Lollipop fans have been left outraged after iconic Australian brand Allen’s revealed the true flavours of its famous snakes.
Red is not raspberry, yellow is not lemon and orange is not orange according to candy manufacturers who have printed the true flavors on the back of each package.
Red is strawberry, purple is blackberry and yellow is pineapple.
The green snake, which most fans believe to be lime, is actually lemon and the brand describes the orange as apricot.
One outraged fan posted a photo of the back of the package on Reddit, in shock.
“I refuse to believe that these are the official flavors,” he said.
And people quickly agreed with him.
“Green is lime and orange is orange,” one person said.
The flavors have been printed on the back of the iconic package.
“I’ve never tried the apricot in that bag,” added another.
“I would rather gouge out my own eyes than accept an orange as an apricot,” declared a third.
A fourth couldn’t bear the news: “I’ll die thinking that green isn’t lemon. Green is lime or green. It tastes like green, not yellow.”
Many argued that Allen’s flavor labels “make no sense.”
“Is green a lemon? No way! Lemons are not green,” one man said.
“Flavors should taste like colors. This is total politically correct nonsense,” another fumed.
“It goes against everything the colors stand for,” added a third.
Others scoffed at the idea that snakes actually “tasted like fruit.”
“Red like strawberry? Absolutely not! It tastes red,” one person laughed.
“And purple is purple, the taste of a berry has nothing to do with that,” said another.
“Do they have different flavors?” asked another who believes they all “taste the same.”
Other people said the news had ruined their day: “I’m going back to bed.”
Another said the new packaging was a “genius” sales technique.
“This is marketing nonsense to give the product the appeal of being healthy. Hey, look, fruit words!” they said.
Tanya Hennessy has talked about the snake flavors before, but fans have been paying more attention to them since they’re printed on the packaging.
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