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A RARE 50p coin has sparked an online bidding war, as a coin collector reveals which two coins are worth 195 times its face value.

A coin expert has recently revealed the two rarest designs that could fetch hundreds of pounds online.

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The Atlantic Salmon is the rarest 50p coin with only 200,000 in circulation[/caption]

Posting under the name @coincollectingwizard on TikTok, the video revealed that the two 50p designs worth up to 195 times its value.

Released in 2023, the King Charles III Atlantic Salmon is the rarest 50p coin in the UK, with only 200,000 coins in active circulation.

According to Coincollectingwizard, a rare Atlantic Salmon coin could sell for an average of £150 pounds.

Recently, two 50p coins recently sold for £195 on eBay, while a bag of 50p coins sold for £1,700 in a fierce bidding war.

King Charles III 50p, also known as the Atlantic Salmon, has skyrocketed to top position in the list of the UK’s rarest 50p coins still in circulation.

A Changechecker spokesperson said: “The circulation 2023 Salmon 50p has knocked the legendary Kew Gardens 50p off the top spot, meaning Britain has a new rarest 50p for the first time in 15 years.

“It was announced on October 7, 2024 that just 200,000 2023 Salmon 50ps entered circulation in November 2023.

Due to its incredibly low mintage, just one in 335 people in the UK could have the chance of finding one in their change.

When the Kew Gardens 50p was first issued in 2009, collectors didn’t initially realise just how rare it would be, and many people who found one in their change parted with it and later kicked themselves.

The spokesperson added: “Now, 15 years later, the Kew Gardens coin regularly sells for between £150 to £250 on the secondary market, so it’s no surprise that they’re already selling on the secondary market for up to £200.

“For many, snagging a Salmon coin could be a second chance at coin-collecting glory.”

Described by the Royal Mint as “the nation’s most collectable coin”, the 50p has seen over 100 different designs appear on its reverse since its introduction.

Out of the 10 rarest 50ps in circulation, six are related to the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny coins from 2018 both also making the list.

CHECK IF YOU HAVE A RARE COIN

Rare coins and valuable notes can be worth tens of thousands of times their face value.

But sometimes it’s just tiny differences which make them so lucrative.

The most valuable coins tend to be ones with low mintage numbers or an error.

Those qualities typically make them valuable to collectors.

Your next step would be to check if your coin is still available to purchase in superior Brilliant Uncirculated quality from an official Royal Mint distributor, according to Change Checker.

Certified Brilliant Uncirculated coins have been specially struck to a superior unblemished quality which set them apart from the coins you may find in pockets.

SELLING YOUR RARE COINS

There are many different factors to consider when trying to value a coin, including its condition and mintage, so it’s important to do your homework first.

If you’ve got a coin that you would like to sell at auction, you can contact The Royal Mint’s Collectors Service.

It has a team of experts who can help you to authenticate and value your coin.

You’ll need to enquire via email, and a member of the valuation team will contact get back to you.

Take a picture of your coin and attach this to the email – you can find the details on The Royal Mint’s website.

Be aware that you will be charged for this service though – the cost will vary depending on the size of your collection.

If you are looking to buy a coin online through a marketplace such as eBay, it’s important to know exactly what you are purchasing.

This is because anyone can list a coin on eBay and charge whatever amount they wish.

You should also be wary of fakes online – and keep in mind that on eBay a buyer could pull out, which means the coin won’t have sold for the price it says it has.

Meanwhile, we have put together a guide on the rarest and most valuable coins.

We also tell you what you should do if you find a lucky penny in your pocket.

KIM JONG-UN has sent Russia 10,000 troops to help them fight against Ukraine, say the Pentagon.

The North Korean dictator has helped out desperate pal Vladimir Putin in his flailing war as Russian soldiers continue to be sent into battle as cannon fodder.

AP

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Footage appears to show North Korean troops being trained up by Russia[/caption]

Putin has now suffered over 600,000 casualties as Ukraine fights to valiantly defend itself.

The tyrant’s latest power move to try and wrestle back control of the territory has seen him lean on North Korea for additional men.

Putin has been sent around 10,000 troops to be trained up before being deployed in the Kursk region in “the next several weeks,” says Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh.

She added: “We are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in Russia‘s Kursk region.”

Nato also confirmed North Korean soldiers have been verified as entering into Russia earlier today.

