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On vomit, ear wax, grass, and how they taste

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Those who've heard about Jelly Belly's nasty flavors and haven't tried them, well I have to say they are as bad as they claim. I did have a vomit bean once and it was quite an experience.

A guy yesterday was telling me he thinks they come up with these flavors through tasters' experiences or as a side-effect of a bad batch during R&D of desirable flavors. I, however, think that Jelly Belly probably has some kind of a machine in which something can be put and the machine will interpret the item in the same way a human tongue and/or nose would. Otherwise, coming up with a legitimate ear wax or vomit flavor would be an awful job.

Does anybody here know how they do it?
 
I saw on some TV show that they do have a machine that they put a sample in to and it gets the chemical components of it and tells them how much of which ingredients to put into the flavoring.

I think the ear wax flavor is from the CEO's ear wax.
 
Originally posted by: Tremulant
I saw on some TV show that they do have a machine that they put a sample in to and it gets the chemical components of it and tells them how much of which ingredients to put into the flavoring.

I think the ear wax flavor is from the CEO's ear wax.
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WOOT! Skoorb wins!

 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Why would someone buy such things?
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Probably the same reason people walk on hot coals.

Many of them match the appearance of nice JBs. I had intended, but they were not available locally at the time, to swap some of the nice out with the awful and freak some people out at work.

I would have had a big tub of cherry as a "mouth wash", though.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Why would someone buy such things?
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Probably the same reason people walk on hot coals.

Many of them match the appearance of nice JBs. I had intended, but they were not available locally at the time, to swap some of the nice out with the awful and freak some people out at work.

I would have had a big tub of cherry as a "mouth wash", though.
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I don't think it's the same reasoning at all.
This is more along the lines of that stupid "This is awful, you have to try it!" mentality.
 
lol I love the Harry Potter jellybean pack.

I once grabbed a peach and a vomit at the jelly belly factory. I ate the peach and gave my friend the other one. It was hilarious. BTW the peach and vomit look identical. There's also other ones that are matching.
 
Originally posted by: Tremulant
I saw on some TV show that they do have a machine that they put a sample in to and it gets the chemical components of it and tells them how much of which ingredients to put into the flavoring.

I think the ear wax flavor is from the CEO's ear wax.
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Sounds like a gas chromatograph. We used them in organic chemistry to determine the different components in a mixture.
 
Little known fact: The vomit jelly belly jellybean was supposed to be peperoni pizza. the flavor was so bad that most commented it tasted like vomit. jelly belly took it to heart, and decided to modify the flavor to make it taste closer to vomit (they added another acidic ingredient that I forget ATM) and then began giving it out on factory tours. It took off from there.
 
I've never heard of this line, but I'm fascinated. I'd definitely buy them at least once. Hell, I'd probably enjoy the grass flavor :^D
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
Little known fact: The vomit jelly belly jellybean was supposed to be peperoni pizza. the flavor was so bad that most commented it tasted like vomit. jelly belly took it to heart, and decided to modify the flavor to make it taste closer to vomit (they added another acidic ingredient that I forget ATM) and then began giving it out on factory tours. It took off from there.
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If by little known, you meant it was on an episode of Unwrapped, then yes! 😛

Pretty funny descriptions of the tastes IMO

 
i used to love Gummi worms and imitations, many of which are way better
than Gummi worms. that sugar rush helped me study computer stuff.

but i had to give them up. hard on the teeth, and on the waistline.

why not have a "rotten egg" and a "decaying snail" flavor ?
 
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: Evadman
Little known fact: The vomit jelly belly jellybean was supposed to be peperoni pizza. the flavor was so bad that most commented it tasted like vomit. jelly belly took it to heart, and decided to modify the flavor to make it taste closer to vomit (they added another acidic ingredient that I forget ATM) and then began giving it out on factory tours. It took off from there.
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If by little known, you meant it was on an episode of Unwrapped, then yes! 😛

Pretty funny descriptions of the tastes IMO
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LOL the description for the Vomit flavored beans is hilarious.
 
Originally posted by: wwswimming
why not have a "rotten egg" and a "decaying snail" flavor ?
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They have rotten egg. Not sure about decaying snail... Decaying anything I suppose would be pretty nasty.

How about airport men's room toilet seat?
 
Yep i bought a box of these once. They have the regular flavors mixed in with the nasty ones and they look exactly the same. Vomit was probably the worst followed by earwax.
 
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