York Fruits

York Fruits are a brand of fruit-flavoured jellies, traditionally popular in Great Britain at Christmas.^[1]

York Fruits

York Fruits
Type	Confectionery
Place of origin	England
Region or state	Pontefract
Main ingredients	Sugar
Ingredients generally used	Glucose syrup
Food energy (per 200g box serving)	684 kcal (2,860 kJ)
Nutritional value (per 200g box serving)	Protein 0.0 g Fat 0.0 g Carbohydrate 170.4 g
Other information	Natural colours and flavours. Suitable for vegetarians.
Media: York Fruits

Manufacture

The sweets were formerly made by Terry's of York, and more recently by Kraft Foods (1993-2008) and Smith Kendon^[2][3] in Lancaster (2008-2012). The brand was acquired by Tangerine Confectionery in 2012.^[4] Tangerine Confectionery was bought by Valeo Confectionery in 2018.^[5]

Sweets

The box contains 200g, or approximately 22 sweets, about the size of chocolates. The sugar-coated jellies are manufactured in circular, half-moon, teardrop and diamond shapes and are flavoured lemon, raspberry, strawberry, mandarin, lime and cherry.^{[nb 1]}

Notes

1. Flavour and shape information printed on box