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Peach rings are soft, ring shaped gummy sweets with a peach flavour and a sugary coat. Here is what goes into them, how one recipe uses real peach juice while others rely on flavourings, and what to check for diet and allergies.
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Peach rings are soft gummy sweets shaped like a ring, with a peach flavour and a sugary coating, sometimes sharpened with acid into sour peach rings. One UK retailer even describes its sour apple rings as a sour apple twist on the classic peach ring: see sour apple rings
What is in them
Recipes vary between makers. CandyKing, a pick and mix supplier, lists the ingredients of its Sour Peach Rings as:
- Glucose syrup and sugar, the main sweeteners.
- Peach juice concentrate, 8%, real fruit in the sweet.
- Gelatine, for the soft, chewy set: see gelatine in sweets explained
- Malic acid, for sourness: see what is malic acid in sweets?
- Glycerol, a humectant that keeps the sweet soft.
- Black carrot, carrot and apple concentrates and turmeric extract, for colour: see natural colours in sweets
- Natural flavouring.
CandyKing describes them as palm oil free, made with natural flavours and natural colourants, and gives 49 g of sugar and 0.02 g of salt per 100 g.
Real peach, or peach flavour?
This recipe contains real peach juice concentrate. That is not true of every peach sweet. The Vidal peach hearts listed by two UK retailers, for example, contain no peach at all, taking their taste from flavourings: see peach hearts
Why they are sour
Malic acid is sourer than citric acid and is used in sour sweets with or in place of it. Sour sweets made with malic acid are sometimes labelled with a warning that eating too many can irritate the mouth: see how are sour sweets made?
Diet and allergies
CandyKing's peach rings contain gelatine, which is made from animals, so they are not suitable for vegetarians or vegans. CandyKing also reminds shoppers that pick and mix scoops are used in different boxes, so allergens can move between them: see pick and mix and allergies
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Sour Peach Rings by the 100 g. Recipes differ between makers, so the card opens up to show the full ingredients and allergens for the peach rings we actually stock.
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Questions and answers
What are sour peach rings made of?
CandyKing lists glucose syrup, sugar, 8% peach juice concentrate, gelatine, malic acid, glycerol, black carrot, carrot and apple concentrates, turmeric extract and natural flavouring.
Are peach rings vegetarian?
Not when they are made with gelatine, as CandyKing's are. Some ring sweets are made without it, so check the ingredients of the ones you buy.
Do peach rings contain real peach?
Some do. CandyKing's Sour Peach Rings contain 8% peach juice concentrate. Other peach sweets, such as some peach hearts, take their taste from flavourings alone.
Sources
- Sour peach rings, product page, CandyKing
- Malic acid, Wikipedia
- Gelatin, Wikipedia
- Sour apple rings, product listing, Poppin Candy
Keep reading
- Sweet by sweetSour apple ringsSour apple rings are ring shaped gummy sweets with a sharp apple flavour and a sour sugar coat. What goes into them and what to check if you avoid gelatine.
- Sweet by sweetJelly ringsSugared jelly rings are ring shaped gummy sweets coated in sugar. What goes into them, why some carry a warning about colours, and what gelatine means.
- Sweet by sweetPeach heartsPeach hearts are sugar coated, heart shaped jelly sweets with a peach flavour. What is in them, where the peach taste comes from, and what E120 means.
- How it is madeHow are sour sweets made?Sour sweets get acid inside and out: citric or malic acid can be mixed into the sweet, and sour coated ones are tumbled in sugar mixed with acid crystals.
- Diet, allergens and labelsGelatine in sweets explainedGelatine gives gummies and marshmallows their texture, and it melts below body temperature, which shapes how they feel in the mouth. Who avoids it.
- Questions people askWhat is malic acid in sweets?Malic acid, E296, is the acid of apples and rhubarb. It is sourer than citric acid, so it goes into very sour sweets, some of which warn it can sting.