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[-] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tldr Blue Razz in Europe and USA taste different. Americans use an artifical blend, Europe doesn't.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I've been to over 20 European countries and I have never seen anything blue raspberry flavoured. I assumed it was an American thing and that it was just raspberry flavoured things that were also dyed blue.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Currently munching on these in the UK. The natural flavour is the European version. The US version is sweeter.

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 18 points 1 day ago

I love that you brutally ripped open with the opposite corner just to show the directions that you are the boss.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

I don't like listening to corporate lmao.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Interesting! I haven't been to GB in quite some years, so I might just have seen them and not remembered. Does it taste like raspberry?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Sort of, more like a blackberry mixed with Ribena. Check out the plant: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_caesius

Rubus caesius is a Eurasian species of dewberry, known as the European dewberry.[2] Like other dewberries, it is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, related to the blackberry and raspberry. It is widely distributed across much of Eurasia.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fascining, thanks! I might try that if I remember when I'm in GB next year

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

They're great!! ( ^▽^)

[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Is this the new blue natural food colouring made with cyanobacteria poop?

Cause I'm pretty sure they don't allow artificial blue in UK anymore.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Haha, I don't know but awesome if true.

[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

well you could look at the ingredients

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Do you know the name of the ingredient or have a link? :)

[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Yes! It contains that. That is super cool. Thanks for the link. It's the 3rd to last ingredient.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

So what does blue raspberry actually taste like over there? Because the name seems pretty apt here in the US; it tastes like extra sour raspberry.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

A bit like blackberry.

[-] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago

yeah, i got that at least. What's up with it in America tho?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 31 points 1 day ago

Poor food regulations and corn syrup.

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

What's up is that food companies would feed you sawdust and poison if it was cheaper and if they could get away with it.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago

Never heard of blue razz in the US.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

Are you sure you have never had a blue Jolly Rancher or blue 7/11 slushie?

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 day ago

They’re called a “Slurpee“ at 7-11

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe when I was a kid I suppose.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

It's literally every "blue" flavoured food in the US. ;)

[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

But suspiciously, not blue Gatorade

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They do, it is called 'cool blue'

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