Tangy Fruits were a round, brightly coloured fruit-flavoured confection, manufactured until 2008 by

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company Pascall and mainly sold in cinemas. They were packaged in 160

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plastic lidded pottles, which made less noise than other types of plastic packaging. Tangy Fruits were made under license by Pascall, an Australian and New Zealand confectionery company owned by

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, who ceased production in 2008 citing a lack of consumer demand. This was protested at the time, and the company has been petitioned to reinstate them along with several other "iconic" confections that were also discontinued.

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Discontinued food products New Zealand confectionery Pascall (company) brands Mondelez International brands {{NewZealand-culture-stub