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A candy company has removed an ingredient from its popular and colorful rainbow candies.

Right now, candy is considered food for human consumption and thus exempt from the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax — same as bananas or flour or eggs.

Milk not declared as an allergen was found in a Tennessee-based manufacturer's confectionery, not the first time candy has been recalled in the U.S. in 2025.

The Hershey Company has introduced the Trick-or-Treatable Costume, a costume hack that serves as a human candy bowl for candy handouts on the go.

Some Halloween treats such as Brach's candy corn include Red Dye 3, a carcinogen banned in Europe, Consumer Reports says.

The state of Indiana has a very narrow definition of candy, which is used in Gov. Mike Braun's executive order. That exempts some common confections.