Fruity Mentos
The chew that went viral for the wrong reason.
- CategoryChewy
- First appeared1930s
- CountryNetherlands
- How it is madePanned
What it is
A chewy sweet with a hard shell in mixed fruit flavours, sold in rolls. Dense, fruity and made with real fruit juice, with a texture between a chew and a mint.
Taste
Where it comes from
Mentos was created in the Netherlands in the 1930s by the Van Melle brothers, reportedly after one of them saw a similar sweet on a train journey to Poland. It became a global brand and the fruit version is now sold in over a hundred countries. It is best known outside confectionery for what happens when you drop one in a bottle of diet cola.
What it's made of
Sugar, glucose syrup and coconut oil chewed base with fruit juices from concentrate, formed into discs then panned with a thin sugar shell and polished with carnauba wax.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (Raspberry, Watermelon, Strawberry, Apple, Orange, Grapefruit, Blueberry) (2%), Coconut Oil, Acid (Citric Acid), Starch, Flavourings, Maltodextrin, Cocoa Butter, Thickeners (Gellan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Gum Arabic), Emulsifier (Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids), Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax), Colours (Anthocyanins, Curcumin, Beta Carotene, Beetroot Red).
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
