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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Neil Steinberg

A little candy might help

Sweetarts lined up and ready to be packed into a roll at Ferrara’s Itasca factory. The compressed candy is a descendent of powdered fruit drinks and was created in 1962. (Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times)

When John Ryan, production manager at Ferrara’s Itasca plant, came home, his kids would sometimes drag their friends over to him for a quick sniff.

“Come over and smell my dad!” they’d say. “My dad works for a candy company!”

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