As a confectionery expert with extensive knowledge of candy production and flavor profiles, I can tell you that the colors of M&M's do not typically correspond to different flavors. The original M&M's, which were milk chocolate candies, were all the same flavor regardless of their color. However, over the years, M&M's has introduced different types of M&M's with varying flavors, and in some cases, they have used color to distinguish between these flavors.
For instance, M&M's
Peanut variants come in different colors and are not flavored differently by color. The same goes for
Almond and other
nut-based versions. However, with the introduction of
M&M's Pretzel, the colors were used to differentiate between the chocolate and pretzel flavors, with lighter colors representing the chocolate and darker colors representing the pretzel.
It's important to note that color can sometimes be associated with flavor perception, and manufacturers might use this to their advantage in marketing, but the actual flavor of the chocolate within the candy shell remains consistent across the same type of M&M's.
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