Fruit Gems produced. Sunkist Fruit Gems do not contain gluten or any wheat by-products. Gems Manufacturing Machinery Photos Fruit Gems Sunkist Fruit Gems are Half Dollar sized pectin candies. They are a soft round candy made from powdered sugar with fruit flavors. Fruit Gems are made by Jelly Belly, which purchased prior manufacturer, The Ben Myerson Candy Company, under license for Sunkist. They contain real fruit pectin, natural flavors and are fatless. Prior to 2012, Fruit Gems came in a mix of lemon, orange, grapefruit, lime and raspberry flavors. In 2012 the flavor lineup was changed to lemon, orange, grapefruit, raspberry and
Magdelaine Laframboise over her business. La Framboise, then 41 years old and a very wealthy woman, retired to a stately home on Mackinac Island, which construction was managed by her son-in-law Captain Benjamin Pierce, commandant of Fort Mackinac. After her retirement from fur trading, La Framboise taught herself to read and write in both French and English. She supported the first Catholic school for Native American children on the island, starting it in her home. Continuing her devotion to Ste. Anne's Church, she taught catechism to children there. She was influential in keeping the congregation together in the several years when it