Fruit Gems 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 blueberry. A Christmas seasonal mix, with green lime and red raspberry fruit gems, has also been
Fruit salad fruit salads are popular party and holiday fare, usually made with "buko", or young coconut, and condensed milk in addition to other canned or fresh fruit. Mexico has popular variation of the fruit salad called Bionico which consists various fruits drenched in condensed milk and sour cream mix. There is also an extended variety of fruit salads in Moroccan cuisine, often as part of a kemia, a selection of appetizers or small dishes analogous to Spanish tapas or eastern Mediterranean mezze. A fruit salad ice cream is also commonly manufactured, with small pieces of real fruit embedded in, flavored either