What it is
Tiny firm fruit gums in six colours, chewier and denser than a wine gum, with a liquorice black one that people either pick out first or leave behind. A northern sweet shop fixture.
Taste
Where it comes from
Midget gems are a smaller, firmer relative of the wine gum, developed in Britain in the early twentieth century and associated particularly with Yorkshire, where Lion Confectionery of Cleckheaton made them famous. They were sold as a sweet you could make last, which mattered when sweets were rationed or bought by the ounce.
What it's made of
Sugar, glucose syrup and starch boiled to a very firm set with gelatine, flavoured with fruit and liquorice, glazed for shine.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Beef Gelatine, Water, Modified Potato Starch, Acids (Citric Acid, Acetic Acid), Liquorice Extract, Flavourings, Palm Oil, Colours (Lutein, Vegetable Carbon, Paprika Extract, Carmines, Chlorophylls, Curcumin), Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax), Plant Concentrates (Safflower, Spirulina). Not suitable for children under 36 months.
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
