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Fruit snacks have more in common with the family car than ya thought

 
Gummy fruit snacks are one of your fave munchies, and we don’t blame ya! They’re often packed with vitamins, are super low-cal and all you’ve gotta do it tear open a package and chow down. According to The Huffington Post, however, these innocent looking snacks contain ingredients that are just plain ol’ gross. 
 

Since gummies are processed foods, they’ve been engineered to taste, smell and look as delicious as they do. And they’re packed with preservatives to make ‘em last for awhile on grocery store shelves. But the most ew-wrothy item of notice? Their ingredients.

 

Vegans and vegetarians might object to the gelatin that makes them so, well, gummy. Gelatin is made from animal bones and cartilage—not the best option, probably, if you’re staying away from animal products. And that artificial shine? Yeah, it comes from carnauba wax, which is derived from the leaves of palm trees. It’s also the same wax we use to shine cars, floors and surf boards. Still with us? The cheery reds and yellows in your handful of gummies comes from petroleum. Some of the food colorings used in our fruit snacks are even banned outside the U.S. 

 

Still love your fruit snacks but don’t want to eat the ingredients in them? No worries! Look for all-natural or organic alternatives to fruit snacks. Also, you can try other quick and easy snacks such as fresh fruit, dried fruit, raw veggies, cheese and crackers, yogurt or nuts.

 

Tell us what YOU think! Will you totally give up fruit snacks or are you still on Team Gummy = Yummy?
 
 

BY GL ON 3/24/2012 12:00:00 AM

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Thank God i don't like those!

by Danerka on 4/26/2012 5:24:02 PM

 
 

wow I never knew that! I'll have to tell my sister...she loves gummies. But that's a shame, too: they're so yummy! And yet I don't want to be eating car wax, right? ^_^
Gelatin can be good for you, though. It can strengthen your nails! My mom told me that if your nails are splitting (you know, in layers) you should have Jell-o, ergo, gelatin. Weird, eh?

by katnip97 on 4/8/2012 7:57:04 AM

 
 

I take gummy vitamins Smile

by pepsi262 on 3/31/2012 8:08:13 PM

 
 

does this include gummy bears?

by myfatsquirrel on 3/31/2012 7:10:32 PM

 
 

Aww I love fruit snacks haha

by unicornninja on 3/31/2012 3:57:15 PM

 
 

yuck!!!

by bribri4ever on 3/31/2012 3:23:14 PM

 
 

Just a heads up, chicas, gelatin is (obviously) also in jello and marshmellows. Ewww! And who knows wht else!!!

by xXMissBehavedXx on 3/31/2012 9:50:10 AM

 
 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that petroleum came from the ground and that it was a fossil fuel that was the result of crushed rocks, leaves, and stuff. So silly of me.
As for car wax, well, if generations have survived with no bad effects from fruit snacks (which they have), I seriously doubt that a pack of fruit snacks can do that much harm. Ana D.

by xxxShadowMagexxx on 3/30/2012 2:36:19 PM

 
 

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by sweettooth825 on 3/29/2012 8:00:26 PM

 
 

Great. I just got a giant jar filled with gummies

by just_me12 on 3/28/2012 11:42:21 PM

 
 

ew Tong i hate gummies, always have, this is just another reason not to eat them!

by PortiaFollese on 3/28/2012 7:18:56 PM

 
 

YUCK!!!!

by Rosethe1 on 3/27/2012 10:35:20 AM

 
 

If you specifically don't want to eat those because of the Gelatin, Kosher gelatin is made from fish, and not bones and cartilage, and things from it taste no different. (:

by rubyrose201 on 3/25/2012 8:55:29 PM

 
 

I couldn't care less, honestly. I'll keep eating them.

by §♥greyson_chance♥§ on 3/25/2012 8:07:10 PM

 
 

hmmm... nope. I'm still pretty ok with eating them as long as they don't hurt me. Smile

by muamua1j on 3/25/2012 5:35:16 PM

 
 

Ew >.< My bestie is a dibetic so she eats ALOT of these to be a quick fix for her blood sugar..

by oreolover123 on 3/24/2012 11:06:18 PM

 
 

Repulsive. It's a good thing I don't like gummies that much...

by twiggyskittles on 3/24/2012 9:36:21 PM

 
 

i dont eat pudding: or anything with geliten, but i have made my own pudding without geleiten, just to let all the vegiterians out there (eggs, sorry if your a vegan) that you can put other things into pudding or fruit snacks to make them without geletien

by frannysback on 3/24/2012 3:48:15 PM

 
 

