Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BABY BOOM CRUSH CREATING NEW FOODS With the increasing number of older Americans, more and more companies are coming up with sugar-free or no-sugar-added foods. The development of new sweeteners, including Splenda, has resulted in a rush to create new ice cream flavors that are as true to the original as possible. Advertisement The major ice cream companies, including Dryer's, Edy's, Breyers, Blue Bunny and Sealtest, have no-sugar-added ice creams. Remember, unless you look for special dietetic ice creams, you won't see no-sugar versions, since milk has some sugar in it. But, for most people, except those on very strict diabetic diets, no-sugar-added can provide some level of enjoyment. It was not that long ago people on sugar-restricted diets had few choices when it came to desserts and snacks. What few candies there were at the time often were enhanced with a chemical called sorbitol. Unfortunately, for many people sorbitol is a bulking agent. Too much consumption of sorbitol-sweetened candies left people stranded in the bathroom. Shelf life limitations also have left some consumers high and dry. If your store stocks very little no-sugar-added ice creams or none at all ask the manager to tell you what is available and demand some be stocked. Advertisement NOVELTY LIGHTERS ON RECALL LIST A batch of novelty lighters is on a national recall list because the product does not have child-resistant mechanisms required by federal law. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says it has received at least one report of a fire resulting from the use of the lighter by a small child. In the incident a toddler used the lighter and set an upholstered chair alight. The fire quickly spread, resulting in the death of a 6-year-old brother and permanent brain damage to the child playing with the lighter. The lighters are described as being "dolphin-shaped," and are butane gas-fueled and made of metal. There are three models involved in this recall, according to federal regulators. The CPSC says one of the lighters features a dolphin with a large ball and is labeled "1988.8 Young's Wholes 14.9." Another lighter features a single dolphin and is labeled "00005011 $14.00 EA." The last model features two dolphins and a ball, and has no label. The lighters were sold, mostly in western states, at gas stations, smoke shops, grocery, gift and liquor stores. They were priced in the $8-$20 range and were on shelves from 1996 until the fall of 2001. Advertisement According to the recall notice: "Consumers should stop using the lighters immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund." The company can be reached by calling collect to (503) 998-9801, during regular business hours in the Pacific time zone.
