# Jelly dinosaurs

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## Summary

Jelly dinosaurs are gummy sweets shaped like prehistoric beasts. What goes into them, the colours they use, and why gelatine means they are not vegetarian.

## Description

Jelly dinosaurs are gummy sweets moulded in the shapes of dinosaurs. They are sold loose in pick and mix, and in packs: the sweet maker Vidal sells Dino Jelly as a perforated sheet of six sweets that can be torn apart and shared, marketed for children and as party bag fillers.
What is in them
Recipes vary between makers: see what is in a jelly sweet? The retailer Sweets and Candy lists the ingredients of Vidal's Dino Jelly as:
Glucose syrup and sugar, the main sweeteners.Gelatine, for the chewy set, and pectin, a plant gelling agent: see gelatine in sweets explained and pectin sweets explainedWater and glycerol, which keeps the sweet soft and moist.Citric acid and flavourings.Fruit and vegetable concentrates, from safflower, lemon, radish, apple, pumpkin, tomato, blackcurrant and carrot.Colours E100, E133 and E160c.
Where the colours come from
Those colours are a mix. E100 is curcumin, the yellow colour of turmeric, and E160c is paprika extract. E133 is brilliant blue, a synthetic colour. The fruit and vegetable concentrates are coloured foods in their own right, used in place of some added colours: see natural colours in sweets and what are E numbers in sweets?
None of these three colours is one of the six that need the warning about children's activity and attention: see the Southampton six colours
Gelatine, milk and diet
Because the Vidal dinosaurs are set partly with gelatine, which is made from animals, they are not suitable for vegetarians or vegans. The retailer also warns that they may contain traces of milk: see milk in sweets
If you need a gelatine free sweet, look for one set with pectin or starch alone: see what sweets are gelatine free?
In our pick and mix
We sell SW013 by the 100 g. Recipes differ between makers, so the card opens up to show the full ingredients and allergens for the jelly dinosaurs we actually stock.

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