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title: Trans-Fats in Our Favorite Candy Bars
date: 2014-10-30T20:53:40Z
modified: 2014-10-30T20:53:40Z
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  - Food Sensitivities
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  - Living Naturally
  - Nutrition in the News
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  - food dyes
  - Halloween candy
  - trans-fats
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Halloween is tomorrow and before we all binge on commercial candies, we should have some idea what we’re eating.

[![CandyVideo](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CandyVideo-300x180.jpg)

](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA-VSR3gvYo)Here’s an ingredient list from a popular candy. Can you identify the brand?

- High fructose corn syrup (GMO)
- Artificial color (petroleum-based)
- Artificial flavor (a compendium of chemicals)

If you guessed Jolly Ranchers, you’d be right on.

# Trans-Fats in Candy Bars

Many of our familiar candy bars contain trans-fats. Check out this quick video to see exactly which ones use this unhealthy ingredient.