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Dye-free Halloween candy: what to hand out this year
The kinds of Halloween candy that skip certified dyes, and the ten-second check for any bag with an ingredient list: look for a color with a number after it.
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What we know about fruit, sour, and the bag it comes in.
What is freeze-dried candy? Two kinds, one of them fruit
Two things are sold as freeze-dried candy. One started on a candy line, the other on a plant. The bag tells you which, in the first...
Sour candy: a field guide to every kind, and what makes each one sour
Most sour candy is sour on the outside. Some of it goes all the way through. Seven kinds, and how to tell from the label.
Sour fruits ranked by acid: the 12 most sour fruits, with a number each
Twelve sour fruits ranked by titratable acidity and pH, with a number each, and the reason the sourest fruit on paper is not the one that...
Is freeze-dried fruit good for you? The panel, read out loud
The Nutrition Facts panel on a bag of sour freeze-dried blueberries, read line by line against the USDA figures for the fresh fruit.
Freeze-dried vs dehydrated fruit vs dried fruit: the three processes, side by side
Freeze-dried vs dehydrated fruit comes down to one number: how much water is left when the process stops.