Nicholas S.

The Full Feedback on Mars and Hershey Candy Companies With Candy   

                                                                      

The companies Mars and Hershey have been making candies for a long time and for a long time I think they have been putting bad ingredients and very bad nutrition into their candies.  It is important that Mars and Hershey’s not discontinue the candies completely, but rather make some nutritional changes to the candies. The use of food dyes, sugar, and gluten all need to be changed in these sweet treats.

A reason why I think that Mars and Hershey need to make changes to their candies is because lots of them contain Red dye 40.  Red 40 can lead to the cause of cancer. It is commonly used in Twizzlers.  According to www.foodsafetynews.com, Red dye 40 can also cause hyperactivity in some people.  This means that it can give kids lots of extra energy.  Also, did you know that it is the most commonly used food dye in the U.S.?  Another reason why they must take out Red 40 from candies is because it may actually cause weird things to happen. According to the morning news, a girl ate a lot of candy and ran into a wall. This means that a lot of sugar is being put into candies and it is not stopping, but only increasing.  I think that we need to act now because in the future we could prevent more of these incidents from happening before it gets out of hand.  Also, if we just let these accidents slide and we do not do anything about it, they could just keep getting worse and worse so nothing serious occurs for our sake and for the sake of others.

Also a big allergen in all candies is gluten. Gluten is a general name for proteins found in for example one of them is wheat.  Wheat is a grain commonly used in everyday snacks.  Gluten is very commonly used in many products on the market in the United States.  It is hard not to eat gluten because it is in so many everyday products that you would see in a grocery store.  It is also not common to find a candy without gluten.  Another reason why I think Mars and Hershey should take out gluten in their products is because of celiac disease. According to the FDA, 3 million Americans have been diagnosed with celiac disease and consuming gluten with celiac disease can have serious health consequences. Gluten can be very bad to consume often and if these candies contain gluten and these candies are known to be addictive.

Mars and Hershey should also change their candies because that in just one serving of their candies it could be a catastrophe of sugar. For example, there is actually about 4.8 grams of sugar in a .4 ounce Twizzler.  As you can see, they are adding too much sugar in just one serving.  Also, have you ever looked on the nutrition sheet on a pack of Twizzlers?  You look at it and assume it is a normal candy with some sugar but the facts are that what you looked at represents one serving and who knows how many servings there really are!  Also these large serving sizes mean that it is, depending on the candy, high in many things that could lead to diseases. For example, type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way your body process blood sugar. This is why I think that something as small as serving sizes can matter and make a difference .

In conclusion, you have now gotten the full feedback on why I think not to discontinue the candies and end everything but to give them a chance by allowing the two companies to give them a chance to change their candies and make them a better choice then they are right now.  We should also give them a chance to make ingredient changes to their candies as well.  I hope you all can take this argument into consideration.