| The other candy you cited, Nerds, is roughly 100% sugar. https://www.nerdscandy.com/nerds (Serving size: 15g, of which sugar: 14g. These numbers are rounded pretty badly. Compare https://crdms.images.consumerreports.org/f_auto,w_600/prod/p... , in which 2.5g of "total fat" break down into 0.5g of polyunsaturated fat, 1g of monounsaturated fat, 0g of saturated fat, and 0g of trans fat.) A sister product, Runts, reports 13g of sugar in a 15g serving size. Spree appears to be the same thing as Runts, but in a disc shape instead of a stylized fruit shape. Skittles are 75% sugar at 21g per 28g serving size. They have to be soft and chewy, which I assume explains the difference. Some other chewy candies: Sour Patch Kids report 80% sugar (24g / 30g). Swedish Fish report 77% sugar. Going back to the "it's just sugar" candies, Necco wafers report that one 57g roll contains 56g of carbohydrates, of which 53g are sugar. > especially since the rest is corn syrup. Huh, you might be on to something. Karo corn syrup doesn't appear to report its amount by weight. But its nutrition facts report that every 30 mL of syrup contain 30g of carbohydrates, of which 10g are sugar. So corn syrup will drive a wedge between reported "carbohydrates" and reported "sugar". |
