This knee-jerk offense, however, is absurd. Skittles was trying to do a nice thing, and — as is all too often the case — people need to calm down.

California has passed a law banning four food additives commonly found in soda and candies - though the measure does not block the sale of Skittles, as social media posts suggest. The law had been ...

and that has certainly been the case. A quick search for “freeze-dried candy” on TikTok, and you’re greeted with hundreds of ...