The group’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said the move represents “a significant escalation” in North Korea’s involvement in the conflict.

It also marks “a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war”, he warned.

Despite the threat of an increased conflict, Rutte said it also shows how desperate Vlad has become.

He argued: “Over 600,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war, and he is unable to sustain his assault in Ukraine without foreign support,” he said.

“This is because the Ukrainians are fighting back with courage, resilience and ingenuity.”

The secretary general spoke in Brussels after a high-level South Korean delegation – including top intelligence and military officials – briefed the alliance’s 32 national ambassadors at Nato headquarters.

Rutte said Nato is “actively consulting within the alliance, with Ukraine, and with our Indo-Pacific partners,” on developments.

He added he was due to talk soon with South Korea’s president and Ukraine’s defence minister.

The first talk of North Korean troops being deployed inside Ukraine came when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cited intelligence reports saying the foreign troops where being expected in days.

The claims came last Friday after his government uncovered information saying some 10,000 troops are being readied to join Russian forces.

General Kyrylo Budanov, the head Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence, said the first 2,600 North Koreans may be ready to fight by this Friday.

US and South Korean officials voiced similar concerns with them saying at least 3,000 North Korean troops had been deployed to Russia for training.

Footage appeared to show North Korean troops marching alongside Russian soldiers at a military base near Vladivostok this month.

EPA

Nato has slammed the deployment of troops and strengthening relationship of the dictators as ‘a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war’[/caption]

Reuters

North Korea’s troops are said to be deployed in the Kursk region where fighting has continued for months[/caption]

Video analysed by The Washington Post showed hordes of men who appeared to be of Korean descent at Sergeevka military training ground – near Russia’s eastern border with North Korea.

The clips also included audible Korean phrases spoken with a North Korean accent.

Putin bringing over thousands of North Korean soldiers to fight in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II is set to only pile on more pressure to Ukraine’s weary and outnumbered army.

But a group of nearly 200 defectors who have fled Kim Jong-un‘s regime are hoping to turn things around for Ukraine.

They hope to fight for Ukraine and help demoralise and influence Pyongyang’s troops to join the right side.

The ex-soldiers, currently living in South Korea, offered their military experience to help wage psychological warfare against Moscow’s allies, the South China Morning Post reports.

Ahn Chan-il, a 69-year-old defector and member of the group, said: “We are all military veterans who understand North Korea’s military culture and psychological state better than anyone else.

“We’re ready to go wherever needed to work as psychological warfare agents – through loudspeaker broadcasts, distributing leaflets, and even acting as interpreters.”

Another important player in the initiative, Lee Min-bok, has made his appeal directly to the Ukrainian government.

He asked President Zelensky for the green light to help rescue North Korean soldiers.

AFP

Rex

Nato say the move shows Putin is desperate[/caption]

Reuters

The aftermath of a Russian strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv earlier this year[/caption]

KIM JONG-UN has sent Russia 10,000 troops to help them fight against Ukraine, say the Pentagon.

The North Korean dictator has helped out desperate pal Vladimir Putin in his flailing war as Russian soldiers continue to be sent into battle as cannon fodder.

AP

Avalon.red

Footage appears to show North Korean troops being trained up by Russia[/caption]

Putin has now suffered over 600,000 casualties as Ukraine fights to valiantly defend itself.

The tyrant’s latest power move to try and wrestle back control of the territory has seen him lean on North Korea for additional men.

Putin has been sent around 10,000 troops to be trained up before being deployed in the Kursk region in “the next several weeks,” says Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh.

She added: “We are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in Russia‘s Kursk region.”

Nato also confirmed North Korean soldiers have been verified as entering into Russia earlier today.

The group’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said the move represents “a significant escalation” in North Korea’s involvement in the conflict.

It also marks “a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war”, he warned.

Despite the threat of an increased conflict, Rutte said it also shows how desperate Vlad has become.

He argued: “Over 600,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war, and he is unable to sustain his assault in Ukraine without foreign support,” he said.

“This is because the Ukrainians are fighting back with courage, resilience and ingenuity.”

The secretary general spoke in Brussels after a high-level South Korean delegation – including top intelligence and military officials – briefed the alliance’s 32 national ambassadors at Nato headquarters.

Rutte said Nato is “actively consulting within the alliance, with Ukraine, and with our Indo-Pacific partners,” on developments.

