With Pascall Licorice Allsorts on the way out, we put their competitors to the test.

Pascall Licorice Allsorts fans are disappointed to see their sweet treat disappear from supermarket shelves, but not everyone will be sad to see them go, it appears.

Julian Polachek, a spokesman for Mondelez which owns the Pascall and Cadbury's brands, said the sweets would no longer be made, indicating they had lost favour with customers.



"To meet changing consumer preferences we regularly review, introduce new products and remove those that consumers aren't buying," he said, hinting Cadbury's might have a new sweet to announce in a week or two.

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Kevin Stent/Fairfax Sweet fans are having to chew over the loss of another lolly.

Pascall's allsorts are made in New Zealand, but Mondelez said no jobs would be affected.



Its allsorts are the best known in New Zealand of a range of knock-off versions of the original eclectic sweet mix.



These were invented in 1899 by British company Bassett's, reportedly when a salesman, Charlie Thompson, dropped a tray of licorice sweet samples in front of a prospective customer.



Bassett's continues to sell its own version of allsorts which are available in the pricey "international section" of Countdown supermarkets priced at $4.99 for 190g bag.

Amy Law, sales manager at Levin sweet-maker RJ's, said demand for its rival allsorts had been increasing and it had no plans to stop making them.

RJ's had seen a spike in demand over the past since week since Pascall's allsorts began disappearing from shelves and would be upping production, she said.

"There is a very strong consumer demand for licorice allsorts," she said.

"We are in the large majority of stores so we are available for when those consumers switch over, which we believe they will."

Allsorts were a hard lolly to make well, she said.

The loss of Pascall allsorts follows the demise of a host of other dearly loved treats since Snifters disappeared in 2008, and prompted ripples of discontent.

"I had to give up smoking and can't enjoy a good glass of wine anymore but this was my only last treat ... now they have removed it from me," one Facebook post read.