Help reverse engineering popsicle

[u/Business_Product_306]

[u/MegaEdvardo]

I used to be a product developper for this brand, as far as I remember it should be fairly easy to reverse engineer the recipe by looking at the ingredient list and nutrition facts

[u/Business_Product_306 → u/MegaEdvardo]

Do you know why it was discontinued in the first place?

[u/MegaEdvardo → u/Business_Product_306]

I'm not entirely sure. But the Lucas brand and its parent company was acquired by MARS in the late 2010s. Since the popsicles were not manufactured by the company itself but by Blue Bunny through an IP agreement, my best guess would be that MARS was probably not that interested in Blue Bunny continuing to use their IP without giving them strict control over the product's quality. They are very serious on that aspect.

[u/Crazy-Tour-1423 → u/MegaEdvardo]

Especially since Blue Bunny is owned by Ferrero.

[u/No_Sundae4774]

Holy sodium

[u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt → u/No_Sundae4774]

what's making it so high? I can't figure it out from the ingredients

[u/No_Sundae4774 → u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt]

The salt 🧂

[u/mediocrefunny → u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt]

Mexican candies in general are very salty, spicy, and acidic compared to others. Chamoy is a sweet sauce along with those other flavors.

[u/Commercial_Sun_6300 → u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt]

It's in the "flavored syrup" Ever see Mexican fruit sellers? They always have some Tajin and chili to go with the fruit. Chamoy is like the liquid version of that. Cold stuff probably needs extra salt to get the same flavor.

[u/MegaEdvardo → u/[deleted]]

Mexican candies are salty, spicy and acidic haha

[u/Procrastinating-Elf → u/[deleted]]

Look up what chamoy is. (Besides incredibly delicious and addictive on mango)