Product: 10-Pack: Candy People Swedish Dala Horse Gummies (4 oz, 2.5lb total)
Model: 7350039459793
Condition: New
The Swedish Dala Horse is inspired by the treasured and famous example of Swedish Folk art, Dalahäst (Dala Horse), a painted wooden toy horse from central Sweden
Candy People was founded in Malmo in 1982, and creates a wide and varied range of Swedish candy favorites
Delicious fruit-flavored gummy candy
Resealable standup pouch
Non GMO
Free of high fructose corn syrup
Free of synthetic colors
0g trans fat per serving
Gluten free
Gelatin free
Net weight: 4 oz (113g)
Note: Expiration date is written on the packaging in the European format of Day-Month-Year
Allergens: Made on equipment that also processes wheat and milk. This product was manufactured in a facility where peanuts, tree nuts (almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia, pecans), soy, wheat and milk are used in the production of other products
Best by 7/7/23
What’s Included?
10x Candy People Swedish Dala Horse Gummies (4 oz bags)
@PooltoyWolf Mine as well. I’ve had an itch for a while and I’ve been jonesing the local Dollar 25 Tree eyeing the Trolli gummi candy lately so considering the price is equivalent and no HFCS yeah, I’m in. Haven’t really eaten any since the last of the Harry Potter gummi candy was last on here like over a year ago and I can’t talk myself out of these. These look like softer ones like those which I very much prefer and not the chewy Haribo.
@hchavers@pmarin@Tiamat114 Yeehaw! That clinches it for me. I used to hang with a friend who was a Catholic priest and he had a blessing that would remove all the harmful calories from deserts… this must be kind of like that!
@hchavers@sammydog01 I don’t think it was there originally. I hopped over to Amazon in the first place before this post was made because I did not see them listed. More likely I am blind though.
The ingredients list sent me down a rabbit hole trying to figure out what the heck is “invert sugar”?
Each molecule of regular sugar, sucrose, also known as table sugar, is made up of one molecule of glucose bound to one molecule of fructose.
Invert sugar is made by heating a mixture of sucrose and water until the bonds between the glucose and fructose break. After that bond breaks it’s binding point on each of the two simple sugars is replaced by part of a water molecule. The glucose picks up an H (hydrogen) and the fructose picks up an OH (hydroxide). This process is called hydrolysis.
The result is a syrup comprised of half glucose and half fructose, the same ratio of simple sugars that were in the starting sucrose. Invert sugar has a similar ratio of fructose to glucose to that found in honey. In honey the fructose to glucose ratio is a little higher than 1:1, but it should be noted that honey contains a mix of many different types of sugars, with fructose and glucose together comprising 60% to 80% of honey by weight.
Because fructose is the sweetest type of natural sugar, the presence of free fructose in invert sugar gives it a much sweeter flavor compared with regular table sugar.
Why is it called invert sugar?
Invert sugar is named after its unique optical properties.
The bonds between the simple sugar molecules that make up sucrose alter the direction in which polarized light is rotated as it passes through sugar.
When light passes through invert sugar, it rotates in the opposite (inverted) direction, leading to the name invert sugar.
@batness I saw that in the Amazon reviews and I wish I hadn’t! I’ve never heard of cochineal before and had no idea what it was.
I’m guessing it’s probably a fairly common ingredient for coloring, but that’s something I wish I were blissfully ignorant about. I want to get these, but it’s definitely keeping me from hitting the buy button. Yuck.
@batness@k4evryng Eh - bugs are edible; I’m not so crazy about eating them if they still look like bugs, but I’m not put off by them in this form. Being allergic is a different story, of course.
Then there’s @Kidsandliz’s famous story about her thinking she’d have to find and cook tarantulas for her daughter.
Oof. I got these because I figured “I like having gummy snacks around sometimes. I’m not very picky.”
They arrived yesterday. I ate 4, decided this is what depression tastes like, and hid them in the back of a cupboard in case someone I don’t like comes to my house.
I like them, but I like swedish fish a lot. I don’t really care for the “raspberry” flavored ones though. I wish they were a normal red flavor like cherry or strawberry or fish.
@arielleslie I do mindlessly eat this kind of stuff when I am depressed.
I do like these though. The flavors are distinct and pretty good. I would say I still like the red swedish fish flavor more but these are better tasting than the other swedish fish colors.
@arielleslie Nothing makes me more sad than bad gummy flavors/textures. Swedish fish are gross, Albanese bears are awesome and Sour Patch Kids (big kids) are my downfall
Specs
Product: 10-Pack: Candy People Swedish Dala Horse Gummies (4 oz, 2.5lb total)
Model: 7350039459793
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$29.93 at Amazon
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Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Apr 3 - Tuesday, Apr 4
There is something fishy about these.
Bite my ass.
Oh no, gummy candy, my one weakness! (Well, other than inflatables.)
