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13 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
I think they were fulla artificial colours so cus they had said 'no artificial colours or flavors' they had to take em owt..:(
oh by da way..are you eatin smarties right now by any chance lol
- VarishaLv 61 decade ago
Yep like Libra said.... The colour of Blue smarties is artificial they got rid of all the artificial colouring to make it all natural.... x
- Claire ELv 41 decade ago
I havn't had smarties in ages, have the blue ones gone ? Thats disapointing...blue is my favourite colour!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Only smarties have the answer.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They took them out because they are full of artificial colours and they make all the kids hyper...it says on the advert now that non of them contain artificial colours so thats when they took them out...i think it stupid lol they were the best ones! lol
Source(s): Me - Steve HarrisLv 41 decade ago
I think they were removed as the blue colouring contained a listed carcinogen, so were potentially cancer causing...
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They stopped making them because the blue food colouring was making kids hypoactive
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They were removed for being too rude