Here's why there are more yellow Skittles in a bag

Finally, there's an answer to this mystery.

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You're meant to "taste the rainbow," but if you've ever found yourself eating more yellow Skittles than the reds, oranges, greens or purples, you're not the only one.

Photo evidence suggests the distribution of colours in packets of Skittles isn't always even, as the lemon-flavoured sweets dominate each bag.

This theory has recently been proved by Skittle-obsessed Reddit users who have analysed the quantities of each colour in small samples of Skittles bags.



A video from the Wrigley factory in Yorkville, Illinois where Skittles are made, shows the sweets are sorted by their colour into individual vats. Yet somewhere in the production process, the yellow sweets manage to make their way into the wrong section, which makes them more prevalent than they should be. Sneaky.


The Reddit users have been quick to put forward a few other explanations.

"More yellow makes the mix look brighter and makes you want to eat more," said one user, while another suggested the colour imbalance might be to do with cutting costs.

"Well the yellow dye may be their biggest order and they just make orange by mixing some yellow and red dye (instead of buying separate orange dye)."

Wrigley is yet to address the issue of the yellow Skittles invasion, but whatever the reason behind it, fans of the colourful sweet treat have made one thing clear. They want their rainbow back.

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