Wine gum

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Term for gummy, chewy, elastic sweets made from sugar, glucose syrup and thickening agents such as gum arabic. However, it does not need to contain alcohol; moreover, it evaporates during the manufacturing process. Depending on local laws or manufacturer practices, packaging may carry a specific statement that the sweets "do not contain wine". Compared to fruit gums, wine gums taste sour because of the tartness. The invention is attributed to the Englishman Charles Riley Maynard, who started producing sweets in London in 1880 and founded a company in 1896. Maynards Sweets is still the best-known producer of wine gums today. Not only wines are used, but also wine vinegar, champagne, port, sherry and rum. Wine gums are particularly popular in England, Australia, Canada, South Africa and several European countries. Depending on the brand, there are recipes with different sweeteners, flavours and colourings. Other sweets made from or with wine include wine ice cream, wine jelly and wine pudding. See also under cooking wine, wine soup and wine with food.

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