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Friday, February 10, 2006
Swedish Aqua LifeWhen I was in college I would pick up a quarter pound of mixed color Swedish fish at a little coffee shop on campus. They would put them in a crisp white paper bag and I learned that I had some sort of special power that I could pull out any color on demand without looking. It was like I could see colors with my fingers, or maybe my hands had a nose. Anyway, the best part of this trick was that people would like to see me do it, and I would make them provide the bag of fish. I had a rate of about 80% correct guesses.
This new Aqua Life set makes my old trick irrelevant as this mix has a different shape for each color. Unlike other red flavors that I don’t care for (cherry), the red Swedish fish is something else, I’m guessing loganberry. Also, there are two new flavors/colors in the fish family: blue and purple.
Yellow (Lemon): Starfish
All of the candies were soft and chewy and the flavors were solidly good. They’re smooth, sweet and fragrant without much of a tart bite. They tend to stick to your teeth, but not in a tooth-yanking way. The shapes are also fun and easily identifiable, which makes them fun for kids (as if you really need to do anything to make candy fun for kids). It’s interesting to note that the Swedish confectioner, Malaco, that originally made these invented them for the American market. Which explains why the fish have “Swedish” stamped on their backs (instead of Swedensk or whatever the Swedish word for Swedish is). They’ve only been around since the mid-seventies, but it’s one of those candies that has a timeless feel to it. The reason I was drawn to them in the first place is because of my whale watching trips. I’ve been taking little candies with me (we’ve had a lot of kids on the boats lately) which help to calm queasy stomachs. I was hoping to find something that fit with the sea adventure theme and these fit the bill (I’ve been carrying individually wrapped lifesavers as well). If I can find them in bulk, I might buy a pound and carry them in a little ziploc bag so the kiddies can pick their favorite shape. The package states that these candies were made in Canada by Cadbury Adams but licensed from MalacoLeaf, Sweden. So, are they Canadian fish? I would have given them a 10, but there were some manufacturing defects in my bag, with some overstamps and some little bits that didn’t seem to belong (extra pieces of orange hanging off the seahorse). These may be a good candy for vegetarians (as long as they’re okay with traces of mineral oil) since there’s no gelatin, just corn starch.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:12 pm 
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these are so cute! something about the package reminds me of crayola crayons… but i still want to eat them (the candies, not the crayons).
These left me a little flat. I like the traditional Swedish Fish, preferably the red ones. Sometimes if I’m feeling bad or self-indulgent I’ll buy the 1 kg box of the mini fish from Target and try not to eat them all in one sitting.
And THEN I sit around complaining about how fat I am.
i had no idea that these were different flavors. i thought the colors were just deceiving. i’ll have to get some.
first time commenter here. though i read the blog daily!
you should review these: http://sweetlittlemexico.com/catalog/images/palconchi/PEG.jpg
but i think you reviewed rockalettas already though and didn’t like them, so you might not like these either.
In Sweden, they’ve got Malaco stamped on them.
Thanks geekling and jeffje!
jessica - I think I’m ready for another attempt at the Mexican lollies. I think I’ve seen those at Jon’s markets here in LA. I’ll give it another try!
Bruce - I know the feeling. I just bought a box of the York cookies, thinking it’s a better value than the single serve packages. They still only last one day!
non cherry swedish fish! yum! i love the mixed packs of the fish but they are always so red heavy. i have to check there out!
hooray for swedish fish! I remember getting the normal fish when I was younger, i think at the mall. The different fish shapes for this Aqualife pack are kinda cool too.
I love these!! I just recently discovered and now they are my new favorite. The flavors are good, and although I dislike most yellow candy, these yellow ones aren’t bad.
these fish are the best!
I’ve tried imitators and they just arent the same....
I am desperatly trying to find Grape flavored Swedish Fish. I have had them in the past but can no longer find them....Anybody know where I can get some.
They stopped making the mini grape fish sometime in 2006. They were my favorite too. http://www.swedishfishbrand.com/
Go here to tell them you want them, if enough people do maybe they will bring them back.
I think someone should start a petition web page to get the grape fish back. If enough of us get on there and send the page to the company maybe they will bring back our beloved little grape fish!!!!!!!!
I did write to the company and recieved a response saying that they base their production on sales, basically blowing me off.
I have talked to a local candy store here who ordered them for me in the past. She thinks that her supplier can still deliver them. I don’t see how but if its true I will post it here so everyone can share in the purpley goodness.
do you still make purple fish which would be grape flavored.
BRING back the GRAPE Swedish Fish!!!!!
They make the puffer fish in the aquatic life bags grape.Maybe they can sell just those to us.
Any news on grape?
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