Skittles

Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavored candies, currently produced and marketed by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a division of Mars, Inc.. They have hard sugar shells which carry the letter S. The inside is mainly sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil along with fruit juice, citric acid and natural and artificial flavours.

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Skittles candy products, produced by Mars, Incorporated, come in a wide variety of flavours and colours. Some of these varieties are only released for a limited time; others are available only in particular regions of the world. The oldest skittles product is Original Fruit Skittles, which was originally released in Europe in 1974, and was launched in the United States in 1979. The most recent, Fizzl'd Fruits, was released in 2010. Earlier Skittles products tended to focus on fruit flavours, more recent products have branched out to include flavours such as chocolate, bubble gum, popcorn, mint, and sours. Skittles products also come in a wide variety of colours, although different Skittles products often use the same colours for sweets with different flavours. For example, the colour yellow is associated with lemon flavour in Original Fruit Skittles and as banana berry in Tropical Skittles.