{"id":162349,"date":"2012-02-17T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T11:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=162349"},"modified":"2012-02-17T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T11:10:25","slug":"mars-slims-down-manufacturer-to-stop-selling-certain-chocolate-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/02\/17\/mars-slims-down-manufacturer-to-stop-selling-certain-chocolate-bars.html","title":{"rendered":"Mars Slims Down: Manufacturer to Stop Selling Certain Chocolate Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confectionery giant Mars Inc. has announced plans to cap the calorie content of its chocolate, the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2102030\/Mars-250-chocolate-calorie-limit-Manufacturers-stop-selling-bars-250-calories.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Mail Online<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The maker of Snickers and Twix candy bars will stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories in them by the end of next year on a worldwide basis, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The McClean, Virginia-based company, which also makes M&amp;Ms and Skittles candies and Juicy Fruit chewing gum, said the goal is part of an ongoing effort to improve the nutritional value of its products and to sell them in a responsible way.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>By 2014, it&#8217;s going to be gone, part of what Mars says is a broader push for responsible snacking.<\/p>\n<p>It will not include &#8220;duo packs&#8221; or larger family bars, which will be allowed a higher calorie allowance because they are designed to be shared, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Marlene Machut said the plan to stop shipping any chocolate product that exceeded 250 calories per portion by the end of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The company has a record of reducing the size of its bars without a drop in the price in what some have criticised as a &#8220;back door&#8221; price rise.<\/p>\n<p>However, it insists the initiative is a genuine attempt to help combat obesity.<\/p>\n<p>It was a target first announced last year and is part of Mars&#8217; &#8220;broad-based commitment to health and nutrition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The maker of Snickers and Twix candy bars will stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories in them by the end of next year on a worldwide basis.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[38292,38290,38291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}