Haribo gummy bears implicated in 'gastric exorcism'

What is the government doing?

I think we should immediately get on a war footing and start carpet bombing Haribo city in Gummybear land following these uncontroversial reports about their stockpiling of these atrocious Weapons of (M)ass Destruction!.

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Maybe brought on by yanks poor diet? Haven't heard of this in europe or germany... and loooking at the amount of bears I can see why these people were watching the sport and not playing.

Amazing that the bag is full to bursting with sweets... here in germany half the bag woud be air, which manufacturers claim is caused by "settling"... yanks don't seem to think they need to pack sweets in a "protective environment", why do we... that is the more important question here!

Haribo.

"More than 100 people wrote graphic descriptions of the carnage they claim was caused to them by way of their consumption of the sugarless Haribo gummy bears. The reviews were tacked on to a product page for the catering-sized bag - a bulging 5 pound (2.2kg) plastic-coated wad which contains approximately 1,080 bears"

Didn't any of these whinging gluttons think that eating 1,080 gummy bears at a sitting might, just possibly, be considered "eating to excess"? Or don't they recognize the concept of "over-indulgence"?

Drama queens

Or more likely, creative writing 101 trolls. Over 200 reviews in the last 48 hours, immediately after a Reddit link, and not one Amazon Verified?

https://i.imgur.com/Ep4sEEY.jpg

Maybe not trolls

My young son loves haribo gummy bears, and has been having strong stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhea after eating about 20 of them, from a package we bought around Christmas time. I am not sure it was the sugar free version, as we put them in a box and threw away the package. But there seems to be a cause-effect connection here.

Maltitol is evil incarnate."

"Excessive consumption may cause laxative effect in sensitive individuals."

That warning must appear on all American products containing Maltitol for a damn good reason.

If your body is sensitive to Maltitol then "excessive consumption" may be as little as "any at all" much less a single serving.

And the effects can be quite gruesome, painfull, disgusting, debilitating, depressing, & amusing to anyone listening outside the lavatory door...

Right up until the smell slaps them in the face & ignites their flesh.

Various confectionaries in the States use it as a sugar replacement, essentially making them entirely off limits to anyone whom can't handle the effects of Maltitol.

Haribo's products in Europe use actual sugar, & their sugar free products tend to use other ingredients than Maltitol.

But the stuff they produce for Americans as "normal" (with sugar) uses processed sugar, & the "sugar free" uses stuff like Maltitol.

As someone whom is unable to eat that substance, I can attest from first hand experience that it is NOT fun.

Sitting on the toilet feeling like you're trying to pass the International Space Station through the eye of a needle is not something to wish on anyone.

So while I don't doubt that such reactions are possible & even probable, since even a Haribo "single serving mini bag" worth of Maltitol would cause some people to feel like Mount Vesuvius were erupting out their bowels, anyone stupid enough to consume an entire "restaurant size" bag of the stuff deserves what they get.

And I agree with the other commenter whom said that most of the reviews were probably just trolls.

The AOL "Me Too!" crowd enjoy dogpiling on such things, even if they have to make it up to do so.

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go send another bag of the little shits to the WBC to show them how much I care.

*Evil Giggle*