Mars company to limit calories in the candy bars they sell

**imagine** · 02-15-2012, 08:48 PM

Some snickers and Twix bars on the way out

Mars is going to stop selling chocolate candy bars with more than 250 calories in them.

Big Snickers, Twix bars are going to disappear - Business - Retail - Food Inc. - msnbc.com

**NikoSan999** · 02-15-2012, 09:09 PM

"The new calorie limit target means fans of the 540-calorie king-size Snickers bar might want to enjoy the big bar while they can. Come 2014, it's going to be gone, part of what Mars says is a broader push for responsible snacking."

Ah...but will they cut the price by more than pennies. Bet not.

So now the chocoholics will just eat 2 of the smaller ones. If they want a big chunk of candy bar they're going to get it whether it takes one or two or a bag.

I rarely eat a candy bar so it's no issue to me but there's money in it somewhere for them. They aren't doing it out of the goodness of their hearts or our health...it's called the bottom line and it stands to get fatter somehow.

**pollypurebred39** · 02-15-2012, 09:20 PM

I was thinking the same thing Niko. They are a business after all, and the bottom line is all that matters at the end of the day. Ha! Maybe their new approach to responsible chocolate snacking will get them back in school vending machines?

**Spirit Deer** · 02-15-2012, 09:35 PM

My thoughts exactly. It's spin to hide a price increase and try to make it look like they're doing consumers a favor. Although smaller portions of stuff like that is always a good idea.

**imagine** · 02-15-2012, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by pollypurebred39

I was thinking the same thing Niko. They are a business after all, and the bottom line is all that matters at the end of the day. Ha! Maybe their new approach to responsible chocolate snacking will get them back in school vending machines?

Still would not make it school vending machines here. Not even in high school vending. Might work for other vending machines in other States maybe?

**pollypurebred39** · 02-15-2012, 10:08 PM

I know here it depends on the school board what goes in vending machines.

I know my oldest's school went extreme with their vending machines. Only bottled water, and pretzels and nuts. It was really weird. The machine was empty except for a few slots. They ended up losing tons of money ear marked for specific programs. They ended up taking matters into their own hands and stocked the school store with soda, candy, cakes, cookies, etc. Seems there's no rules for the school store. So they found the loophole.

Just thinking though that if they can call ketchup a vegetable, and chicken nuggets protein, why not call a reduced calorie chocolate bar responsible snaking and put them in the vending machines? Just does not seem that far fetched to me.

**imagine** · 02-15-2012, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by pollypurebred39

I know here it depends on the school board what goes in vending machines.

I know my oldest's school went extreme with their vending machines. Only bottled water, and pretzels and nuts. It was really weird. The machine was empty except for a few slots. They ended up losing tons of money ear marked for specific programs. They ended up taking matters into their own hands and stocked the school store with soda, candy, cakes, cookies, etc. Seems there's no rules for the school store. So they found the loophole.

Just thinking though that if they can call ketchup a vegetable, and chicken nuggets protein, why not call a reduced calorie chocolate bar responsible snaking and put them in the vending machines? Just does not seem that far fetched to me.

Not far fetched to me either.
Still here it would still not met state law about vending machines and school stores.

And ketchep does not count as a veggie in my state for schools it is listed as a comdiment.

**pollypurebred39** · 02-15-2012, 10:24 PM

Here pizza is considered a vegetable because it has a spoonful of tomato sauce on it.

**Spirit Deer** · 02-15-2012, 10:52 PM

Too bad the schools feel the need to balance their budgets by making kids fat and sick. Kids aren't noted for good judgment so it doesn't seem fair to put those kinds of decisions into their hands.

**Squidge** · 02-16-2012, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by pollypurebred39

Here pizza is considered a vegetable because it has a spoonful of tomato sauce on it.

WHAT?!

I remember watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and being entirely shocked by what was going on in some of the schools in the US. I remember there was a problem in some part of the UK with some parents bringing take-away chips and burgers and the like to their kids at lunch time because they 'refused' to eat the healthy stuff provided by their school. BBC NEWS | UK | England | South Yorkshire | Parents feed pupils through gates

**freebs** · 02-16-2012, 08:36 AM

The pizza deal was all over the news as the people that approve school lunches pushed to have pizza considered a vegetable as it has a tablespoon of tomato sauce on it. i found this article to tell ya about it

Pizza a Vegetable - US House of Representatives | Stuff.co.nz

**imagine** · 02-16-2012, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by pollypurebred39

Here pizza is considered a vegetable because it has a spoonful of tomato sauce on it.

That is sad

In my state it is considered a starch and a protein. It is a square of a pizza, never a restaurant pizza slice. It is always served with additional starch, milk, fruit, and veggie

There are always at least six things on the plate at each lunch
a protein, two starches, fruit, veggie, and a carton on fat free or skim milk. Dessert is served no more than twice a week.

**oheoh's momma** · 02-16-2012, 11:20 AM

wow pizza is a vegetable...
I was thinking the same thing shrink the size raise the price.... I don't buy candy very often when I do I buy those dollar snack size used to be 10 mini size for a dollar now it is 8...

some parents don't feed there kids healthy stuff. was talking to my neighbor yesterday she said she feeds the kids what they want. mac and cheese, nuggets, fries, Pizza...

I asked her why not get your kids to eat salad or veegie with those things.. they won't eat them... I just thought u never made them and now they won't..
I am not going to lie I feed those things to my kids everynow and then but they got veggies with it or fresh fruit... most of the time both. geeze

**Libby** · 02-16-2012, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by NikoSan999

Ah...but will they cut the price by more than pennies. Bet not.

So now the chocoholics will just eat 2 of the smaller ones. If they want a big chunk of candy bar they're going to get it whether it takes one or two or a bag.

Ding ding ding.

Think about the families that buy the King Size bar as a treat for the family. They buy the one larger one and cut into smaller portions. But its still buying ONE vs two or three of the smaller ones.

I wonder if anyones going to start a campaign....less sugar/calories = less price Bwhahahahaha NOT.

**pollypurebred39** · 02-16-2012, 04:01 PM

Imagine, I think in general Pa.'s been hit hard. We've loads of children on free lunches that have never been before. There's not enough money to feed healthy lunches I don't think. The pantries are totally overrun and turning people away. I guess there has to be a loosening of the laws governing what constitutes and vegetable and a protein.

Schools are really suffering out here. Which is why the school store sells junk. Discovered the loophole, must be before or after school hours says son. School store helps pay for uniforms, tests & supplies (janitorial?) of students who live at poverty level.

The town my Sister lives in is shutting the school down after this year. It's done. All the students will get bused out to other school districts unless the state of PA steps in, which seems unlikely. I don't think they had a student in their district that was not on the free or reduced lunch program, and free breakfast.

However is there's pocket areas where the schools out here are flourishing.