In this short video, pediatrician Dr. Ana-Maria Temple examines Halloween candy sold at CVS, looking for products that avoid additives and preservatives she deems harmful to children. She lists the ingredients she wants to avoid—artificial and natural flavors, food coloring, TBHQ, PGPR, hydrogenated palm oil, and other preservatives—while repeatedly emphasizing the health concerns associated with each. She evaluates several candy items, noting which contain the unwanted ingredients and which do not. Dr. Temple highlights Tony’s candy as a “real‑ingredients” alternative and recommends Crunchies mini candy bars because they lack artificial flavors, colors, PGPR, and TBHQ. She also points out that not all Snickers bars are the same, distinguishing a version with hydrogenated palm oil (a trans fat) from one without. Throughout, she comments on the irony of finding such candy in a pharmacy next to medicines, underscoring the mismatch between health‑focused retail space and the presence of low‑quality candy.
