Sour S-Ovals Blackcurrant are the tart cousin of classic Swedish S-ovals. Deep berry first. Then a clean sour snap that makes your mouth water and sends you back for the next piece.
Blackcurrant is a Scandinavian staple flavor. It tastes darker and more grown-up than grape, closer to ripe forest berries than candy-aisle purple. These ovals keep that character. Natural blackcurrant flavouring sits under a sour coat of citric and malic acid, so you get fruit and pucker in the same chew. The body is soft and springy, the kind of Swedish starch gummy that holds its shape, then gives. Think of them as a bridge between a sweet oval and a full sour skull: enough bite to wake you up, enough berry to keep you eating.
This candy is gelatin free. Texture comes from corn starch and wheat starch, not animal gel. Color comes from carrot and blackcurrant concentrate, not a neon dye list. The formula is free of high fructose corn syrup, free of GMOs, and free of trans fats. Ingredients: glucose syrup, sugar, corn starch, acids (citric acid, malic acid), acidity regulators (sodium malates, sodium citrates), colouring food (concentrate of carrot and blackcurrant), natural blackcurrant flavouring, and wheat starch.
Please read the wheat note. These ovals contain wheat starch, so they are not gluten free. Wheat, milk, and sulfites are present in the factory. The product is made in a facility that also handles gluten, dairy, nuts, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and milk. If you have a severe allergy, check the current pack or ask the shop before you buy.
A 2 oz bag is $4.50. Pickup is available at Nantasket Sweets By Swedes, 165 Nantasket Avenue, Hull, Massachusetts, steps from Nantasket Beach. Orders are usually ready in about four hours. Walk over after the beach, add a bag to a pick-and-mix haul, or order ahead for a sour hit on the way home.
Eat them straight from the bag if you like a serious sour. Mix them with watermelon, raspberry, or passion fruit S-Ovals for a full sour oval flight. They also work in a Swedish Saturday candy bag, lunchbox treat, movie-night bowl, or party favor where you want color and tang, not another generic gummy. The dark berry color looks striking next to pink and green ovals on a candy wall or in a glass jar.
If sweet foam ovals feel too gentle, start here. Dark blackcurrant. Real sour. Gelatin free. A small Swedish bag that disappears faster than it should.

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