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by kkkahy on 3/24/2012 3:48:01 PM

 
 

i'm a vegetarian so I always look in the ingredients if there is gelatine ... but the shine on them (carnauba wax) is everywhere sadly we live in an unhealthy world where the world revolves around moneyFrown

by fashiongurl96 on 3/24/2012 3:11:33 PM

 
 

Hey Girslife,
This artical was really great but eating fruits and vegetables from the supermarket won't get rid of the wax. All fruits and vegetables, even organic ones, have that wax applied for marketing purposes in a grocery store. Sometimes even in farmer's markets. So unless you grow it yourself, that nasty stuff will still be on it, and if you grow it yourself, there will still be chemicals from the anti bug repellants you have to use.

by youngjedi123 on 3/24/2012 1:24:08 PM

 
 

OBVIOUSLY they're crap! all proccessed stuff has unhealthy crap in it! its not that hard to read the label, if you had you wouldn't have been consuming car wax, potroleum, and cow bones all this time...

by guitargirl7321 on 3/24/2012 12:34:27 PM

 
 

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yuck!!!!! i dont really eat them anyway.

by j4zm09 on 3/24/2012 12:32:00 PM

 
 

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW I'm vegan and since they were fruity and sooooooooooo freakin' good I ate them. Now I'm mad I spent so many quarters on that machine to eat that stuff. Frown

by Princess Keziyah on 3/24/2012 12:26:09 PM

 
 

EWWWWWW! Definatley sticken with the organic/natural ones!

by smiles48 on 3/24/2012 12:12:56 PM

 
 

I read so many of the articles on here but the number one thing that stands out to me isn't the information, it's the typos. Really, how hard is it to read the article over just ONCE before you post it?

by ♥purplexing♥ on 3/24/2012 12:00:43 PM

 
 

wow that'd really gross!

by Karasinski on 3/24/2012 11:53:47 AM

 
 

EWWWWW! man i LOVE gummies, so im mad. thats just gross that would put that stuff in there ON PURPOSE. thx GL for posting this to make sure we stay away from them.

by red716 on 3/24/2012 11:29:23 AM

 
 

eeeewwwwww! I am a vegeterian and i used to eat gummies. How revolting> i am never eating another gummy againFrown

by 1fashionista.gurl on 3/24/2012 11:18:42 AM

 
 

eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

by Payton K on 3/24/2012 10:35:45 AM

 
 

omg! i <3 gummies! man, im so mad, i intentionally love gummies!!

by shiv770 on 3/24/2012 10:24:19 AM

 
 

EWW! Good thing I hate them anyway. Tong
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by future_artist on 3/24/2012 9:40:17 AM

 
 

I was eating them while reading this article Frown. I have motts medleys and I got my BIG box outand checked the ingredients and yup! The carnauba wax and gelatin were there but there wasnt any artificial color at least! I'm gonna donate them Frown :'(

by Esk8 on 3/24/2012 9:19:54 AM

 
 

EWWWWW!!!!!!! I am a vegetarian and I never new that was in gelatin! I can't believe I used to eat it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not eating it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Maddie Style on 3/24/2012 9:00:46 AM

 
 

I am so totally not going to stop eating fruit snacks. Of course they are made with gelatin. So are lots of things. And petroleum is perfectly edible in the form they use it in. No dice, GirlsLife.

by puffinlover99 on 3/24/2012 8:02:42 AM

 
 

Ewwwww...How am I ever supposed to eat another fruit snack now?

by BabyDahl13 on 3/24/2012 7:46:28 AM

 
 

@fancytanum IKR! they are the best things ever! I like organic fruit leathers as an alternative....they sound nasty but are surprisingly good and 10x better 4 u probably! haha (:

by donuts99 on 3/24/2012 12:44:02 AM

 
 

I'm actually not surprised. If It's processed, it has stuff that's bad for you in it. I'll just stick to the natural ones!

by Glitterheart16 on 3/24/2012 12:36:29 AM

 
 

Gross! >.< I just put that on my 'foods to stay away from' list! Along with potato chips and burgers!!

by dharamac1 on 3/24/2012 12:10:57 AM

 
 

Ewwwwwww- but their so yummy!!!! I think maybe I'll try to get the healthy ones next time.

by fancytanum on 3/24/2012 12:08:20 AM

 
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