FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Last Updated: Monday, 11 February 2008, 05:25 GMT Seaweed allows Smarties comeback Blue Smarties are to make a comeback, after being dropped nearly two years ago, and will now be made with a new colouring extracted from seaweed. The blue sweets were first introduced in 1989 - and discontinued in 2006 as part of a drive to remove artificial ingredients in children's food. Makers Nestle say the new colouring comes from a seaweed called spirulina. The firm says the other seven colours in the packs also have no artificial colours and flavourings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Last Updated: Monday, 11 February 2008, 05:25 GMT Seaweed allows Smarties comeback Blue Smarties are to make a comeback, after being dropped nearly two years ago, and will now be made with a new colouring extracted from seaweed. The blue sweets were first introduced in 1989 - and discontinued in 2006 as part of a drive to remove artificial ingredients in children's food. Makers Nestle say the new colouring comes from a seaweed called spirulina. The firm says the other seven colours in the packs also have no artificial colours and flavourings. I used to take a spirulina supplement. They tasted naff! Esentially, its just algae..... ewww. Someone told me, that the red colouring comes from some crushed Mexican bugs or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 I used to take a spirulina supplement. They tasted naff! Esentially, its just algae..... ewww. Someone told me, that the red colouring comes from some crushed Mexican bugs or something Mexican bugs .. reallyyyy???? Man blue smarties!!! my day just got better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Mexican bugs .. reallyyyy???? Man blue smarties!!! my day just got better Those things made me so hyper. When i was a kid, i was banned from them because i ate 2 whole tubes at Playgroup and started bashing all the other kids over the head with plastic teapots..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal Check that ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Last Updated: Monday, 11 February 2008, 05:25 GMT Seaweed allows Smarties comeback Blue Smarties are to make a comeback, after being dropped nearly two years ago, and will now be made with a new colouring extracted from seaweed. The blue sweets were first introduced in 1989 - and discontinued in 2006 as part of a drive to remove artificial ingredients in children's food. Makers Nestle say the new colouring comes from a seaweed called spirulina. The firm says the other seven colours in the packs also have no artificial colours and flavourings. They got rid of blue smarties??? Wow... We've had them for ages... they never got them taken out of our packs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 They got rid of blue smarties??? Wow... We've had them for ages... they never got them taken out of our packs! That explains everything :roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I really want smarties now... there's a slight problem (besides the fact that the shops are closed)... I decided to give up chocolate for lent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 I really want smarties now... there's a slight problem (besides the fact that the shops are closed)... I decided to give up chocolate for lent... Ohh did ya?? , I could do that . I like savoury more than sweet things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xBillyBrownx Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 hahaha very exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 hahaha very exciting Its the news of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Ohh did ya?? , I could do that . I like savoury more than sweet things I struggle with chocolate... if there's a block of chocolate, I'll sit there and eat the whole thing and feel sick afterwards... Once I wean myself off chocolate I'll start with coke... then chippies.. I plan on eating healthier... that way, I won't put on weight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Its the news of the day Yes... there's no other news in England today. Its pretty dull. So smarties get the front page.... Its either those or Amy Winehouse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 I struggle with chocolate... if there's a block of chocolate, I'll sit there and eat the whole thing and feel sick afterwards... Once I wean myself off chocolate I'll start with coke... then chippies.. I plan on eating healthier... that way, I won't put on weight... Whats chippies??? Potato chips? , fries? Yeh eating healthy is just good full stop Blue smarties though ..... god knows what nasty stuff they used to make them blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Whats chippies??? My dad always calls a carpenter a chippy..... i assume thats not what's meant here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 My dad always calls a carpenter a chippy..... i assume thats not what's meant here? Naaaaa I think its potatoe chips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 with all the smurf-colored ice cream I ate in my childhood I'll had to be died:boxed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 with all the smurf-colored ice cream I ate in my childhood I'll had to be died:boxed: Yeh green ice cream just isnt good!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Naaaaa I think its potatoe chips Ohhhh. haha! I love orange smarties. They taste different dont they??? Like black wine gums. Apparently, they dont have smarties in America. Or they have very little of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Whats chippies??? Potato chips? , fries? Yeh eating healthy is just good full stop Blue smarties though ..... god knows what nasty stuff they used to make them blue Potato chips... some little kids call chips chippies... and seeing as I tend to spend a lot of time with kids some of wht they say rubs off on me... I don't want to think about what they use to make them blue thank you very much... it's bad enough I know how KFC make the potato mashies (hint: they're not made of potato) My dad always calls a carpenter a chippy..... i assume thats not what's meant here? It's kinda confusing... a chippy is a plasterboarder... but also chips... Aussies must rule with the double meanings... Yeh green ice cream just isnt good!!! Ummmm... smurfs aren't green... they're blue... Ohhhh. haha! I love orange smarties. They taste different dont they??? Like black wine gums. Apparently, they dont have smarties in America. Or they have very little of them Orange??? I don't think we have orange ones... Actually, I can't remember, cause only little kids have smarties... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdeb Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 I love orange smarties. They taste different dont they??? Like black wine gums. Apparently, they dont have smarties in America. Or they have very little of them We don't have Smarties, unless you go to a specialty shop or have family/friends who go to the UK and bring them back for you I love the orange ones, they DO taste a bit different. I like the red ones, too, but I'm excited that the blue ones are coming back, as blue is my favorite color Yes, it's a slow news day here in the US, too dcdeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happikali Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 In OZ ..... as far as I know Carpenters are called 'chippies' 'cos they work with wood i.e .... chips of wood ...... & Electricians are called 'sparkys' ... (fairly obvious) .... ..... & yeh ..... a kid's version of potato chips are ..... as Teegs said ..... chippies .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Not slow here... the Grammys featured about half way into the news, and that was only cause Keith Urban won a Grammy... Anyways... blue smarties... yummy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 In OZ ..... as far as I know Carpenters are called 'chippies' 'cos they work with wood i.e .... chips of wood ...... & Electricians are called 'sparkys' ... (fairly obvious) Well, my dad's South African and uses all those words... is there some kind of link??? I started to say Chippy and Sparky and people looked at me like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Blue smarties though ..... god knows what nasty stuff they used to make them blue God knows what nasty stuff they used to make me Blue... Smarties! I grew up with them in the 70s and 80s! The history of Smarties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_%28Nestl%C3%A9%29 And their own website: http://www.smarties.co.uk/home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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