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> Haribo candy berries). Yes, its a corn syrup base,

Are you sure? As far as I can see, Haribo's European products at least are made with sugar.

The EU sets a maximum production quota on high fructose corn syrup, I doubt there would be enough for Haribo to use it. (300,000 tonnes per year is the quota.)

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>The EU sets a maximum production quota on high fructose corn syrup

Corn syrup != high fructose corn syrup. Way less sweet and mostly dextrose/glucose. Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_syrup

Yes, you are right.

I'm not used to the American terms for ingredients, it's labelled glucose syrup in Europe.

The basic gold bears do contain corn syrup, under the name Glukosesirup: http://das-ist-drin.de/Haribo-Goldbaeren-200-g--1256/

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