Fruit Tingles is a brand of confectionery originating in Australia. They are a chalky-textured, multicoloured, disc-shaped, fruit flavoured lolly. Standard packages are 34g foil wrapped sleeves with an outer multicoloured paper wrapper, and contain 16 pieces of randomly distributed flavours. Four-pack packaging containing four rolls is common for supermarket sales. Fruit Tingles have a long history in Australia and New Zealand, though details of their origin are sketchy. Originally manufactured by

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in Melbourne since the 1930s, they were rebranded in the 1990s as Wonka Fruit Tingles as part of

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's purchase of the Allen's brand in 1985, and more recently became branded as

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Fruit Tingles in the Asia Pacific region in 2005. They were only manufactured in New Zealand for a number of years. As of April 2019, Life Saver branded Fruit Tingles are manufactured by Darrell Lea Confectionary in Ingleburn, NSW, Australia, with five types on sale: Fruit Tingles, Musk, Pep O Mint, Fruit Pastilles and Blackcurrant Pastilles. The multicoloured "tingle" is coloured from left over colouring of the other flavours. Because of this the chance of receiving a multicoloured tingle is random. While unique in flavour, and level of effervescence, they are most similar to Wonka brand

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in the US markets, and

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in the UK.

Nutritional Information

Ingredient list: Sugar, Glucose Syrup (from Wheat), Sodium Bicarbonate, Food Acids (296, 334), Tapioca Starch, Stabiliser (1401), Flavours, Colours (102, 110, 124, 133). One piece (2.6g) - Energy: 10Cal / 42kJ, Sodium: 27 mg /1% DV, Carbohydrates: 2.5g /1%DV (2.4g from Sugars). Not a significant source of Fat, Cholesterol, Protein, or Dietary Fibre. Fruit Tingles are

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and

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confectionery.

Medical

* Dental Decay: Fruit Tingle are high in sugar (over 80% of the ingredients are sugar), and have a pH of 2.35 making them extremely acidic, and thus damaging to tooth enamel. * Since Darrell Lea took over production, the ingredients have included

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(1440) derived from wheat, and thus the product is no longer gluten-free.

References

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