Although there are some vegetarian chewy sweets available in supermarkets, they're normally packed full of artificial flavours and colours, which I'd also rather that they didn't eat. I recently read about Goody Good Stuff sweets in a vegetarian food magazine and thought they sounded pretty good. There are 8 types (4 gummy varieties and 4 sour varieties) which are all either vegetarian or vegan, plus they are gluten-free, halal and use only natural colours and flavours (so even most children with food allergies can eat them).
I was asked to review them on my blog, which my children were only to pleased to help with!
We tried 3 of the varieties: Koala gummy bears, sour cola bottles and sour fruit salad. All 3 varieties were satisfyingly chewy, although not quite as chewy as gelatine-based sweets. The fruity flavours were great and despite only using natural ingredients, the colours were nice and vibrant. The sour varieties both had a good tangy taste, although we would have all liked them to be a little more sour. The koala gummy bears were just right though and both of my kids said they tasted nicer than a certain well know brand of chewy sweets! We were all impressed the sweets and were left wanting more!
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A lovely post dear... I can understand the difficulty of explaining things when it comes to food to kids..:)
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We tried the Cola bottles recently ourselves too and enjoyed them - they're nicer than the non-vegetarian versions! I do think it's important for kids not to feel 'deprived' because of being veggie, so it's great to have yummy alternatives like these to treat them with - thanks for the review :-)
ReplyDeleteI really like Vegetarian and vegan sweets. I think that its great for your body and health. I think that many health conscious people would love to have this kind of sweets.
ReplyDeleteI love sweets as a veggie but i am not keen on Goody Good Stuff they make me feel sick
ReplyDeleteFunny that last comment; I just ate about 3/4 of a bag and found them yummy and no different from the ones with gelatin -- however, got an upset tummy about 45 minutes after finishing them. Coincidence?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to check out (I was already planning on this before the tummyache, which is gone now, only minutes later, so maybe it was nothing to do with the candy) their site to see if they use non-GMO corn, which is possible to hope for, as they're made in Austria and not North America.
I probably won't be buying them again anyway, as they contain beeswax and I don't do bee products. I was just so happy to find something that didn't contain gelatin that I thought I wouldn't worry about it the one time. Maybe I can find one of their products that is vegan...
Thanks for posting -- good information for everyone!