/image courteous-yappy-circle
@PooltoyWolf Mine as well. I’ve had an itch for a while and I’ve been jonesing the local Dollar 25 Tree eyeing the Trolli gummi candy lately so considering the price is equivalent and no HFCS yeah, I’m in. Haven’t really eaten any since the last of the Harry Potter gummi candy was last on here like over a year ago and I can’t talk myself out of these. These look like softer ones like those which I very much prefer and not the chewy Haribo.
/giphy unbiased-foreign-tray
@Tiamat114 Funny you should mention Haribo; they’re a longtime favorite and one of my current addictions is their recent addition, ‘FUNtastic Mix’.
…
Ummm… Thanks for the clarification, I guess?
@UncleRummy In Swedish, that would be Juli 7, 2023.
@Hanky @UncleRummy Don’t you mean the 7th of July, 2023?
@mebisping @UncleRummy ‘Juli’ is Swedish for ‘July’
@Hanky @mebisping @UncleRummy
But they’re pointing out that it ought to be 7 Juli.
@Hanky @Kyeh @mebisping @UncleRummy And oddly, that would be pronounced something like:
hwoo yoolee
@Hanky great. Now it’s stuck in my head. Thanks.
@Hanky @Joedetroit There are worse places Mr. Ed could be stuck.
Good thing they’re not Dali gummies or they’d melt a lot faster. Flavors would be surreal though.
@mcanavino Also close to Dala Lama gummies. Those are a spiritual experience, if you ever get the chance.
Some day they reincarnate when you eat them, too.
@djslack @mcanavino one way or another They will definitely be reincarnated into another state
Does anyone know what fruit flavors they are? Or is the flavor assumed by the color?
@seespotbark Amazon says citrus, pineapple, and raspberry.
@sammydog01 thank you
/giphy pastel-limited-puck
@mebisping The limit is 3.
I guess Swedish candies have no ingredients along with nothing else.
@hchavers Courtesy of amazon:
Ingredients
Sugar, inverted sugar syrup, corn starch, glucose syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, natural colors (turmeric, cochineal), carnauba wax, coconut oil.
@hchavers @Tiamat114 the inverted sugar cancels any calories from the main sugar?
@hchavers @pmarin @Tiamat114 nah, if they didn’t invert it, it would still be in the sugar bag
@hchavers @pmarin @Tiamat114
Ever seen Tenet? The inverted sugar goes backwards through time
@hchavers @Tiamat114 The ingredients are posted at the top of this page under specs- that’s the place to look for details.
@hchavers @pmarin @Tiamat114 Yeehaw! That clinches it for me. I used to hang with a friend who was a Catholic priest and he had a blessing that would remove all the harmful calories from deserts… this must be kind of like that!
@hchavers @sammydog01 I don’t think it was there originally. I hopped over to Amazon in the first place before this post was made because I did not see them listed. More likely I am blind though.
@DVDBZN @hchavers @pmarin @Tiamat114 More than you ever wanted to know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup?oldformat=true
@DVDBZN @hchavers @pmarin @Tiamat114
My mistake, I see @Comedian took care of it earlier.
Math works out to about $6/lb.
BTW Dentists LOVE gummi candies. It help pay for their kid’s tuition…
@chienfou Assuming their own student loan debt is paid off…
Finally something I can regret with dignity
/showme horse made of sugar in style of Salvador Dali
/showme dramatic elegant iron
/giphy dramatic-elegant-iron
/giphy aggressive-prudent-hydrogen
/giphy barred-innocent-sheep
May not be a thing in Sweden
/giphy kindhearted-addictive-locket
/showme serious macabre skirt
/giphy serious macabre skirt
The ingredients list sent me down a rabbit hole trying to figure out what the heck is “invert sugar”?
Each molecule of regular sugar, sucrose, also known as table sugar, is made up of one molecule of glucose bound to one molecule of fructose.
Invert sugar is made by heating a mixture of sucrose and water until the bonds between the glucose and fructose break. After that bond breaks it’s binding point on each of the two simple sugars is replaced by part of a water molecule. The glucose picks up an H (hydrogen) and the fructose picks up an OH (hydroxide). This process is called hydrolysis.
The result is a syrup comprised of half glucose and half fructose, the same ratio of simple sugars that were in the starting sucrose. Invert sugar has a similar ratio of fructose to glucose to that found in honey. In honey the fructose to glucose ratio is a little higher than 1:1, but it should be noted that honey contains a mix of many different types of sugars, with fructose and glucose together comprising 60% to 80% of honey by weight.
Because fructose is the sweetest type of natural sugar, the presence of free fructose in invert sugar gives it a much sweeter flavor compared with regular table sugar.
Why is it called invert sugar?
Invert sugar is named after its unique optical properties.
The bonds between the simple sugar molecules that make up sucrose alter the direction in which polarized light is rotated as it passes through sugar.
