Bertie Bassett sells vitamins!

[muninnhuginn]

Now, we know that liquorice has medicinal qualities so nibbling a few of Bertie's Allsorts wouldn't be an entirely bad idea, but.... there are ads on the TV for Bassetts brand vitamins. We've not seen these ads before, nor the products depicted, and, yes, we know Cadbury Schweppes is big enough to encompass more than sweets, but... the vitamins and sweets combination just worries us. We're not even certain why. We most certainly don't believe that foods or medicines that are good for one have to taste bad... but...

Comments

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

They've got gummi-bear kids' vitamins over here. Now *that* worries me.

[muninnhuginn]

I think what worries me is that either they're terribly sweet--and therefore not actually all that good despite the vitamins--or they're stuffed with nasty sugar-substitutes and contain nothing wholesome and natural.

If they do taste good, isn't there a possible danger of overdosing on some of the vitamns (and I'm sure that too much of some is bad)?

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[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

The overdosing is what I worry about more.

The amount of sugar or colouring in one gummi bear is not going to make a difference for most folk.

But it's hard enough to tell kids, vitamins are medicine not candy, even if they're sweetish chewables. Making the vitamins indistinguishable from candy ... well, as I say, it scares me.

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Over here, they've already got gummi-bear vitamins.
Now that's scary!