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Makers of Peeps urged to remove cancer-causing dye from marshmallow candies

The candy manufacturer defended using the food dye on the basis that it is ‘currently an approved colourant for use in candy by the FDA’

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Rest in Peeps: US candy pioneer Bob Born dies at 98

Pennsylvania confectioner worked out how to mass produce marshmallow Easter treat that now sells billions each year

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2023

The science of microwaving Peeps

Seventy years ago, the late Bob Born invented a candy that has found a second life as a science experiment

Salon · Feb 2, 2023