When light passes through invert sugar, it rotates in the opposite (inverted) direction, leading to the name invert sugar.
Sources:
Molecule graphic from: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Purdue/Purdue%3A_Chem_26200%3A_Organic_Chemistry_II_(Wenthold)/Chapter_22._Carbohydrates/22.08%3A_Disaccharides/22.08.1%3A_Sucrose_vs_High-Fructose_Corn_Syrup/Sucrose
Honey chart from https://assets.thermofisher.com/TFS-Assets/CMD/posters/PO-72499-IC-Carbohydrates-Honey-AOAC2017-PO72499-EN.pdf
@Comedian My over inquisitive butt just traveled down that same rabbit hole. Very interesting!
@Comedian Thanks for all that!
(I still miss Mr. Wizard after all these years.)
Gonna regret this purchase but at least the confirmation giphy should be good.
/giphy majestic-frantic-genie
Do you have to order tiny sugar saddles separately? And do these horses arrive broken?
@MrNews Whispered, not broken.
Bought one right away… and another 12 hours later. You sucked me in!! Bring on the 1/2 fructose 1/2 glucose sugar high.
/buy
@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: just-distracted-skink
/image just distracted skink
These sounded good, but then I saw cochineal and can’t eat those bugs so.
@batness Same. I mean, I can, but I really prefer not to. I’ll eat it if it’s already paid for but I avoid using my money to pointlessly kill things.
@winfield similar boat, but also I’m allergic so.
@batness I saw that in the Amazon reviews and I wish I hadn’t!
I’ve never heard of cochineal before and had no idea what it was.
I’m guessing it’s probably a fairly common ingredient for coloring, but that’s something I wish I were blissfully ignorant about. I want to get these, but it’s definitely keeping me from hitting the buy button. Yuck.
@batness @k4evryng Eh - bugs are edible; I’m not so crazy about eating them if they still look like bugs, but I’m not put off by them in this form. Being allergic is a different story, of course.
Then there’s @Kidsandliz’s famous story about her thinking she’d have to find and cook tarantulas for her daughter.
@Kyeh very true, lol! Rationally, I shouldn’t care at all because it’s no big deal. I know they use worse stuff in cosmetics.
And the tarantula story was so funny!!
/buy
@lomerson2 It worked! Your order number is: confusing-detrimental-park
/image confusing detrimental park
/giphy Godlike-complex-rabbit
/buy
@DLPanther It worked! Your order number is: tantalizing-unassuming-pegasus
/image tantalizing unassuming pegasus
Thank you for this, been jonesing for them since Ikea stopped carrying them!
I’ve done the maths, these actually cost a dala fifty…
/buy
@AgentDiscount It worked! Your order number is: immense-lavish-morning
/image immense lavish morning
@AgentDiscount @mediocrebot Or mediocre wealth, and mediocre expenditure…
/buy
@jdude727 It worked! Your order number is: massive-hypnotic-patch
/image massive hypnotic patch
Is this a grocery store now?
@IAMIS C-store without restrooms.
Easy pass. Never been a fan of gummy. Always reminds me of something that should be speared with a fishing hook.
/giphy gummy-fishing-lure
@JWhirly They call them gummies, but they’re actually closer to Swedish fish.
/buy
@candiedisilvio1 It worked! Your order number is: macabre-whipped-carpenter
/image macabre whipped carpenter
/buy
@blaineg It worked! Your order number is: engaging-ungainly-birch
/image engaging ungainly birch
@mediocrebot
/giphy engaging-ungainly-birch
/showme engaging-ungainly-birch
/showme Something not fishy here
/giphy Something not fishy here
Oof. I got these because I figured “I like having gummy snacks around sometimes. I’m not very picky.”
They arrived yesterday. I ate 4, decided this is what depression tastes like, and hid them in the back of a cupboard in case someone I don’t like comes to my house.
I like them, but I like swedish fish a lot. I don’t really care for the “raspberry” flavored ones though. I wish they were a normal red flavor like cherry or strawberry or fish.
@raive Redfish is a flavor now? Wow.
@arielleslie I do mindlessly eat this kind of stuff when I am depressed.
I do like these though. The flavors are distinct and pretty good. I would say I still like the red swedish fish flavor more but these are better tasting than the other swedish fish colors.
@arielleslie Nothing makes me more sad than bad gummy flavors/textures. Swedish fish are gross, Albanese bears are awesome and Sour Patch Kids (big kids) are my downfall
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@ponagathos I ended up throwing them out. I think they taste like dust and cough medicine.
@arielleslie @tightwad if you haven’t tried the sour albanese gummy bears, you should. I love anything sour and these are sour all the way through.
Does anyone else have uhh… poop issues after eating these? Maybe a side effect that rhymes with ooped my ants?
@chiefbigbong
I like them. I’ll be sneaking them into movies.
Mmmmm eating mine right now! Nom nom nom Yay for swedish seahorses!