Giant Shrimps
The pink one that sits next to the banana.
- CategoryMisc
- First appeared1950s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeMoulded gummyAerated or foamed
What it is
A large pink foam sweet shaped like a prawn, light and spongy with a sweet strawberry flavour. No fish involved. Sold alongside the foam banana since both are made the same way.
Taste
Where it comes from
Foam shrimps have been a British penny sweet since the mid twentieth century, made with the same aerated sugar and gelatine mix as foam bananas. The shape has no connection to the flavour, it was simply one of a set of novelty moulds that were cheap to produce and easy for a child to recognise.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup whipped with pork gelatine and air, coloured pink with beetroot red, moulded and set.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
May contain traces of <strong>nuts</strong> and <strong>peanuts</strong>.
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Pork Gelatine, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavourings; Colour (Beetroot Red)
Allergens
May contain: Peanuts, Tree nuts
