Readers have shared their memories of discontinued products in response to an article by Adrian Chiles about the loss of Rose's Lime Marmalade and dark chocolate Bounty. Derek Janes of Duns, Scottish Borders, recalled that after German reunification, street markets sold the last of East German products, and a museum exhibition lamented the loss of many food items and children's TV programmes.
Roy Kettle from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, asked where to find Halls' chocolate sour lemons, noting they turned your tongue black but tasted great, and that chocolate limes are not a substitute. Mike Chalk of Leicester remembered Izal medicated toilet roll, which made excellent tracing paper.
Christopher Cook of Deal, Kent, expressed grief over the demise of Mapleton's Fru-Grains in the 1970s. Pete Lawson of Sunderland recalled the Jubbly, where the aim was to suck out the flavour to leave a solid ball of ice to throw from a school bus. Jane Wynne Willson of Birmingham mourned the loss of Bath Olivers, saying cheese and biscuits have lost their magic. Anne Laurence of Oxford noted the disappearance of Gentleman's Relish.
