Show ARE CANDY EATERS folks who live in the rocky mountain west coast states lead the nation in candy consumption with a per capita average of pounds per year oar this is five pounds more than dain the national average 0 of 17 pounds more utah is the biggest candy state in the union when it comes to pounds per capita shipped into the state late this average was wyoming was second with 26 6 pounds these figures are taken from a booklet just published by ed win J brach chicago candy manufacturer who reports on ort americas candy eating habits using the latest figures from the department of commerce he shows shown that andy is an important tood food item in the american budget on a per capita basis each american eats almost seven more pounds of candy that butter annually almost ten pounds more candy than cheese about I 1 11 I 1 pounds more candy than margarine nine pounds more candy I 1 than cereals and only avi 2 pounds less candy than coffee citing figures from the bureau of human nutrition and home economics the brach report showed that the average family spends cents per week on candy in food stores alone compared to cents for canned juices cents for cakes cents tor for shorten ings cents for soups and cents for white flour nour I 1 i almost half the candy purchased today is sold in food stores |