This Is What Makes Candy Sour

If you’ve ever eaten a sour candy, you know that the taste is much different than a sour fruit, like a lemon. It’s not a flavor that occurs in nature, but you probably aren’t expecting a Warhead, sour gummy worm, or Lemonhead to be natural and healthy anyway. How do they make the candy so sour, and how does it stay sour for so long? There are actually a few different ingredients in play, and some of them give the candies that initial punch, while others will make the sour flavor last. Let’s take a look at what really makes candy sour.

#Candy #Warheads #Sour

Acidic coating | 0:00
Citric and malic acid | 1:08
Low pH level | 2:39
Taste buds recognize it | 3:39
Beer ingredients | 4:24
A relatively new invention | 5:10

[DontComeBack.]

Does anyone eat a sour candy while searching and found this, because you curious why..

[jesse]

To save time it's citric acid. And you like it because it releases a chemical that makes you crave it more.

[HellRainsFromAbove]

My mouth was watering that whole video

[urlocalcultleader]

lemon: is naturally sour

candy companies: lets make it sweet but then sour again with



*A C I D*

[allant]

I use to love warheads so much that i ate like 7-8 of them in an hour. My tongue was insanely sensitive after that and i couldn’t enjoy anything for like 3-4 days. Now i can’t have warheads, PTSD.

[AminTheMystic]

@4:13 The idea that tongue is zoned to feel different flavours has long been debunked as incorrect.

[TharosTheDragon]

Just casually showing a clip from an unhinged commercial where a shirtless guy greets a bunch of kids and everyone is terrified

[agentbubbles]

Skip the video. What makes candy sour is malic acid. They sprinkle the powder onto the candy to make it sour.

[galacticpondofficial]

I grew up on warheads. I have no skin on my tongue. Marines are used to warheads. We adapt, improvise, and overcome. I learned to love the acid. I'm a recover Mega Sour Fruits user. This is my story

[stevenopolis]

Anyone else salivating excessively thinking about war heads?

[yolandagarcia]

My mouth is watering just watching this video...lol lol😜

[j_p]

Who else eating sour patch kids rn while wacthing this

[blahblahpocalyspe]

I just bought an 1 pound container of malic acid... my mouth is watering in anticipation!

[DatBoiE]

I’m waiting for the part where they say they put crack in the watermelon sour patch kids, so damn good

[michaelwardle]

You can buy big bags of citric acid and then cut it to taste with granulated sugar.

Those leftover Twizzlers from Halloween? Whip up some homemade sour powder and upgrade them.

[jacobgreer]

I love sour candy ever since I was a kid

[badger_hog]

Warheads were in Australia in the mid to late '80's, but were invented in Taiwan in 1975.

[brubill]

When I was little, I used to eat. It tastes very good, supple and spicy with the mint flavor.thank very much

[lucylu]

3:53 Ah yes my favorite taste

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[davidoldham]

In fact the pH can be negative. The normal range is 0 to 14.