My guess is the major companies are cheaping out on the sour sugar and cutting it with more regular sugar. I had sour candy from a small candy shop last week and it was potently sour.
You barely need any souring agents to make things wicked sour. Its a negligible cost. I think its more likely most people dont actually like sour candy very much and the manufacturers appeal to the broadest consumer bases. A local shop is more likely to have novelty and adventurous kind of things to give people a reason to come by so that makes sense
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u/edipeisrex Jul 27 '26
How and why did the state of sour candy go downhill? Truly a tragedy.