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This might keep the kids up on Halloween.
An 8 oz bag of Sour Patch Kids is 192 g of sugar. The bag weighs 227 g.
The label reads sugar, invert sugar, corn syrup and modified corn starch, then under 2% of tartaric acid, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, Yellow 6, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Blue 1. The first 3 ingredients are sugar in 3 forms. Invert sugar is table sugar split into glucose and fructose so it stays soft and doesn't crystallize, and corn syrup does the same thing from the other direction. The starch is what makes it a gummy instead of a syrup.
The sour is the under 2%. FDA's listing for tartaric acid describes it as a byproduct of wine manufacturing, the crust that forms inside wine tanks, scraped out, purified and ground to a powder. Most of the world's supply still comes from wineries. The rest, mostly made in China since the late 1990s, starts from maleic anhydride, a petrochemical, and a bacterial enzyme turns it into tartaric acid. Citric acid is the one grown on a mold. Both acids are in the sugar coating on the outside of the candy, which is why the bag says sour then sweet.
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Members wore red at the company awards ceremony this week to show pride in our colleagues’ work. Do leaders share that pride? AP execs are undercutting our journalism while honoring the best of our journalists.
We call for a reinstatement of our expert photo and video producers.
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Reese's Pieces have no chocolate in them. The peanuts had their oil pressed out and a cheaper fat put back in.
Sugar is first, then partially defatted peanuts, then hydrogenated palm kernel and soybean oil, then corn syrup solids. Everything after that is 2% or less, and it's the dyes, the glaze, some vanillin and a little milk. There's no cocoa anywhere.
Partially defatted just means the peanuts went through a press. The peanut oil comes out one side and gets sold as peanut oil. What's left is a dry peanut flour, and that's what the center is made from, because flour holds a shape in a panning drum and doesn't go rancid. Then they put fat back in, and the fat they picked is hydrogenated palm kernel oil, which is solid at room temperature and costs less than peanut oil. You can see the swap on the panel. 38 pieces have 6 g of fat and all 6 are saturated. Peanut oil is mostly unsaturated, so that number isn't the peanut.
The shell is sugar with 4 dyes and a coat of shellac.
Authorities are still solving murders committed by Ted Bundy. The latest was in Utah. apnews.com/article/ted-bundy…
I could only muster the half. The chocolate milk was worth it.
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This will help you forget it's Monday. @thekillers
Tennessee prisons chief is out after failed execution. Governor taps former US atty to lead a review of what happened in Christa Pike's death chamber. apnews.com/article/tennessee…
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Some pretty pointed comments from Sonny Gray about when he was pulled. Very emotional.
Made a point to highlight how good he's been the 3rd time through the order.
I'm always learning.
Slim Jim is made with mechanically separated chicken. The ingredients are beef, pork, mechanically separated chicken, water and textured soy flour, then corn syrup and salt.
Mechanically separated chicken is what's left on the bones after the meat has been cut off. The bones are pushed through a sieve under high pressure, and the meat still stuck to them comes out as a smooth paste. USDA allows it, but it has to be listed by that name. The textured soy flour stretches the meat and holds water.
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@USATODAY is cutting resources from newsrooms like @detroitnews while expecting more from us. They still refuse to agree to a fair contract.
It's time for the company to agree to a fair contract and show they actually value journalists, not just shareholders.
Not a typical line in a newspaper campaign endorsement. "She is mentally stable, and in this race, that's enough to get our endorsement," @DetNewsOpinion says in Michigan's 8th congressional district.
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My family is in a worse financial position since @usatoday bought @detroitnews because of increased health insurance costs.
We are back at the bargaining table today. Time for USAT to show they value journalists - not just shareholders - by agreeing to a fair contract.
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@FOX2News Mike Rogers held a campaign event today in Macomb County. We attended, and our reporter, Scott Wolcheck, was not called on during the Q&A. This is what happened when we tried to talk to his media team about getting one-on-one time with Rogers. Multiple FOX 2 reporters and anchors have tried to get in touch with Rogers and his campaign, but time with the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate has not been made available.
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All smiles and ready to stand together! We're gearing up to head back to the bargaining table for a fair contract that ensures we can keep producing Pulitzer-winning journalism. Watch the web for updates 🗞️
