got sugar?

They’ve already come up with “Got milk?” oven mitts, “Got milk?” wrapping paper, even a “Got milk?” cookbook. Now comes this sweet bit of news: The California Milk Processor Board is marketing a line of “Got milk?” candies.

Beginning in late August, Got Milk? Caramels will start popping up in the candy aisles of supermarkets.

Although the candies are fortified with calcium and iron, they also contain high amounts of corn syrup and sugar. Is this a milk product that may not do a body good? What gives?

Jeff Manning, CMPB executive director, says, “If people are going to eat candy and cookies anyway, it would be better for them to eat a candy with milk in it.”