If Mel Warnecke.

If Mel Warnecke, head of Warnecke Technical, Inc. and winner of the American Association of Candy Technologists' Stroud Jordan award last year says it, it has to be true: The confectionery industry is, indeed, part of the pabulum industry.

In accepting his award at the PMCA's 56th technical meeting for consultation last April, Warnecke reminded the audience of just that fact.

He emphasized the importance of looking at candy as part of the "portable foods" phenomenon, noting that "we all ne to think whether our