Jelly Babies

[DazTheSlug]

Not sure if this fits in 'Health' or 'Equipment' but, Jelly Babies are a perenial favourite of fellrunners; they usually have bovine gelatine in them so are unsuitable for vegetarians. Does anybody know if veggie friendly 'Babies are available and, if so, are they any good?

Asda's own brand Fruit Jellies are veggie and go down great

I've never actually tried Jelly Babies before, but Tesco had em on offer last night , so I've bought some and am going to try them out on my Duddon recce on Friday...

for the record, I usually survive off: cashew nuts, flapjack, nutri-grain bars, cocktail sausages, pasties and rice pud
it's rare that I fancy anything sweeter than flapjack - rather than sweeties I usually just stick with energy drink for full-on sugar hit

[Derby Tup]

Anyone tried running with / on Cadbury's Creme Eggs?

[Lola]

I tried the Ella's Kitchen stuff over Easter, wading through the Lake District snow, came to some conclusions:

Childhood obesety (getting fat and spelling badly) is a myth. No kid EVER got fat on portions that small 2 mouthfulls of mango and rice and that was the pouch empty.

The stuff tastes great and is easy to keep down because you get so little.

It costs more than malt whisky measure for measure.

May be organic but its not green given the huge packaging waste relative to content.

Great for a really important race but otherwise, make your own or use maltloaf/jelly babies.

[MorganW]

Well, welll.

A Fruitarian no less. 40-50 bananas per day.

http://dean.runnersworld.com/2010/03....html#more-410

Get that fruit down.

[Derby Tup]

Wonder if Deano posted this a couple of days early?

I'd spend all day in what I believe the Americans call the John if I ate a tenth of that fruit

Well, welll.

A Fruitarian no less. 40-50 bananas per day.

http://dean.runnersworld.com/2010/03....html#more-410

Get that fruit down.

[MorganW]

It must work for him, but I'd be chucked out of the house for unreasonable behaviour..........

[Mossdog]

Not sure if this fits in 'Health' or 'Equipment' but, Jelly Babies are a perenial favourite of fellrunners; they usually have bovine gelatine in them so are unsuitable for vegetarians. Does anybody know if veggie friendly 'Babies are available and, if so, are they any good?

The Co-op do 'American hard gums: fruit flavoured gums with a sugar coating', no gelatine, and so suitable for vegans and veggies, and not bad re:taste. 1630 kj per 100g. Oh.. and cheap compared to other gelatine free 'sweeties'.

[Man from Del Monte]

Anyone tried running with / on Cadbury's Creme Eggs?

try rolling one down geronimo and then try and catch it. great training!!

[Jez Hellewell]

Did a 15 miler yesterday & took an electrolyte drink & an Organix Goodies Carrot Cake bar. Ok, it's another baby food, but, very tasty & easy to digest on the hoof. The ingredients are: wholegrain oats, raisins, carrot juice & orange oil. No more sickly gels for me.

[Joe]

Asda's own brand Fruit Jellies are veggie and go down great

I'm a big fruit jellies fan for races. I've tried several brands and they're no more expensive than other sweets. They're not sold everywhere though - I get them from my local garage, or health food stores.