He added he was due to talk soon with South Korea’s president and Ukraine’s defence minister.

The first talk of North Korean troops being deployed inside Ukraine came when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cited intelligence reports saying the foreign troops where being expected in days.

The claims came last Friday after his government uncovered information saying some 10,000 troops are being readied to join Russian forces.

General Kyrylo Budanov, the head Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence, said the first 2,600 North Koreans may be ready to fight by this Friday.

US and South Korean officials voiced similar concerns with them saying at least 3,000 North Korean troops had been deployed to Russia for training.

Footage appeared to show North Korean troops marching alongside Russian soldiers at a military base near Vladivostok this month.

EPA

Nato has slammed the deployment of troops and strengthening relationship of the dictators as ‘a dangerous expansion of Russia’s war’[/caption]

Reuters

North Korea’s troops are said to be deployed in the Kursk region where fighting has continued for months[/caption]

Video analysed by The Washington Post showed hordes of men who appeared to be of Korean descent at Sergeevka military training ground – near Russia’s eastern border with North Korea.

The clips also included audible Korean phrases spoken with a North Korean accent.

Putin bringing over thousands of North Korean soldiers to fight in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II is set to only pile on more pressure to Ukraine’s weary and outnumbered army.

But a group of nearly 200 defectors who have fled Kim Jong-un‘s regime are hoping to turn things around for Ukraine.

They hope to fight for Ukraine and help demoralise and influence Pyongyang’s troops to join the right side.

The ex-soldiers, currently living in South Korea, offered their military experience to help wage psychological warfare against Moscow’s allies, the South China Morning Post reports.

Ahn Chan-il, a 69-year-old defector and member of the group, said: “We are all military veterans who understand North Korea’s military culture and psychological state better than anyone else.

“We’re ready to go wherever needed to work as psychological warfare agents – through loudspeaker broadcasts, distributing leaflets, and even acting as interpreters.”

Another important player in the initiative, Lee Min-bok, has made his appeal directly to the Ukrainian government.

He asked President Zelensky for the green light to help rescue North Korean soldiers.

AFP

Rex

Nato say the move shows Putin is desperate[/caption]

Reuters

The aftermath of a Russian strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv earlier this year[/caption]

MANCHESTER UNITED are working on a deal to appoint Sporting boss Ruben Amorim as the club’s new head coach.

It comes after former manager Erik ten Hag was sacked on Monday morning following the Red Devils’ poor start to the 2024/25 Premier League season.

Amorim is said to be open to accepting the move to Old Trafford, with Man Utd ready to pay Sporting his €10m release clause.

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MANCHESTER UNITED are working on a deal to appoint Sporting boss Ruben Amorim as the club’s new head coach.

It comes after former manager Erik ten Hag was sacked on Monday morning following the Red Devils’ poor start to the 2024/25 Premier League season.

Amorim is said to be open to accepting the move to Old Trafford, with Man Utd ready to pay Sporting his €10m release clause.

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NESTLE discontinued Tooty Frooties in 2019 after 60 years.

Nestlé discontinued the multicoloured fruit sweets as part of a shake-up to better align with customer preferences.

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Rowntrees Tooty Frooties have been axed[/caption]

What were Rowntree’s Tooty Frooties?

Tooty Frooties were chewy, fruit-flavoured sweets with a crunchy, multicoloured shell.

The classic sweet was launched by Mackintosh in 1963 and became an instant hit.

They were particularly popular in the UK during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Mackintosh merged with Rowntree’s in 1969 to become Rowntree Mackintosh.

When the company was acquired by Nestlé in 1988, Tooty Frooties was sold under the Rowntree’s name.

However, during the 2010s, there was a gradual decline in the popularity of the sweet.

Why and when were Tooty Frooties discontinued?

Nestlé has confirmed that the sweets aren’t being made anymore.

The sweet treats were quietly axed in 2019 after 50 years.

A Nestlé spokesman said: “Sweet tastes and trends change over the years and Tooty Frooties have become much less popular in the decades since their launch.

“In 2019, people prefer the jelly and foamy sweets you find in Rowntree’s Randoms (now also discontinued) and that’s why we’ve decided to concentrate on new products under the Randoms brand.” 

The news first dropped on X, after Nestle‘s Customer Care account responded to a query from a man named Philip Reynolds.

