Tootsie Roll vs Cherry Slices Tootsie Roll is chewy candy well-known in the United States for about 120 years. A while ago Tootsie Roll candy was viewed as a lesser evil in comparison with Cherry Slices candy of Zachary Confection available at Walmart. Since that time the Dye Diet Calculator has been designed and the […]
Candy is a confection made from sugar but this doesn’t necessary mean that all candies should be as unhealthy as Jolly Rancher made with added artificial colors and flavors. Let me introduce Brookside Dark Chocolate Pomegranate. You can buy it in Sam’s Club, Costco or order online from Amazaon. On the package it reads: “Brookside’s […]
They put artificial colors into American food year-round. But it is on holidays when the population, children in particular, consume extraordinary high amounts of artificial food dyes from all possible sources: sodas, candies, cookies, pies, cakes, etc. This Easter season is no exception: Easter Bad Surprise Lollipops, Would Jesus enjoy eating the food dyes? Be ready for […]
In the past, before I started paying attention to what is inside, I used to like M & Ms and drink Dr Pepper. But then I have learned that far not everything you see in your grocery store is safe to eat. As a professional chemist, I like manipulating chemicals in the lab, not eating […]
Candy is just a flavored sugar by definition. But should the flavor and color always come with potentially health damaging chemicals like azo-compounds? No, no, no. Nevertheless, overwhelming majority of candies in the United States is of exactly such a miserable kind: sugar artificially flavored and artificially colored with strange chemicals that are incompatible with […]
First candy cane came to existence in 1670 when choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral (Germany) wanted to calm noisy children during Christmas Eve by treating them to the candies. He asked a local candy maker to make some sweet sticks for them. I don’t know what were that original candies made of but modern candy canes […]
Do you know that according to the Wikipedia, “nerd” is a person, typically described as being overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired? This is one thing. As the second meaning, “nerd” is a form of candy that is essentially small irregularly-shaped bits of sugar crystal which are covered with a thin candy-coating. Yes, coating… This […]
The overwhelming majority of candies you can buy for your child in the American grocery stores is nothing more than mixtures of sugar and starch chemically colored with artificial food dyes. However there is no any reason that the candies in America should be that primitive and potentially health damaging, except quick and, sometimes, dishonest […]
When adults lie to each other, it is immoral and disgusting. But when adults lie to children, this is just filthy. Look at this bag of Licorice Bears candy from CVS, a product of Mexico. You read on the bag: “Premium Quality; Great Value. I’m proud to put our name on this product. It represents […]
Three color candy imitating corn is popular in North America around Halloween since 19 century. I don’t know what they made the Candy Corn from in good old times but today’s Candy Corn that you can buy at CVS for $0.99 a bag, I cannot recommend for trick-or-treating. We expect that sugar contributes heavily into […]
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