Swizzel Sweets Lollies Chews Party Bag Selection Halal Fizzy Wrapped Kids Favour (Drumstick Lollies, 1000g)

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In this blog post, we’ll explore the ingredients of drumstick lollies and answer these questions to help you decide whether they’re right for you.

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Vegetable Oils (palm, Palm Kernel), Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Gelling Agent: Gelatine; Emulsifier: Glycerol Mono Stearate; Flavourings, Colour: Black Carrot Extract. One of many of Swizzels’ offerings that uses lysed (concentrated) soya protein, glycerine from vegetables and palm oil in place of any animal-derived ingredients. Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Vegetable Oils (palm, Palm Kernel), Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Spirulina, Gelling Agent: Gelatin; Emulsifier: Glycerol Mono Stearate; Flavorings, Color: Anthocyanin. It would be fantastic, though, if they could just take the final steps towards being a fully vegan-friendly company by making all their sweets suitable for vegans. Drumstick lollies have been a beloved candy in the UK for decades, known for their unique combination of raspberry and milk flavors and iconic drumstick shape.

From Parma Violets to Refreshers, Drumstick Chews and lollies to Love Hearts, Swizzels sweets have been the choice of many a child over the years. We understand the potential business argument for them not doing that, but we also feel that becoming a truly vegan brand might well do them a lot of favours from a financial point of view as there are a good proportion of vegans who try to purchase products only from companies who do not use animal-derived ingredients in any of their offerings. It is clearly each person’s prerogative to decide whether or not they should consume food items that contain palm oil, and we’ll leave that up to you to decide. They began to collaborate with another sweet maker in 1933, David Dee, with whom they shared factory space and then launched Swizzels Ltd. Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Acidity Regulators: Malic Acid, Citric Acid; Vegetable Oils (palm, Palm Kernel), Anti-caking Agent: Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Magnesium Carbonate; Dextrose, Modified Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate, Flavourings, Lysed Soya Protein, Cornflour, Emulsifier: Glycerol Mono Stearate; Colours: Anthocyanin, Beetroot Red, Copper Chlorophyllin, Curcumin, Lutein, Paprika Extract.

Despite Swizzels making a very good number of their sweets vegan, they still have some that contain gelatine, and hence are neither vegan nor vegetarian. It comes in a paper packet with three sections: two contain flavoured sherbet (essentially sugar) and one a “Swizzel Stick” that can be used to dip into said sherbet.Drumstick CHOOS, CHEWS, and Chocolate are vegetarians friendly since they don’t consist of any meat by-product. The original “compressed fizzy sweet”, Fizzers marked a big breakthrough for Swizzels when they were launched in the 1930s. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. With a recent focus towards vegan-friendly sweets (though they still retain some non-vegan lines), Swizzels are fast becoming one of the go-to confectionary makers for sweet-toothed vegans.