All good things come to an end we’re afraid.”

Nestle on Tooty Frooties

Philip wrote: “Nestlé are you seriously discontinuing Tooty Frooties? STAP IT!!!”

Nestlé responded: “Unfortunately we’ve had to say goodbye to Tooty Frooties, Philip.

Nestle

“Our love for Tooty Frooties will always be there, but for now, we have to let it go.”

The firm added: “All good things come to an end we’re afraid.

“That goes for our Tooty Frooties too!

“We’re always working on lots of new exciting creations so you never know what you might get in future!”

Fans of the sweets were outraged by this revelation, with one person branding it “unforgivable”.

And even celebrities objected to the axing, with TV presenter Ben Shephard saying: “What? As if we haven’t got enough to deal with right now.”

Good Morning Britain‘s Charlotte Hawkins added: “No Nestlé don’t ditch Tooty Frooties! They’re the best! The bad news this morning they are being discontinued… however on GMB we’re doing our best to save them!”

The trend in recent times has been for jelly and foam sweets.

During 2019 Nestlé revamped their Rowntree’s line of sweets with new modern packaging.

They’ve also made several changes to the flavours – making all of the green Randoms apple flavours instead of lime.

Rowntree’s Randoms Squidgy Swirls were also discontinued from its range of products.

It is not likely that the product may appear again as a limited edition as Rowntree’s told X users they had absolutely no packets of the product left. 

Nestle

What is similar to Tooty Frooties?

If you’re looking for a decent alternative to Tooty Frooties, then Skittles are your closest bet.

However, you can also still buy Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles and Fruit Gums, which both remain hugely popular.

Elsewhere, Nestle has announced that they have discontinued Polo Fruits and Polo Gummies.

It comes just a few days after Nestle axed another popular product in their UK lineup.

It confirmed it has made the “difficult decision” to discontinue the Caramac bar in 2023, but made a return in 2024 for a limited time only.

In 2023, Nestlé reported that revenues fell in the first nine months of the year, as falling volumes and currency headwinds outweighed the impact of higher prices.

At the time, the company’s CEO, Mark Schneider, said he had “confidence that real internal growth, the sum of volume and mix, will turn positive in the second half of the year and again become the main driver of growth going forward”.

He added: “Pricing will be more targeted, by brand and by country.”

SABRINA Taylor was jailed for defrauding more than $600,000 dollars from her friends by lying to them about her health. 

She claimed to be living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition that affects the central nervous system, but this was eventually revealed to be an elaborate lie. 

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Sabrina’s scam

Not much is known about Sabrina’s early life, but her love of comic books, Japan and Japanese culture is well documented. 

She would often travel to the country and stay with friends, before going on whirlwind shopping sprees through anime stores in Tokyo. 

Sabrina told her friends that she was visiting them while on holiday from being a Master’s student at the University of Washington and also claimed to be working as a research assistant at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre. 

Her life as a student meant that people believed her when she said that she was strapped for cash, having made the cross-continent journey from West Coast America. 

Sabrina’s MS battle 

Sabrina claimed to be living with MS and often used it as an excuse to get out of plans that she had made with friends.

Although this annoyed her friends, they trusted her enough to believe her when she said that days out to her favorite theme parks were less exhausting.  

Sabrina’s lies began to become more elaborate, though, and she began to claim that she was running out of money because of then-President Donald Trump’s health policies. 

With her friends now believing that she was struggling for money, Sabrina decided to add another layer to her scam.

She claimed that her bank account had been hacked and drained of more than $22,000, before uploading a video to social media where she said that the incident had caused her to become suicidal.

Wellwishers began to offer up money to support her and, soon, money began pouring into Sabrina’s account. 

Sabrina’s insistence on more money made three of her friends in Japan suspicious, as they all realized that they had been lending her cash. 

Alarmy

The scam unravels

Eventually, her three friends, Kathryn, Ebony and Lauren decided to investigate their friend’s cash-flow problem.

Lauren logged onto Sabrina’s iPad, while Sabrina was visiting Universal Studios, and found that she didn’t have a work account set up on Slack despite her claim that she used it for her job. 

Also, there were no emails in her inbox related to the University of Washington or to her cancer research work. 

Lauren eventually uncovered that her friend had attended Seattle Central College and that she was on academic probation there. 

Then, a search of Sabrina’s bag revealed that she didn’t carry any of the vital drugs needed to manage MS. 

