Saturday, February 25, 2012
YOUR CANDY BAR MAY HAVE BEEN DOWNSIZED! Oh my!
Hey, it's Marco! Candy bar manufacturer Mars, Inc. made news this week following an announcement that by the end of 2013, none of its candy bars would surpass the 250-calorie mark (a regular-sized Snickers bar currently clocks in at 280).
The general response by many in the health and nutrition community was a positive one. Certainly, taking away a 540-calorie king-size Snickers as an option is a good thing (after all, why buy the “regular” size if, for just a few more cents, you could have one almost twice as large, right?). Do these corporations really think that we're just plain stupid? Obviously they do...
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