There’s an ingredient in Skittles and lots of other food that Dunkin Donuts stopped using it in their powdered donuts. Skittles said they were phasing it out too back in 2016 but still haven’t and now the lawsuits flow like The Spice.
This episode of Stuff You Should Know tackles the surprisingly murky world of titanium dioxide in candy, sparked by ongoing lawsuits against Mars Incorporated over the ingredient in Skittles. Josh and Chuck dig into what titanium dioxide actually is, why food manufacturers use it, and the real scientific evidence—or lack thereof—about whether these tiny nanoparticles pose any actual health risk to consumers. They break down the frustrating gap between what regulators say is safe, what animal studies suggest might be concerning, and why Mars promised to remove it from Skittles back in 2016 but apparently never did.
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