Blue Raspberry Pips
Small, blue and sharp.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared2000s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeBoiled
- DietaryHalal
What it is
Tiny hard blue raspberry sweets, intensely flavoured for their size, eaten in handfuls.
Taste
Where it comes from
Blue raspberry was invented in America in the 1950s and 1960s to distinguish a flavour from cherry and strawberry on a shelf. It arrived in Britain through slush drinks and has become a standard flavour in the boiled sweet category.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup with sulphites, tartaric and citric acid, boiled and coloured with brilliant blue.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
May contain traces of <strong>milk</strong>.
Sugar, Glucose Syrup (<strong>Sulphites</strong>), Tartaric Acid, Flavouring, Citric Acid, Colour E133.
Allergens
Contains: Sulphites. May contain: Milk
