Strange Ingredients Dept.

I pulled out a big ol' (movie theater size) box of Good and Plenty candy this morning. It's getting stale since I bought it about a year ago in the USA. One of my favorite candies along with Clark Bars, Zagnut and Payday. Anyway, I happened to read the Good and Plenty box. I hadn't realized it was a Hershey product. They've taken over a lot of candy companies (Reeses for example). As I scanned the ingredients, two things struck me. The licorice center amount to less than 2%. And now I know why the pink and white candy coating is shiny. They use carnauba wax along with the K-Carmine and Red #40 coloring. Carnauba wax? Isn't that what's in my can of car wax? I remember Carnauba was a big marketing buzz word along with the ever popular rich Corinthian leather. Oh well, I still enjoy an occasional handful of Good and Plenty.