Go Bio! – Organic Wine Gums
As much as I generally ignore buzz words like organic or “healthy” when it comes to snacking, I will say that it intrigues me. It doesn’t usually inform my purchasing decision though, and realistically the only reason I got these is cause they are apparently locally made, and it’s wine gums. I have a hard time saying no to wine gums.
When I buy wine gums, there’s a few things I look for – consistency, flavour and how sticky they are. I don’t like super sticky candies in general, as they are a pain to eat. Looking at you jujubes. I like the consistency to be somewhat medium, a good balance between being too soft and gummy and being too firm like a dried out pastille. In terms of flavour I generally like the standard fruit flavours that most varieties have, but the real clincher for me is usually how good the blackcurrant is. If the other flavours are not as great, if the blackcurrant is strong and there’s enough pieces, I can forgive all.
There appears to be four flavours – orange, raspberry, blackcurrant and lime. The flavours are rather interesting and not what I usually expect from wine gums. The orange is a more complex than usual, and has an almost blood orange flavour to it which I appreciate. It’s not overly sweet and doesn’t leave that citrus burn in my mouth. The lime is also very zesty and got a nice citrus flavour to it, but it doesn’t leave much aftertaste which I appreciate. The raspberry is barely a raspberry, and honestly tastes more like a generic strawberry to me, without the overly floral notes. I like it, but it’s nothing too special. The blackcurrant is usually my favourite flavour in wine gum assortments, and this is no different. I love that this one has a more distinct blackcurrant flavour with the tart and berry qualities to it, without being overly sweet as most other flavours can be. While the other flavours are not bad by any means, they don’t do enough to set themselves apart. The blackcurrant however, is enough to carry the pack on it’s own.
The texture threw me off a bit at first. The wine gums I’m used to are usually a bit firmer, but also a tad sticky once they soften in your mouth. These chew more like a very, firm gummy. These register more like classic Haribo gummies, but with a bit less gumminess to them, while still keeping that super firm quality to them.
Biggest downside is how small these bags are. I finished the whole 75g bag in one sitting. As far as wine gums go, these don’t leave much aftertaste or any weird feeling in the mouth, so it’s very easy to plow through the whole thing and not realize it. On the upside, the bag seems to be mostly blackcurrant, which just happens to be my favourite. Whether all the bags skew towards the blackcurrant, I can’t say. But what I can say is mine certainly was blessed.