The three friends were torn between confronting Sabrina immediately or waiting until they returned to America. 

Mid-flight, Ebony decided to expose Sabrina’s scam with a shocking post on Facebook. 

She wrote: “I’m writing this because I believe in truth, integrity, and also because I cannot allow any more people to give money to a person who is lying,”

“I and others are attempting to notify any and all authorities so that she cannot continue these travesties against queer people, women, and people of color, the communities she claims to support but who she has primarily targeted.”

Lauren then met up with a friend of Sabrina’s, who had been scammed out of more than $40,000 and called an FBI hotline.

An investigation was launched which uncovered that Sabrina had only briefly been enrolled at the University of Washington, that she had never been employed in Washington State, and that she had never been diagnosed with MS. 

It was also revealed that her scam had started before she arrived in Japan, as she had taken over $100,000 from an ex-partner before falsely accusing him of domestic assault. 

Three years later, Sabrina was charged with wire fraud and jailed at the age of 41. 

Love Cheats

The UK Channel 4 documentary series Love Cheats dives into Sabrina’s elaborate scam, which saw her defraud over $600,000. 

The show examines fraud that takes place within relationships and has previously explored a fireman who was revealed to be, in fact, a conman and a man who claimed to be Lord Bertie Underwood. 

The episode detailing Sabrina’s case is named The Comic Con, after her love of anime, and will air on October 28, 2024, at 10 pm UK time.

SABRINA Taylor was jailed for defrauding more than $600,000 dollars from her friends by lying to them about her health. 

She claimed to be living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a condition that affects the central nervous system, but this was eventually revealed to be an elaborate lie. 

Getty Images

AFP

Sabrina’s scam

Not much is known about Sabrina’s early life, but her love of comic books, Japan and Japanese culture is well documented. 

She would often travel to the country and stay with friends, before going on whirlwind shopping sprees through anime stores in Tokyo. 

Sabrina told her friends that she was visiting them while on holiday from being a Master’s student at the University of Washington and also claimed to be working as a research assistant at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre. 

Her life as a student meant that people believed her when she said that she was strapped for cash, having made the cross-continent journey from West Coast America. 

Sabrina’s MS battle 

Sabrina claimed to be living with MS and often used it as an excuse to get out of plans that she had made with friends.

Although this annoyed her friends, they trusted her enough to believe her when she said that days out to her favorite theme parks were less exhausting.  

Sabrina’s lies began to become more elaborate, though, and she began to claim that she was running out of money because of then-President Donald Trump’s health policies. 

With her friends now believing that she was struggling for money, Sabrina decided to add another layer to her scam.

She claimed that her bank account had been hacked and drained of more than $22,000, before uploading a video to social media where she said that the incident had caused her to become suicidal.

Wellwishers began to offer up money to support her and, soon, money began pouring into Sabrina’s account. 

Sabrina’s insistence on more money made three of her friends in Japan suspicious, as they all realized that they had been lending her cash. 

Alarmy

The scam unravels

Eventually, her three friends, Kathryn, Ebony and Lauren decided to investigate their friend’s cash-flow problem.

Lauren logged onto Sabrina’s iPad, while Sabrina was visiting Universal Studios, and found that she didn’t have a work account set up on Slack despite her claim that she used it for her job. 

Also, there were no emails in her inbox related to the University of Washington or to her cancer research work. 

Lauren eventually uncovered that her friend had attended Seattle Central College and that she was on academic probation there. 

Then, a search of Sabrina’s bag revealed that she didn’t carry any of the vital drugs needed to manage MS. 

The three friends were torn between confronting Sabrina immediately or waiting until they returned to America. 

Mid-flight, Ebony decided to expose Sabrina’s scam with a shocking post on Facebook. 

She wrote: “I’m writing this because I believe in truth, integrity, and also because I cannot allow any more people to give money to a person who is lying,”

“I and others are attempting to notify any and all authorities so that she cannot continue these travesties against queer people, women, and people of color, the communities she claims to support but who she has primarily targeted.”

Lauren then met up with a friend of Sabrina’s, who had been scammed out of more than $40,000 and called an FBI hotline.

An investigation was launched which uncovered that Sabrina had only briefly been enrolled at the University of Washington, that she had never been employed in Washington State, and that she had never been diagnosed with MS. 

