--- description: How 'big candy' affects nutrition science, how big data turned on corporations and more. title: How Candy Makers Drive Nutrition Science image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How Candy Makers Drive Nutrition Science by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Here’s how candy makers are shaping nutrition science.**](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f9483d554430445fa6566bb0aaa293d1/ap-exclusive-how-candy-makers-shape-nutrition-science "undefined") By Candice Choi at the Associated Press **2\.** [**Data was once a gold-mine for companies. Now it’s a liability.**](http://qz.com/697452/companies-once-thought-theyd-make-big-money-off-big-data-now-its-their-biggest-liability/ "undefined") By Ryan Garner in Quartz **3\.** [**Scientists just proved stem cells can change the lives of stroke survivors.**](http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2016/06/stem-cells-shown-safe-beneficial-for-chronic-stroke-patients.html "undefined") By Bruce Goldman at Stanford Medicine **4\.** [**Are colleges that hide freshman-year grades on transcripts helping students — or hurting them?**](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/01/should-colleges-shield-freshmen-themselves-hiding-first-term-grades-their "undefined") By Colleen Flaherty in Inside Higher Ed **5\.** [**Mental health is important. So why is it so hard for poor people to find a therapist?**](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/06/the-struggle-of-seeking-therapy-while-poor/484970/ "undefined") By Olga Khazan in the Atlantic  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4356331/how-candy-makers-drive-nutrition-science/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4356331/how-candy-makers-drive-nutrition-science/"},"headline":"How Candy Makers Drive Nutrition Science","datePublished":"2016-06-03T16:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:56.057Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4356331/how-candy-makers-drive-nutrition-science/","keywords":["Innovation","Mental Health","College","Data topic","Stroke","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4356331/how-candy-makers-drive-nutrition-science/","name":"How Candy Makers Drive Nutrition Science"}}]}] ```