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It's a win for children and consumers with a sweet tooth. A variety of grapes that taste like fairy floss have now reached Australian supermarkets.

Following a fruit frenzy in the United States, where a horticulturalist first produced the 'cotton candy' variety, the grapes are now grown and sold in Australia.

RW Pascoe fruit wholesaler Noel Greenhalgh told ABC News they were very different from the grapes most people know.

"They're very perfumed and very, very sweet," he said. 

"They certainly have the aroma and taste of fairy floss."

The bad news is that their season is very short and they could be out of stock within just a few weeks.

The grapes, which were first planted in Australia in 2014, are not the result of genetic modification.

They are believed to be a healthy snack option, with a sugar content equivalent to mangoes. However, their price point is a little higher, selling at $6 to $8 a kilo.

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