I don’t eat anything made in the middle east-period. Check preserves and jellies sometime-especially the ‘gourmet’ stuff. Food made in countries with a high lunatic demographic is just too risky.
They had MORE flavors than they usually did in the Chicklets factories in the US and elsewhere, so Arab stores carried them.
I think somebody bombed them ~ or the gun arabic trees weren't doing well. Hard to find stuff these days.
Before you buy any candy, you should look on the package to see where it was manufactured. You might be surprised that many American brands are now being manufactured out of our country. As an example, some Brach candy (candy corn and jelly beans)are being made in Mexico and South America. I used to work for them, it was a good American company until purchased by Europeans.