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If you grew up ordering McFlurries swirled with a rainbow of colors thanks to M&Ms, you might have to kiss that memory goodbye.
In a strange twist of fate, Mars—the company responsible for producing M&Ms, Milk Way, and Twx—is considering pulling its treats from desserts like McDonald's McFlurries, Dairy Queen's Blizzards, and Burger King's Snickers Pie because it is worried about sugar consumption. But like, wouldn't it want to keep selling candy to those fast-food giants?
According to NBC News, brand representatives say that Mars is "concerned desserts that feature its candies ... exceed in a single serving the amount of sugar the U.S. government recommends anyone eat in a day."
In addition to being the first candy company in the U.S. to list calories and sugar on the front of its confections, the company recently released a press release explaining that Mars endorses limitations on added sugars and also supports the government's choice to add new nutrition label requirements to all packaged food. "Mars, Incorporated's commitment to help limit intake of added sugars to no more than 10 percent of total calorie intake, including our support for the new labeling proposal, builds on the steps we have taken over time to help consumers achieve their nutritional goals," the statement reads.
As much as this would suck, it kind of makes sense. Adding M&Ms to a large McFlurry contributes one third of its sugar (7.5 teaspoons). Though McDonald's is also considering an alternative to removing all your favorite candies: It's tinkering with a recipe change that could cut back on sugar.
But the idea of taking away those crunchy little bits of chocolate and caramel from our McFlurries is so sad—especially when we just found out what the unique McFlurry spoon is used for.
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