Candy: treat ... or trick?One's a "Low Fat Food." Another has "30% Less Fat." Still another has "100% Vitamin C vitamin C or ascorbic acid Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism. Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, other primates, and guinea pigs need it in the diet to prevent scurvy. ." Are they frozen dinners? Whole grain cereals? Bottles of orange juice? No such luck. We're talking candy. The original junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food . Chocolate, hard candy, granola bars, fruit snacks Fruit snack is a processed snack food made from fruit, sugar, and/or other natural and artificial flavors and colors. Many fruit snacks are high in vitamin C. They tend to be more healthy than candy but less healthy than actual fruit. . You can't walk down the candy aisle of a supermarket these days without being impressed by all the claims. Candy companies are betting that you'll think a low-fat diet low-fat diet A diet low in fats, especially saturated fats, which has a positive effect on arthritis, CA, ASHD, DM, HTN, obesity, and strokes. See Diet, Low-fat snack; Cf Animal fat, High-fat diet. is filled with Twizzlers and SnackWell's rather than fruits and vegetables. True, some companies have cut some of the fat out of some of the fattiest items. But does that mean they're healthy? Don't bet your teeth on it. Even fat-free vitamin-fortified candies are loaded with sugar, the stuff that causes tooth decay Tooth Decay Definition Tooth decay, which is also called dental cavities or dental caries, is the destruction of the outer surface (enamel) of a tooth. and squeezes healthy foods out of your diet. Every time you reach for candy--fat-free or otherwise--you've missed an opportunity to eat fruits, vegetables, or other foods that might reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and obesity. Yes, we know. Halloween is on the way. The best treat to give neighborhood kids in these everything's-gotta-be-tamper-proof times: wiggly worms, stickers, or other tiny toys. If nothing but candy will do, use our chart to avoid the worst offenders. You could always hand out low-fat granola bars--and toothbrushes. Chocolate Chocolate is loaded with sugar and fat...and not just any fat. A single Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar swallows a fifth of your day's quota of total fat. Not terrific. But you've also gobbled up half your saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be . To your arteries. it looks like a Quarter Pounder The Quarter Pounder is a sandwich sold by international fast food chain McDonald's. Along with the Big Mac, it is one of McDonald's two signature products. Product description . Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, KitKat, Milky Way Milky Way, the galaxy of which the sun and solar system are a part, seen as a broad band of light arching across the night sky from horizon to horizon; if not blocked by the horizon, it would be seen as a circle around the entire sky. , NutRageous, Snickers
Snickers is a sweet bar made by Mars, Incorporated. , and most other chocolate bars use up at least a quarter of a day's sat fat. Ditto for M&M's Plain, Whitman's Sampler sampler, sample piece of needlework or embroidery, of silk, cotton, or worsted, for the preservation of some pattern or as an example of the ability of a child or a beginner. In museums and private collections there are samplers dating from as early as 1643. As sorted Chocolates, Hershey's Hugs, and many other chocolate candies. Worse yet are Andes Creme de Menthe crème de menthe n. A sweet green or white liqueur flavored with mint. [French : crème, cream + de, of + menthe, mint.] Noun 1. Thins. They're close to a Quarter Pounder with cheese. Some snack. What's a chocolate-lover to do? For the least fat, try York Peppermint Patties Peppermint Patty cartoon character habitually stumped by teacher and forever failing exams. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 543] See : Ignorance , Junior Mints Junior Mints are a candy currently produced by Tootsie Roll Industries. They are small rounds of mint filling inside of a dark chocolate coating, sold packaged in varying amounts from a single serving fun size to a much larger 4.75 oz. , or Riesen Chocolate Chews. SnackWell's Dips and Clusters are also lower in fat, even if you don't Even If You Don't is a single released by the band Ween in 2000 on Mushroom Records. Formats Enhanced CD single Includes the quicktime video of "Even If You Don't" directed by Matt Stone & Trey Parker of "South Park". subtract A relational DBMS operation that generates a third file from all the records in one file that are not in a second file. the fat that's been replaced by Salatrim--a new reduced-calorie fat that is poorly absorbed by the body. The additive appears to be safe, but until we take a closer look, don't go overboard o·ver·board adv. Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship. Idiom: go overboard To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm. on it. Hershey's Sweet Escapes also clock in at the lower-fat end of the chart. Instead of solid chocolate, they give you chocolate-coated wafers, caramel, rice, or corn. That's not unusual. More sugary sug·ar·y adj. sug·ar·i·er, sug·ar·i·est 1. Characterized by or containing sugar: sugary foods. 2. Tasting or looking like sugar. 3. filling has kept 3Musketeers lower in fat for decades. In contrast, Mars says that it cuts the fat in its Milky Way Lite to half that of a regular Milky Way by using skim milk skim milk n. The milk from which the cream has been removed. skim milk the residue from whole milk after the cream has been skimmed off. In today's usage it is the residue after the butterfat is removed. instead of whole, less cocoa butter cocoa butter n. A yellowish-white fatty solid obtained from cacao seeds and used as an ingredient in cosmetics, tanning oils, chocolate, and soap. Also called cacao butter. , and polydextrose, a safe bulking agent that's often used in fat-free salad dressings. Just keep in mind that the sprinkling of milk and nuts in some low-fat chocolates doesn't make up for their high dose of empty-calorie sugar. Granola Bars The "fruit" in Quaker Chewy chew·y adj. chew·i·er, chew·i·est Needing much chewing: chewy candy. chew  i·ness n. Low Fat Fruit & Yogurt Chip
Strawberry Blast Granola Bars is "strawberry flavored fruit
bits" (that's a touch of strawberry and apple puree pu·rée or pu·ree tr.v. pu·réed or pu·reed, pu·rée·ing or pu·ree·ing, pu·rées or pu·rees To rub through a strainer or process (food) in a blender. n. concentrates that have been flavored with sugar, oil, and red dye). The "yogurt chips" are mostly sugar and oil, with a smidgen of yogurt powder. Yum. Some oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other and lots of sugar. That's what That's What is one of the more idiosyncratic releases by solo steel-string guitar artist Leo Kottke. It is distinctive in it's jazzy nature and "talking" songs ("Buzzby" and "Husbandry"). you get from most low-fat granola bars. It doesn't matter if they're filled with fake fruit or M&M's or bits of Snickers. To find the best, look for one or two grams of fiber. The more fiber, the more grains. True. Fat-free and low-fat granola bars have less fat (zero to three grams) than regular granola bars (four to six grams) or most chocolate bars (eight to 17 grams). They're one step up from candy. But they're more like an oatmeal cookie Noun 1. oatmeal cookie - cookies containing rolled oats cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) than a bowl of oatmeal. Fruit-Flavored Candy There oughta be a law. Why does the Food and Drug Administration allow companies to slap drawings and photos of fruits across their candy packages and use names like Fruit Gems Fruit Gems are quarter sized pectin candies They are a soft round candy made from confectionary sugar with fruit flavors. Fruit Gems are made by Jelly Belly, which purchased prior manufacturer, The Ben Myerson Candy Company, under license for Sunkist. They contain real fruit pectin. , Gummy gummy an old sheep that has lost all of its incisor teeth. Fruits, and Fruit Snacks? Fruit-flavored candy is more like it. Some of the worst offenders: * Farley's Fruit Snacks. Its RugRats, Dinosaurs <onlyinclude> This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding class Aves (birds, both living and those known only from fossils) and purely vernacular terms. , Trolls, Creepy Crawlers This article is about the toy line. For the animated series, see Creepy Crawlers Creepy Crawlers is the best-known name associated with an activity toy made by Mattel beginning in 1964. A more generic term for the toy is "Thingmaker". , Zoo Animals, and other packages are plastered plas·tered adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. plastered Adjective Slang drunk Adj. 1. with "Made With Fruit" and "Now With Vitamins." The sugar far outweighs the drop of fruit in what are little more than heavily sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. vitamin pills. * Betty Crocker Betty Crocker, an invented persona and mascot, is a brand name and trademark of American food company General Mills. The name was first developed by the Washburn Crosby Company in 1921 as a way to give a personalized response to consumer product questions. Fruit Gushers This article is about the fruit-flavored candy. For uncapped oil wells, see oil gusher. Fruit Gushers (sometimes just called Gushers) are candies made from fruit, sugar, and/or other natural and artificial flavors and colors. . Don't be swayed by seeing fruit as the first ingredient. The next three--sugar, dried corn syrup corn syrup Sweet syrup produced by breaking down (hydrolyzing) cornstarch (a product of corn). Corn syrup contains dextrins, maltose, and dextrose and is used in baked goods, jelly and jam, and candy. , and corn syrup--more than make up for it. Betty won't say how much fruit her candies contain. What does that tell you? * Sunkist Fruit Gems. Not a drop of fruit or fruit juice...and some supermarkets have the chutzpah chutz·pah also hutz·pah n. Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality" New York Times. to display them in the produce aisle. * Starburst StarBurst - An active DBMS from IBM Almaden Research Center. Fruit Chews. We estimate that each 12-piece package has less than five grams--that's a teaspoon--of the "Real Fruit Juice" promised on the label. The bottom line: While many people know that "fruit snacks" aren't as good as fruit, they think they're better than candy. Well, they're not better enough to matter. Stretch Island is the only company we've found that makes candy out of real fruit. Its Fruit Leathers are mostly apple (regardless of the flavor) and they're not full of vitamins. But they're still better than fruit-flavored candy. Other Candy Lifesavers, Skittles skittles English ninepin bowling game played with a wooden disk or ball. The pins are set in a diamond formation; the player who knocks down all the pins in the fewest throws wins. Skittles has been played for centuries in public houses and clubs. , Necco wafers NECCO Wafers are the oldest continuously manufactured candy in the United States. NECCO is the company name, short for the New England Confectionery Company. The original inventions, patented by Oliver R. , Twizzlers. When you ignore the serving sizes on the packages and compare these and other non-chocolate candies ounce for ounce, something amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. happens. The numbers are almost identical: fat (none, or close to none), calories (100 to 120), carbohydrates (20 to 30 grams). (Our chart for candy lists "carbohydrates" instead of "sugar." That's because some corn syrups don't show up as sugar in laboratory tests but they do register as carbohydrates. And almost all of the cartes in candy are sugars.) It's really not much of a surprise that all candies are about equal, since they're just sugar, gums, and the latest in artificial colors and flavors. Our suggestion: If you eat candy, keep to the less-gooey ones, which aren't as prone to get stuck between your teeth and cause cavities. And remember: These may be "fat-free foods," but they're not carrot sticks and cantaloupe cantaloupe: see gourd; melon. . RELATED ARTICLE: How Sweet It is We ranked chocolate and granola bars from least to most saturated fat in a single bar (or two bars, for the smallest ones). If you're the kind of person who's partial to king size or who doesn't stop at one, make sure you multiply the numbers before you open the wrapper A data structure or software that contains ("wraps around") other data or software, so that the contained elements can exist in the newer system. The term is often used with component software, where a wrapper is placed around a legacy routine to make it behave like an object. . ranked chocolate candies from least to most saturated fat in a typical serving (about 1 1/2 ounces). We ranked fruit-flavored and other candies from least to most carbohydrates in a single-serving packet or in a one-ounce serving for candies that come in larger packages.
Chocolate Bars (# of oz. in 1 bar)
Calories Total Fat (g)
York Peppermint Pattie (1.5) 170 3
PayDay (1.8) 250 13
Milky Way Lite (1.6) 170 5
Hershey's Sweet Escapes (1) (2 bars-1.4) 150 6
3Musketeers (2.1) 260 8
Milky Way (2.0) 270 10
Hershey's 5th Avenue (2.0) 280 12
Mars (1.8) 240 13
Twix Caramel (2 bars-2.0) 280 14
Snickers (2.1) 280 14
NutRageous (1.9) 290 17
Toblerone Swiss Milk Chocolate (1.2) 190 10
Caramello (1.6) 220 10
Butterfinger (2.1) 280 11
Hershey's Cookies `n' Creme (1.5) 230 12
Heath (1.4) 210 13
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (2 cups-1.6) 250 14
Whatchamacallit (1.7) 220 10
Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate (1.2) 190 11
KitKat (1.5) 220 11
Dove Dark or Milk Chocolate(2) (1.3) 200 12
Nestle Crunch (1.5) 230 12
Baby Ruth (2.1) 280 12
Hershey's Milk Chocolate w/Almonds (1.4) 230 14
Mr. Goodbar (1.7) 270 17
X Almond Joy (1.7) 240 13
X Hershey's Symphony (1.5) 240 15
X Hershey's Milk Chocolate (1.5) 230 13
X Mounds (1.9) 250 13
Chocolate Candy (# of pieces in 1.5 oz.)
