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News Articles: Candy

Candy hearts are displayed on a shelf in Wilton Manors, Fla., in 2019. If you want to avoid processed, high-sugar candy, consider healthier alternatives for your loved one this year.

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  • Food

Skip candy this Valentine's Day. Here are some healthier options

Most of the candy that you see on grocery store shelves is processed and high in sugar. Consider a healthier alternative for your loved one this year.

February 13, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98.

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  • Food

Bob Born, the 'Father of Peeps' and Hot Tamale candies, has died

Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98.

January 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
M&M's pause of its spokescandies comes after a right-wing backlash to changes in the Green and Brown M&Ms and the addition of the Purple M&M.

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M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants

The Fox News host attacked the minor brand changes as "woke" and declared that M&M's wouldn't stop until "you're totally turned off." Maya Rudolph will replace the cartoons as M&M's spokeswoman.

January 24, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde and
  • David Folkenflik
Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween.

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  • National

Unfounded fears about rainbow fentanyl become the latest Halloween boogeyman

Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. But public alarm from a DEA warning about bright-colored fentanyl pills remains.

October 31, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
A Canadian company is hiring a chief candy officer to to taste test products.

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You could get paid to eat candy as a Canadian company's chief candy officer

Candy Funhouse's chief candy officer will taste test over 3,500 products a month. Applicants can be as young as 5 years old.

July 31, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
A recent lawsuit against Mars Inc., the company that makes Skittles, points titanium dioxide in the candy. The ingredient is one of thousands of additives allowed in foods under federal regulations.

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  • Food

A Skittles lawsuit raises questions over titanium dioxide — a legal food additive

A suit has been filed against maker of Skittles over titanium dioxide, a color additive that has been on the market for decades but which has been banned in food by European authorities.

July 22, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda

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