Skittles Research Paper

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Skittles and M and Ms are both greatly loved candies, but have you ever wondered what colors are used to make a certain color of that candy? M and Ms is a candy that has a harder uter shell an chocolate on the inside of it. Skittles are just like M and Ms, but instead of a chocolate inside they have more of a fruity inside. M and Ms and Skittles both have different colored candy in their original packages. Some of the M and M colors are red, blue, brown, yellow, green, and orange. Skittles colors are green, orange, red, yellow, and purple. A British company first made skittles in 1974, now Wrigley makes them; Wrigley is also a part of Mars Incorporated. North America was introduced with Skittles in 1979, and finally Skittles were beginning to be made in the United States of America in 1982. Skittles were made into different flavors after that. For a fun size pack of original Skittles there are 81 calories, 0.9 grams of fat, and 15 grams of sugar. In order to make a Skittle, you would have to first create the center of the Skittle. Then, the flavored outer shell is put on by a system called panning, and after the panning, the outer shell is polished. The ‘s’ is printed on, and then the Skittles are packaged and ready to go …show more content…

Today, Skittles is a very successful candy being sold in 65 and more countries; Skittles has a ‘saying’ and it is “Taste the Rainbow.” All in all, Skittles are a very successful brand of candy, selling in many places, being made by Wrigley, a part of Mars Incorporated, and have many different colors

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