Jelly beans

The product Sour jelly beans

The ingredients Sugar, glucose syrup, water, modified cornstarch, acidifiers E296 (malic acid, found in fruit) E297 (fumaric acid, found in fruit) E330 (citric acid), flavourings, glazing agents E901 (bees wax) E903 (canauba wax , from trees) E904 (shellac, from lice), fruit an plant concentrates (algae, safflower, nettle, spinach, turmeric), colourings E100 (turmeric) E120 (cochineal - made of a crushed scale insect) E171 (titanium dioxide - a mineral).

The blurb Natural colourings and flavourings

My thoughts They are jelly beans. The actual ingredients are basically sugar and sugar, cornstarch and a whole load of E-numbers, including bits of insects), how much does it really matter that the ingredients are natural? It's candy for crying out loud. It's hardly going to be healthy now is it? But hang on, they've natural colourings and flavourings. That's all right then.

(Did I eat them? Yes. Were they nice? Yes. Do I care about the natural stuff? Nah. If I wanted something all natural I wouldn't be eating jelly beans. End of.)