Derby Trail Forums - Candy Corn

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Sugar - probably the safest ingredient

Corn Syrup - probably the high fructose type, which is now found to have higher mercury content than tuna/swordfish/shark

Confectioner’s Glaze - generally made from bug guts

Natural and Artificial Flavors - uh, yeah!
Salt - most salt used in this country is an industrial byproduct, where the minerals (besides NaCl) are taken out for use in other products. Relatively innocuous.

Artificial Colors, (FDC Yellow 6 Lake, Red #40, Red 40 Lake, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Blue 1 Lake, Blue #1, Yellow 5 Lake) - Food Dyes are terrible for some people, merely bad for the rest.

Egg Whites - Ok, this is probably the best ingredient. Then again, commercially raised chickens spend their entire lives in dark rooms drugged up for quick growth and to fight infections from grotesque living conditions.

Honey Glycerin - I am completely unfamiliar with this one.

Mineral Oil - a byproduct left over from the production of gasoline. Petroleum, it's not just for breakfast anymore!

Carnauba Wax - relatively benign from what little I know about it.

The only proper way to eat either candy or harvest corn is by segments. Can we get an ingredient breakdown by segments? Then I could spit out the bug gut parts.