In 2013, Skittles changed its original flavor line-up to include green apple, causing a consumer backlash. Green apple also replaced lime in the sour packets. It was rumored that the reason behind this is the green apple flavor outperforming lime in taste tests (what an absolute horseshit excuse this was). A "Long Lost Lime" variation of Skittles was released in summer 2017 and 2018 (thank fuck, how else would we have survived?!?!) bringing the lime flavor back to the original mix of Skittles for a limited time only. In September 2021, it was announced that lime would be permanently returning to the original Skittles flavor in October 2021, replacing green apple for the first time since 2013 (they finally got sober).