“Skittles got banned in California,” my friend wrote. This, following a text I sent about the recipe I’d be making for today’s Cooking & Eating section. I had a few other ideas up my sleeve, but while ...

It takes the maker of M&M's, Skittles and Snickers two years to get ready for Halloween. Before coming up with a new product, Mars Wrigley polls customers on what they want. Its food scientists test ...

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Time machines don’t exist, no, but mankind has successfully developed artificial grape flavoring. So as I bite into this purple Skittle, my mouth rewinds back to my childhood. I recall the sensation ...

Scratch the surface of a Skittles and, wow, you will find so much more than a chewy fruit-flavored sugar bomb. The shiny candy is a bit like a Rorschach test; you see what you want to see in those ...

Before coming up with a new product, Mars Wrigley polls customers on what they want. Its food scientists test out several variations and perfect their recipes. Then its marketing team pulls together a ...