Bourbon Fettuccine Grape

Fettuccine Grape is a snack that commits fully to its own peculiar identity and is considerably better for it. The gummy comes in long, flat strips that do genuinely resemble fettuccine pasta, dusted in a fine sour grape powder that delivers a sharp, tangy hit the moment it touches the tongue before giving way to a deep, sweet grape flavour that lingers with impressive staying power. It is a two-stage experience in a format that looks like it belongs on a dinner plate, and it is absolutely excellent.

The texture sits on the firmer end of the gummy spectrum, giving each strip a satisfying chew that makes the whole experience feel more substantial than a regular fruit candy. The sour coating does serious work here, preventing the grape flavour from ever becoming too sweet and keeping each piece interesting from the first bite to the last. Bourbon are primarily known for their biscuits and cookies, which makes the Fettuccine range feel like a deliberate and very successful detour into different territory. The grape flavour is the classic, the one that built the reputation, and eating it for the first time produces the specific expression of someone encountering something unexpected that is significantly better than they had any right to anticipate. A bag of pasta that is not pasta. Japan remains wonderfully unpredictable.