This was another happy accident. I was hurriedly looking for candy in my local Wawa (for those that don't live in the Mid Atlantic states in the U.S., Wawa is a favorite convenience store), and came upon something new. Peelerz gummy candy, to be exact. I happened to look at the label, and saw it was made in China. So I picked up their peach kind, and their mango flavor one.
It was a little difficult finding out the history behind this manufacturer, but eventually I learned a little. Peelerz (and yes, I didn't misspell it--that's the way the brand is rendered, using the cool "z" at the end instead of a boring "s") are made by the Amos Food Group, based out of Shenzhen, China. The company was started in 2004, by a man named Enduo Ma, and three unidentified co-founders. Enduo Ma often goes by the name "Mr. Amos," and I've also seem him referred to as Amos Ma. I don't know if he legally changed his name, or if it is just a "business stage name," if that's a thing. Anyway, the Amos Food Group has two major brands--Amos and Biobor. The former is their "creative candy brand," while the latter is "nutritional functional candy." This "creative" description for Amos candies isn't an exaggeration. They've sold gummies in block shapes, akin to Legos, which can evidently be stacked together. Another innovation is a type of fruit gummy which is filled with juice--I think it's like a candy ravioli, with a pouch for the juice. But the weirdest, and most exciting candy is a type of lollipop that plays music. Which seems crazy to me, but apparently it's true. A touch of a button plays up of 60 minutes of pre-recorded music, via a tiny motor and playback mechanism. Then, using bone conductive technology, which is a phrase that I've never written before, the music is transmitted by sound vibrations through the consumers' teeth and jawbone directly into the inner ear. Ear plugs, which are sometimes included in the package, aid the music's clarity. So, after I've given some background about all of these odd and innovative candies, I'm going to talk about....just a couple of regular gummy candies. No songs, so juices, no ability to be made into building blocks, just candy. Sigh. When/if I do encounter these more exciting and bizarre candies I'll clearly add to this blog post. Which I hope I do--the music one in particular has caught my attention. Although, thinking about it, given my lack of interest in popular music since the end of the 20th century, or even a bit before, there's a high probability that the songs in the lollipops will bore or annoy me after only a short time, after the novelty has worn off. I guess we'll see.
Peelerz, peach flavor: These gummies had a peachy odor, and were shaped like a tiny peach, about 2 cm. by 2 cm. (about .75 inch by .75 inch), with an orangish-red color. The texture was softer than a typical gummy, and as such they kind of melted in my mouth. The taste was certainly peachy. Overall they were pretty good. Not awesome, but better than an average gummy. The package made it seem like you could peel them, but I couldn't do this.
Peelerz, mango flavor: These smelled like mangoes, and were a yellow color. The pieces were slightly bigger than the peach kind, being about 3.5 cm. by 2.5 inches (about 1.25 inches by .75 inches), and the shape was roughly oval. The texture was once again softer than most gummies. The flavor was appropriately mango-ish, and once again, pretty good but not great. I would recommend both of these--both were tasty, but not spectacular. Also once again, these didn't peel, so I don't know what the deal was with that.
In addition to wanting to try the more elaborate Amos candies, I would be interested in sampling their alleged "nutritional functional" Biobor candies. I suspect that this assertion is highly exaggerated at least, but then again, I would have laughed before if you'd told me there were lollipops that could play tunes, so maybe I'm not giving the Amos Candy Group their due.
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