Or crappy candy?
So Valentine’s Day has come and gone. And as usual, Benjamin got all kinds of candy. He got other things too, non-edible items, but there was plenty candy to go around.
I placed it all in a jar and allowed him to choose one candy after lunch. The others I’ll use as incentive to keep the pooping in the toilet momentum. Or until he loses interest in the candy. He doesn’t ask for candy much if he can’t see it, and since we keep little of it in the house, other than good quality, dark chocolate, it’s not a huge problem. And he knows he has to brush his teeth extra-well when he eats sticky candies.
But back to the crappy candy. Benjamin chose a Twizzler today. This one says Strawberry in large letters, and underneath it it says flavoured candy in smaller letters.
Intrigued by the flavoured part, I turned the wrapper around.
Here’s the list of ingredients that make up this candy, in order:
Corn syrup
Liquid sugar
Wheat flour
Corn starch
Palm oil
Soybean oil
Modified palm oil
Salt
Artificial Flavour
Citric Acid
Mineral Oil
Colour
Potassium Sorbate
Soy lecithin
So let’s go google some of this stuff:
