew weighs 2.6 g, and a pack holds 15, which works out at about 38 chews in 100 g.
Because soya lecithin is in the recipe, Fruit Salads contain soya, one of the 14 allergens that must be emphasised on UK food labels. There is more on this in soya in sweets.
Vegetarian since 2019
From 2019 the recipe no longer contains gelatine, which made Fruit Salads suitable for vegetarians. Plenty of classic chews used gelatine for their bite, so this was a real change. See our guide to vegetarian sweets.
Nutrition
Per 100 g, Fruit Salads provide 1680 kJ (395 kcal), 0.8 g of protein, 84.1 g of carbohydrate and 6.1 g of fat. A single chew is about 10 kcal.
About those colours
E104 is quinoline yellow, E124 is ponceau 4R and E122 is carmoisine. All three were among six artificial colours studied by the UK Food Standards Agency for their effect on children. Food and drink containing any of the six must carry a warning on the label: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children. We explain the six in the Southampton six colours.
A name change and back
While the chews were made under Tangerine Confectionery, Fruit Salads were rebranded from Barratt to Candy Land, with new packaging. They have since gone back to the Barratt name, which is how most people know them.
The Black Jack connection
Fruit Salads and Black Jacks are sister chews: one fruity, one aniseed. For more on chews, see what are chews?
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Questions and answers
Are Fruit Salad chews vegetarian?
From 2019 the recipe no longer contains gelatine and is suitable for vegetarians. Recipes change, so always check the current pack.
Do Fruit Salads contain soya?
The listed ingredients include soya lecithin as an emulsifier, and soya is one of the 14 allergens that must be highlighted on UK labels.
How many calories are in a Fruit Salad chew?
About 10 kcal each, and 395 kcal per 100 g.
Sources
- Fruit Salad (confectionery), Wikipedia
- Black Jack (confectionery), Wikipedia
- Food coloring, Wikipedia
- Barratt (confectionery), Wikipedia
Keep reading
- British heritage sweetsBlack jacksBlack Jacks are black, aniseed flavoured chews first sold in the 1920s and now made under the Barratt name. Here is what is in them.
- Questions people askWhat are chews?Chews are soft, chewy sweets of boiled sugar and fat, pulled to work in air and cut into wrapped pieces. Fruit Salads, Black Jacks and Chewits are chews.
- Diet, allergens and labelsThe Southampton six coloursThe Southampton six are E102, E104, E110, E122, E124 and E129, synthetic colours that carry a warning about children. Each one explained.
- Diet, allergens and labelsA guide to vegetarian sweetsFor vegetarians, gelatine is the main thing to avoid, and the Vegetarian Society also rules out insect products such as carmine and shellac. What to check.
- Diet, allergens and labelsSoya in sweetsSoya can appear in sweets as soya lecithin, E322, an emulsifier used in chocolate. Soya is one of the 14 allergens, though some soya ingredients are exempt.
- British heritage sweetsOld fashioned sweets: the A to ZAn A to Z of old fashioned British sweets, from acid drops and aniseed balls to Wham bars and yellowman, with a line on each and a link to its full story.