Several people reported feeling dizzy and unwell after eating from a 1kg pack of Haribo Happy Cola F!ZZ

Space cake, weed cookies and hash brownies may be familiar fare in the Netherlands, but cannabis in bags of children’s candy is not and Haribo has recalled its Happy Cola F!ZZ sweets after traces of the drug were found inside.

Several people, including children, suffered “health complaints, such as dizziness” after eating sweets from three 1kg packs, the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) in the Netherlands said, adding that a full recall had been undertaken as a precaution.

“How the cannabis ended up in the sweets is still unknown,” a spokesperson for the authority told the Dutch news agency ANP. “The police are investigating the matter further.” The authority said the packs concerned were genuine Haribo products.

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    5 days ago

    Several people, including children, suffered “health complaints, such as dizziness” after eating sweets from three 1kg packs

    I’d provably be dizzy too if I’d just eaten 3kg of sweets.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      So I just checked random packaging from sour gummy candies. 65.1% sugar. Damn. So 3kg would be 1,953g of sugar.

      You know, I just thought, “I could do that”, but probably nuh-uh. That’s like 2 months of recommended max. added sugar intake.

      Although, recommended is just that, recommended. Those 25 - 36g are like one can of coke. Well, actually for women that can of coke exceeds recommendations already.