SnackWell's Chocolate Chews (7) 160 3
Junior Mints (17) 160 3
Riesen Chocolate Chews (5) 180 7
SnackWell's Caramel Nut Clusters (3) 140 5
Raisinets (45) 180 7
M&M's Peanut (45) 200 11
Godiva Open Oyster (2) 230 12
SnackWell's Raisin Dips (64) 150 5
Milk Duds (13) 180 6
Russell Stover Assorted Chocolates (3) 190 8
M&M's Plain (45) 200 8
Whitman's Sampler Assorted Choc. (3) 190 9
Rolo (7) 200 9
Ferrero Rocher (3) 230 15
Perugina Baci (3) 240 16
Whoppers (17) 180 7
Butterfinger BB's (15) 200 9
Hersheys Hugs (8) 210 12
Fannie May Pixie or Fanny Farmer
Pecan Dixie (2) 240 13
Hershey's Hugs with Almonds 230 13
Reese's Pieces (51) 200 9
Hershey's Kisses with Almonds (8) 210 13
X Hershey's Kisses (8) 210 12
X Andes Creme de Menthe Thins (8) 210 13
Granola Bars (# of oz. in 1 bar)
Fi-Bar Fat Free(1,3) 100 0
Barbara's Nature's Choice Fat Free(1,3) 90 0
Health Valley Fat-Free(1,3) (1.5) 140 0
Kellogg's Low Fat Crunchy Almond &
Brown Sugar (0.7) 80 2
Barbara's Nature's Choice(1,3) 80 2
Nature Valley Low Fat(1,3) 110 2
Quaker Chewy Low Fat(1) (1.0) 110 2
Fi-Bar Low Fat(1,3) 3 (1,2) 120 2
Kudos M&M's or Snickers Bars(2) (0.8) 100 3
Quaker Reduced Fat Peanut Butter &
Chocolate Chunk (1.0) 120 3
SnackWell's Chewy, Caramel (1.0) 120 3
Nabisco Chips Ahoy! or Oreo (1.0) 120 4
Nature Valley(1,3) (2 bars-1.7) 200 6
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Chewy (1.0) 120 4
Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip or Peanut
Butter & Chocolate Chip(2) (1.0) 120 4
Fi-Bar Chewy & Nutty(1) (1.2) 140 4
SnackWell's Chewy, Oatmeal Raisin (1.0) 110 3
SnackWell's Chewy, Original (1.0) 110 3
Kudos Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Fudge,
or Peanut Butter(2) (1.0) 120 5
Chocolate Bars (# of oz. in 1 bar)
Saturated Sugar(*)
Fat (g) (g)
York Peppermint Pattie (1.5) 2 27
PayDay (1.8) 2 21
Milky Way Lite (1.6) 3 24
Hershey's Sweet Escapes (1) (2 bars-1.4) 3 21
3Musketeers (2.1) 5 40
Milky Way (2.0) 5 35
Hershey's 5th Avenue (2.0) 5 26
Mars (1.8) 5 26
Twix Caramel (2 bars-2.0) 5 27
Snickers (2.1) 5 30
NutRageous (1.9) 5 23
Toblerone Swiss Milk Chocolate (1.2) 6 21
Caramello (1.6) 6 22
Butterfinger (2.1) 6 29
Hershey's Cookies `n' Creme (1.5) 6 20
Heath (1.4) 6 24
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (2 cups-1.6) 6 21
Whatchamacallit (1.7) 7 21
Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate (1.2) 7 20
KitKat (1.5) 7 21
Dove Dark or Milk Chocolate(2) (1.3) 7 20
Nestle Crunch (1.5) 7 24
Baby Ruth (2.1) 7 25
Hershey's Milk Chocolate w/Almonds (1.4) 7 18
Mr. Goodbar (1.7) 7 21
X Almond Joy (1.7) 8 22
X Hershey's Symphony (1.5) 8 19
X Hershey's Milk Chocolate (1.5) 9 22
X Mounds (1.9) 11 21
Chocolate Candy (# of pieces in 1.5 oz.)
