Sour Patch Kids are a tasty soft gummy candy with a coating of sour sugar, so the taste of the candy changes from sour to sweet. One of the driving forces behind Sour Patch Kids growth was its success in cinemas, and it became a staple for moviegoers in the U.S.

Sour Patch Kids (known as Very Bad Kids in France, and known as Maynards Sour Patch Kids in Canada and previously in the UK) are a brand of soft candy with a coating of invert sugar and sour sugar (a combination of citric acid, tartaric acid, and sugar).

SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF TARTARIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 6, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1.

SOUR PATCH KIDS Fruits are soft & chewy sweet candies with a touch of sour. Flavors include Watermelon, Peach, Strawberry, and Grape. Each candy piece is uniquely shaped just like the fruit!

6 Facts You Need to Know About Sour Patch Kids Candy

• Sour Patch Kids introduces a new flavor just about every year.
• There's a Sour Patch Kids video game.
• They weren't always called Sour Patch Kids.
• Blue Raspberry wasn't a flavor 10 years ago.
• There are more than 25 varieties of Sour Patch Candy.

Sour candies are very acidic, with a low pH level (Acid Levels in Sour Candies). Some candy is so acidic it can actually burn gums and cheeks. Acid weakens and wears away tooth enamel. Teeth without protective enamel are prone to tooth decay.

Fun Fact Friday: Sour Patch Kids were known as Mars. Men in the 1970's, but didn't rise in popularity until. 1985 when they were re-branded as Sour Patch Kids. This was likely an attempt to capitalize on the. popularity of Cabbage Patch Kids and Garbage Pail.

As advertised, they are both sour and sweet. While most candies only challenge one area of the tongue, Sour Patch Kids breaks those barriers and challenges two; primarily the sour and sweet parts of the tongue. This, scientifically, makes the flavor of Sour Patch Kids more advanced than any other candy.

Each bag of these SOUR PATCH KIDS candies is sealed to ensure each piece stays soft, chewy and full of grape flavor.

Sour Candy The sugar in sour candies like Warheads or Sour Patch Kids is harmful enough to your teeth, but the acids in these sweets makes them even more deadly. When you eat sour candy, their high acidic content can damage your tooth enamel faster than other types of candy.

When Mars Men were brought to the United States in 1985, Jaret found that Americans were not as enthralled with aliens and were more obsessed with Cabbage Patch Kids. And so Mars Men became Sour Patch Kids, transforming into little “sour then sweet” children.

It is one of the most popular ingredients to utilize not only in sour candies. But as an additive in other Foods supplements. And even cleaning.