Red Sour Candy in Bulk

Sour gummies from Scandinavia and the rest of Europe are the reason a lot of people start buying import candy. This sour candy wholesale group is the red end of that. Nine SKUs come from five countries. Each one does the sour gummy a bit differently. Every unit is bulk and weighs 2 lb to 2.2 lb. The red candy theme ties it together, and the flavors are raspberry and strawberry. There’s watermelon too, and violet.

Bubs Godis from Sweden has three SKUs. We’d start there. The Sour Violet Raspberry Mini Diamond Foam is a foam gummy (the Swedish skumgodis kind) cut into tiny diamonds. It’s violet but it tastes like sour raspberry. Foam is lighter and airier to bite than a standard gummy, and you almost never see it made in America. That’s the draw on a specialty shelf. The Sour Raspberry Foam Skull and Sour Raspberry-Lemon Foam Skull use the same foam in a skull shape. It’s one of Bubs’ signature looks. Food halls and by-the-pound shops get a lot of looks at a bin of skulls, and they taste good too.

Grahns is Swedish too, and its Sour Raspberry Bottles Gummy is a bottle-shaped sour gummy in classic Scandinavian raspberry. Bottles are one of the best-known gummy shapes in Europe. Gustaf’s Mini Blue Raspberry Soda Bottle Gummies from Holland have the same shape and come sour-dusted. Put a Swedish bottle next to a Dutch one and you’ve got a better European story than either tells alone.

Malaco from Sweden sends Sour Watermelon Gummies. Almost everyone likes sour watermelon, which can’t be said of salmiak or licorice. Malaco is a known Swedish name. Set it beside Bubs and Grahns and a Swedish shelf starts to look like a real one, with three brands and different shapes. That’s more convincing than a single brand on its own.

Denmark’s entry is Toms Sour Watermelon Licorice Bites, which slips some licorice into a pile of gummies. The outside is soft and sour watermelon. Inside there’s a mild licorice note. Danish candy fans expect that sort of mix. A shop serving Scandinavian families will like it, and so will anyone selling to adventurous import shoppers.

Spain has the Sour Wild Strawberry Gummy Candy. It’s Mediterranean in feel, broader and chewier than the Swedish gummies, with a fruitier balance of sugar and sour. A general import candy section that isn’t strictly Scandinavian will get a good contrast from it. We like having one Spanish piece around for that reason alone.

Broadway from Italy has the Sour Strawberry Sticks. They’re sugared sour sticks around a soft chewy middle. In a clear jar or a bulk bin they look good, long and striped. It’s an Italian maker in a mostly Swedish group, so the origin changes. Strawberry keeps it in the red.

Case weights are tightly bunched at 2.0 to 2.2 lb, a handy size for specialty candy. One case fills a medium jar or bin, with little left over. You can try several SKUs at once and not tie up much money. There’s no minimum, and checkout is by secure card. That’s the easy way to find out which of the nine your customers ask for.

Any shop with a specialty candy or import food section can make use of this. Candy-by-the-pound stores and food halls get variety from foam gummies and standard gummies. The licorice bites and sticks add more. Specialty grocers with a Scandinavian shelf can build around Bubs and Grahns and Malaco. European delis can add the Spanish and Italian pieces. Convenience stores with a novelty set will find the Bubs skulls an easy impulse buy. For more, our bulk candy catalog has other sour and Scandinavian candy.

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