The average American consumes nearly 40 pounds of refined sugar a year.
Behind all those sweets, a heated battle is taking place over whether the government should continue a program to help out sugar growers.
Candy manufacturers say the program keeps the price of sugar artificially high, and want to see it ended.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Bill Wheelhouse of Harvest Public Media reports.
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- Bill Wheelhouse, reporter for Harvest Public Media in Springfield, Ill. He tweets @BWheelhouse.
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