SnackWell's Chocolate Chews (7) 2 27
Junior Mints (17) 2 33
Riesen Chocolate Chews (5) 3 20
SnackWell's Caramel Nut Clusters (3) 4 19
Raisinets (45) 4 25
M&M's Peanut (45) 4 20
Godiva Open Oyster (2) 4 22
SnackWell's Raisin Dips (64) 5 28
Milk Duds (13) 5 22
Russell Stover Assorted Chocolates (3) 5 22
M&M's Plain (45) 5 26
Whitman's Sampler Assorted Choc. (3) 5 20
Rolo (7) 5 26
Ferrero Rocher (3) 5 17
Perugina Baci (3) 5 18
Whoppers (17) 6 30
Butterfinger BB's (15) 6 38
Hersheys Hugs (8) 6 20
Fannie May Pixie or Fanny Farmer
Pecan Dixie (2) 6 14
Hershey's Hugs with Almonds 6 19
Reese's Pieces (51) 7 21
Hershey's Kisses with Almonds (8) 7 17
X Hershey's Kisses (8) 8 20
X Andes Creme de Menthe Thins (8) 12 21
Granola Bars (# of oz. in 1 bar)
Fi-Bar Fat Free(1,3) 0 9
Barbara's Nature's Choice Fat Free(1,3) 0 12
Health Valley Fat-Free(1,3) (1.5) 0 4
Kellogg's Low Fat Crunchy Almond &
Brown Sugar (0.7) 0 6
Barbara's Nature's Choice(1,3) 0 7
Nature Valley Low Fat(1,3) 0 7
Quaker Chewy Low Fat(1) (1.0) 1 10
Fi-Bar Low Fat(1,3) 3 (1,2) 1 12
Kudos M&M's or Snickers Bars(2) (0.8) 1 9
Quaker Reduced Fat Peanut Butter &
Chocolate Chunk (1.0) 1 9
SnackWell's Chewy, Caramel (1.0) 1 13
Nabisco Chips Ahoy! or Oreo (1.0) 1 10
Nature Valley(1,3) (2 bars-1.7) 1 14
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Chewy (1.0) 2 8
Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip or Peanut
Butter & Chocolate Chip(2) (1.0) 2 9
Fi-Bar Chewy & Nutty(1) (1.2) 2 11
SnackWell's Chewy, Oatmeal Raisin (1.0) 3 14
SnackWell's Chewy, Original (1.0) 3 14
Kudos Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Fudge,
or Peanut Butter(2) (1.0) 3 12
Fruit Candy
Calo- Carbo-
ries hydrates
Stretch Island Fruit Leathers (2 pieces-1 oz.) 9 23
Fruit-Flavored Candy
Betty Crocker Fruit-By-The-Foot (1 piece--0.7 oz.) 80 17
Farley's Fruit Snacks' (8-13 pieces--0.9 oz.) 80 19
Betty Crocker Fruit Gushers (10 pieces--0.9 oz.) 90 20
Brach's Hi-C Gummy Fruits (9 pieces--1 oz.) 90 21
Lifesavers Gummi Savers (7 pieces--1 oz.) 90 21
Amazin' Fruit Gummy Bears (12 pieces--1 oz.) 90 22
Juicefuls Assorted Fruit Gummies (9 pieces--1 oz.) 00 22
Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups (2 rolls--1 oz.) 110 24
Starburst Fruit Chews' (6 pieces--1 oz.) 120 24
Brach's Smucker's Jelly Beans (17 pieces--1 oz.) 110 26
Sunkist Fruit Gems (3 pieces--1 oz.) 110 26
Other Candy (# of pieces in 1 oz.)
Smarties (4) 100 20
Twizzlers Strawberry (4) 90 22
Tootsie Roll (4) 110 22
Good & Plenty (22) 100 24
Jelly Belly Sours (24) 100 25
Laffy Tafty Chews (3) 110 25
Now and Later (7) 110 25
Skittles (27) 110 25
Hershey's Tastetations(1) (6) 120 25
Brach's Candy Corn (19) 100 26
Dum Dums (4) 100 26
Spree (15) 110 26
SweeTARTS (15) 110 26
Werther's Original (6) 120 26
Mentos (9) 90 27
Necco wafers (20) 110 27
Lifesavers Five Flavor (11) 110 28
Jolly Rancher (5) 120 28
Nerds (2 Tbs.) 120 120 28
Brach's Star Brites (6) 120 30
Tootsie Pops (2) 120 32
Saf-T-Pops (3) 130 33
Charm's Blow Pops (2) 140 34
(X) Worst Bite (contains at least 8 grams of saturated fat). (*) includes fruit and milk sugars. (1) average of the entire line. (2) average of the items listed. (3) granola bar contains at least two grams of fiber. Note: For candies, 4 grams of carbohydrates is a teaspoon tea·spoon n. Abbr. tsp., tsp A measure of about 1 fluid dram or 5 milliliters. teaspoon a household unit of volume or capacity approximately equal to 5 milliliters. of sugar. Source: Manufacturers. The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited without written permission from CSPI CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest CSPI Corporate Service Price Index CSPI Cumulative Schedule Performance Index . |
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