Mars puts Snickers bars on a diet-an agreement with Michelle Obama

WWLP via CNN ^ | February 16, 2012 | WWLP.com

[sybilll]

Will drop any portion exceeding 250 calories Updated: Friday, 17 Feb 2012, 6:41 AM EST Published : Thursday, 16 Feb 2012, 7:29 PM EST

Jacque Wilson (CNN) - Have you ever stood near the checkout of a grocery store and stared at the rack of chocolate bars, debating whether anyone would judge you for buying the king-size?

You know the regular size is enough to satisfy your craving, but the bigger candy bar is only 40 cents more and it just... Looks. So. Good.

Worry no more - Mars, Inc. is going taking that decision out of your hands. The company that produces M&Ms, 3 Musketeers, Snickers and Twix bars has vowed to stop shipping any Mars chocolate products that exceed 250 calories per portion by the end of 2013.

Right now a regular Snickers bar has 280 calories and each Twix cookie bar has 130 calories (but let's be honest, who eats just one?).

Mars will most likely stop producing its king-sized candy bars all together since the large Snickers bar weighs in at 510 calories.

"We have a responsibility to help our consumers and the pets they love lead healthy lives," Mars said in a statement on its website . "We are committed to making sure the products we offer, and the ingredients they contain, can fit into a balanced diet."

Mars also produces Dove chocolate bars, multiple kinds of pet food, several gum brands and Uncle Ben's rice products.

This move is part of an agreement Mars signed with Michelle Obama's Partnership for a Healthier America. Mars is part of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a group of 16 manufacturers who have pledged to reduce 1.5 trillion calories by the end of 2015 through lower-calorie options and reducing portion sizes.

"America's food and beverage companies have a strong track record of innovation and providing consumers with healthier products," said Lisa Gable, executive director of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation in a press release. "The Foundation's member companies are giving Americans tools to reduce calorie consumption."

Mars' statement goes on to note that the company has removed 97% of the trans fat in their chocolate products and plans to "reduce sodium levels in all Mars Food products globally by 25 percent by 2015."

Mars has not addressed the total number of fat grams in each product or the amount of sugar - factors most experts agree play a big role in weight gain, especially for children.

You can check out the nutrition info for Mars' products at www.marshealthyliving.com .

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"Michelle Obama's Partnership for a Healthier America"

How about Mooshelle hitting KFC for "fat food", or all the rib joints of the Inner-Cities?

She targets ONLY whitey's products, that's why.

If she is so concerned about the "health" of children, why not try getting the 70%+ black baby births-out-of-wedlock knocked out with fathers having to be Identified, in order to qualify for EBT's, Food Stamps, Welfare, and Medicaid? And, in the "interest of a Healthier America", why not drug-testing for the same EBT's, Food Stamps, Welfare, and Medicaid? THAT would leave a lot more money in Taxpayers' pockets for quality food than token "extortion" from manufacturers, who risk government interference with their business if they don't co-operate with knuckling under to mandates that are NOT Law.

While we're at it, let's have National Voter ID, so ONLY those who can legally vote (once each) to eliminate multi-voting and dead voters, the vast majority of which are from inner-city parasitic tribe areas?

Then, with fewer non-taxpayers voting, we can direct the country's resources toward more focused spending on what the TAXPAYERS want, instead of the parasites.

[762X51]

My note to Mars:

You might want to check with Olive Garden and see how signing on with the Partnership for a Healthier America went for them. Allowing Michelle Obama and P.H.A. to determine your product line has cost you my business. I really like your Simply Caramel Milky Way but I’ve already found an alternative. In the recent past I bought many of your products for my office and personal use but I will no longer buy ANY of your products.

[USMCWife6869]

So what stops people from buying 2 regular instead? These people are idiots. It’s all about control for them. Idiots. And of course Mars agrees because people will now have to pay more for the product if they want the extra because they will have to buy two. Arghhhhhh!!!! How do voters not see this manipulation?!?!?!?!