It was also revealed that her scam had started before she arrived in Japan, as she had taken over $100,000 from an ex-partner before falsely accusing him of domestic assault. 

Three years later, Sabrina was charged with wire fraud and jailed at the age of 41. 

Love Cheats

The UK Channel 4 documentary series Love Cheats dives into Sabrina’s elaborate scam, which saw her defraud over $600,000. 

The show examines fraud that takes place within relationships and has previously explored a fireman who was revealed to be, in fact, a conman and a man who claimed to be Lord Bertie Underwood. 

The episode detailing Sabrina’s case is named The Comic Con, after her love of anime, and will air on October 28, 2024, at 10 pm UK time.

NESTLE discontinued Tooty Frooties in 2019 after 60 years.

Nestlé discontinued the multicoloured fruit sweets as part of a shake-up to better align with customer preferences.

rOWNTREE

Rowntrees Tooty Frooties have been axed[/caption]

What were Rowntree’s Tooty Frooties?

Tooty Frooties were chewy, fruit-flavoured sweets with a crunchy, multicoloured shell.

The classic sweet was launched by Mackintosh in 1963 and became an instant hit.

They were particularly popular in the UK during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Mackintosh merged with Rowntree’s in 1969 to become Rowntree Mackintosh.

When the company was acquired by Nestlé in 1988, Tooty Frooties was sold under the Rowntree’s name.

However, during the 2010s, there was a gradual decline in the popularity of the sweet.

Why and when were Tooty Frooties discontinued?

Nestlé has confirmed that the sweets aren’t being made anymore.

The sweet treats were quietly axed in 2019 after 50 years.

A Nestlé spokesman said: “Sweet tastes and trends change over the years and Tooty Frooties have become much less popular in the decades since their launch.

“In 2019, people prefer the jelly and foamy sweets you find in Rowntree’s Randoms (now also discontinued) and that’s why we’ve decided to concentrate on new products under the Randoms brand.” 

The news first dropped on X, after Nestle‘s Customer Care account responded to a query from a man named Philip Reynolds.

All good things come to an end we’re afraid.”

Nestle on Tooty Frooties

Philip wrote: “Nestlé are you seriously discontinuing Tooty Frooties? STAP IT!!!”

Nestlé responded: “Unfortunately we’ve had to say goodbye to Tooty Frooties, Philip.

Nestle

“Our love for Tooty Frooties will always be there, but for now, we have to let it go.”

The firm added: “All good things come to an end we’re afraid.

“That goes for our Tooty Frooties too!

“We’re always working on lots of new exciting creations so you never know what you might get in future!”

Fans of the sweets were outraged by this revelation, with one person branding it “unforgivable”.

And even celebrities objected to the axing, with TV presenter Ben Shephard saying: “What? As if we haven’t got enough to deal with right now.”

Good Morning Britain‘s Charlotte Hawkins added: “No Nestlé don’t ditch Tooty Frooties! They’re the best! The bad news this morning they are being discontinued… however on GMB we’re doing our best to save them!”

The trend in recent times has been for jelly and foam sweets.

During 2019 Nestlé revamped their Rowntree’s line of sweets with new modern packaging.

They’ve also made several changes to the flavours – making all of the green Randoms apple flavours instead of lime.

Rowntree’s Randoms Squidgy Swirls were also discontinued from its range of products.

It is not likely that the product may appear again as a limited edition as Rowntree’s told X users they had absolutely no packets of the product left. 

Nestle

What is similar to Tooty Frooties?

If you’re looking for a decent alternative to Tooty Frooties, then Skittles are your closest bet.

However, you can also still buy Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles and Fruit Gums, which both remain hugely popular.

Elsewhere, Nestle has announced that they have discontinued Polo Fruits and Polo Gummies.

It comes just a few days after Nestle axed another popular product in their UK lineup.

It confirmed it has made the “difficult decision” to discontinue the Caramac bar in 2023, but made a return in 2024 for a limited time only.

In 2023, Nestlé reported that revenues fell in the first nine months of the year, as falling volumes and currency headwinds outweighed the impact of higher prices.

At the time, the company’s CEO, Mark Schneider, said he had “confidence that real internal growth, the sum of volume and mix, will turn positive in the second half of the year and again become the main driver of growth going forward”.

He added: “Pricing will be more targeted, by brand and by country.”

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