Sunkist Will Relaunch Fruit Gems After Community Outcry
The company says a family‑owned candy maker will recreate the product’s flavor, quality, kosher certification, with items expected back on shelves very soon.
Overview
- Sunkist announced on Saturday that it has partnered with a family‑owned manufacturer to bring Fruit Gems back and said the revived candy will match the familiar flavor, texture and kosher certification.
- The original maker stopped selling Sunkist Fruit Gems on May 1, citing weak nationwide demand under Ferrara Candy Company’s ownership.
- Reporting by eJewishPhilanthropy that the candy was discontinued triggered widespread social media campaigns, petitions and synagogue sermons, and remaining stock quickly sold out at major retailers such as Amazon and Walmart.
- Sunkist has not given a firm return date or shown new packaging, so buyers are advised to check the actual hechsher on any future product to confirm kosher certification.
- Fruit Gems have long been used in Jewish life as soft, individually wrapped candies for celebrations, and the reversal highlights how concentrated candy manufacturing can leave niche kosher products vulnerable while showing the influence of coordinated community pressure.