The Great Haribo taste test!!

Introduction

Earlier this week my fellow archaeologists and I sacrificed our lunchbreak to partake in an investigative challenge on your behalf, dearest reader. In these times of global recession and financial hardship we know the question on everyone's lips is 'Are we getting value for money regarding our fizzy confectionary?' Casting aside all concern for their own comfort and welfare, my brave co-workers gathered together after weeks of gruelling training to put their own lives on the line tasting sugary delicacies so YOU don't have to. Our thoughts go out to these intrepid souls in their time of sacrifice and great courage.

Methodology

It was decided to compare the brand named Haribo Tangfastic sweets with a cheaper alternative from a well-known cut price supermarket. They were judged on size, taste, fizziness and price to decide which was the best value for money. The first comparison, price: Haribo = £1.19, Fizz Mania = 79p.

The participating confectionary



Size comparison, the Haribo is on the right. Note the discrepancy between the fizzy crocodiles, the cheaper sweet is by far the bigger!



Once the size comparison test was complete the tasting could begin! Each candidate was provided with a sweet, the identity of which was unknown to them in the grand scientific tradition of the blind testing technique. They then judged the sweet for fizziness, chewiness and fizz longevity.                                                  

Alas! The strain became too much for one of our valiant colleagues and we attempted to revive him with a tasty morsel, to no avail :-(

                 However, he later recovered and was able to continue with our endeavour :-)

Results

The overall consensus of the brave souls participating in our test was thus:

The Haribo was slightly fizzier and the sour taste lasted slighty longer, although they were of a softer consistancy and smaller overall.

The Fizz Mania were larger, chewier and cheaper and tasted just as nice (one candidate thought they were nicer and two thought they were so similar they could'nt choose between the two).

Therefor it was decided that if you are a lawyer or a banker (boo!) or some other rich bastard well off person then the Haribo is probably your confection of choice. However if you too are an impoverished archaeologist or other low paid, downtrodden, overworked, shat on, fucked over............... sorry, low income worker, then the Fizz Mania offer much better value for money with just as good a taste experience.

Our thanks go to those brave, intrepid souls who sacrificed their breaktime to bring you this information so vital in this era of economic deprivation, our thoughts are with them all!


If you would like our investigative team to compare and contrast any other product for your information then please comment below with your suggestions and we will try to accommodate you (ooooh missus!!).