Category: Candy

Halloween treats to avoid: Dum-Dums for Dumb-Dumbs

Halloween treats to avoid: Dum-Dums for Dumb-Dumbs

[ 3 ] October 27, 2012 |

Halloween is looming next week but the spooky thing is not in the costumes and decorations. To me it’s in what is offered for trick-or-treat. Food additive terrorism intensifies on holidays, but unlike suicide terrorist bombing, food additive terrorism is not possible without consent of ignorant or careless consumers. What perhaps is designed to particularly […]

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Sunkist Fruit Gems: Safe for trick-or-treat!

Sunkist Fruit Gems: Safe for trick-or-treat!

[ 1 ] October 16, 2012 |

Until now the Sunkist brand name was not associated in my mind with healthy products: their Grape soda is a sugary chemical pollution, in my view. But the growing relationship between Sunkist Growers and Jelly Belly Candy Company proves otherwise. Jelly Belly Candy Company, the makers of all natural Sunkist Fruit Gems and Fruit Slices, […]

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Welcome Blue Bunny Naturally Frozen Yogurt

Welcome Blue Bunny Naturally Frozen Yogurt

[ 0 ] September 18, 2012 |

Yes, you can run a profitable business in food industry by making nutritious products which do not contain any suspicious food additives. Blue Bunny’s Naturally Frozen Yogurt is a good illustration of this statement. Look at the DyeDiet risk and nutrition diagram for the yogurt: it’s nicely green and contains no red segments: DyeDiet RECOMMENDED […]

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Jelly Belly To Be Proud About

Jelly Belly To Be Proud About

[ 0 ] July 21, 2012 |

Some time ago I wrote a report on Jelly Belly candy which was stuffed with 11 anti-nutritional food additives (red segments in the DyeDiet diagram) and delivered a miserably low nutritional value. Yes, I would not treat my children to that kind of candies. But the world is changing and not always for worse. Now […]

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Tampico Freezer Tampons: Why to Eat Them?

Tampico Freezer Tampons: Why to Eat Them?

[ 2 ] June 13, 2012 |

When you aren’t sure how to use a product or a device you look for the manual, right? When user guide is not available than you have to experiment relying on the trial and error method. I would not recommend you to do so with “Irresistible TAMPICO Freezer Pops Regular Mix.” You may hurt yourself. […]

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Nutritious candy of Whole Foods Market

Nutritious candy of Whole Foods Market

[ 2 ] June 6, 2012 |

Sometimes I hear from my readers: “Why do you look for nutrients in candy? Everyone knows they are artificial.” I disagree on the both points: 1. Candy can and should be nutritious; 2. Too many people are misled by fruity pictures on the labels. So what the nutritious candy looks like? Here is one example […]

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Sugar free Popsicles eat away your health

Sugar free Popsicles eat away your health

[ 1 ] May 9, 2012 |

Nothing is free in the profit driven world. But if you are not educated in what food is, you lose twice: when you pay your own money for a marketing trick and when you allow the pesky food additives to eat away your health. Corporations don’t hesitate to exploit your ignorance to pack their deep […]

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Easter Bad Surprise Lollipops

Easter Bad Surprise Lollipops

[ 0 ] April 5, 2012 |

I think this Easter Egg Surprise Lollipops would make Jesus to throw up. Why? Because Jesus would expect TRUTH, something really loving, healthy and nourishing in the treat, wouldn’t He? Instead, He would find only LIES: chemical simulation of the flavors and a bunch of nasty artificial colors imitating strawberry, watermelon and blue raspberry. Yes, […]

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Swedish Fish: What do you chew?

Swedish Fish: What do you chew?

[ 0 ] March 28, 2012 |

Swedish Fish is a soft & chewy fish-shaped candy made in Canada. The fish is originated from in Sweden where it is generally much paler in color and more translucent. The taste also differs slightly, the Swedish version being less sweet but more fruit-flavored, especially the yellow one. Why, why so many American versions of […]

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CVS cough drops with Red 40

CVS cough drops with Red 40

[ 1 ] March 25, 2012 |

In America, Red 40 is the most-widely used dye, which is capable of inducing immune-system tumors in laboratory animals. The dye causes allergic reactions in a small number of consumers and may trigger hyperactivity in children. CSPI warns that considering the safety questions Red 40 should be excluded from foods unless and until new tests […]

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