A trip to the grocery store can be a walk down memory lane. You may find the PopTarts and Lunchables you regularly munched on in the ’90s. Yet, many fantastic ’90s candy and nostalgic snacks aren’t on the shelves now. Food fads come and go; chances are you’ve forgotten the long-gone goodies from decades ago.
Your favorite ’90s foods may have disappeared due to shifting consumer preferences and changing nutritional guidelines. Maybe today’s kids wouldn’t be interested in bubble gum in a metal box resembling a Band-Aid tin. And who knows what chemicals were in the bright-colored Squeezits aside from sugar?
With many nineties babies
turning 30 soon, it’s time to get some veggies in your diet because your gut health is not the same as it was in your teens. However, compared to what the youngsters are filling their bellies with today, we still had it pretty good in our school days.
Whether our favorite childhood snacks were relatively healthy is under question. However, ’90s snacks and drinks were not as “infested” with GMOs as the foods are now. Nevertheless, many ’90s snacks were discontinued or banned and flagged as a choking hazard for children. Yes, we are pointing the finger at you, Kinder Surprise eggs.
Can you believe that smuggling chocolate eggs to the US would get you in legal trouble and you could be fined up to $2,500 if caught? Well, that’s one way to become a criminal. However, Kinder Eggs weren’t the only deliciousness banned or discontinued.
Below, we have compiled a list of ’90s food and drinks that either got prohibited or canceled, with a few still selling in the shops today. Let us know if any discontinued snacks from the ’90s in this list were your favorites.
A trip to the grocery store can be a walk down memory lane. You may find the PopTarts and Lunchables you regularly munched on in the ’90s. Yet, many fantastic ’90s candy and nostalgic snacks aren’t on the shelves now. Food fads come and go; chances are you’ve forgotten the long-gone goodies from decades ago.
Your favorite ’90s foods may have disappeared due to shifting consumer preferences and changing nutritional guidelines. Maybe today’s kids wouldn’t be interested in bubble gum in a metal box resembling a Band-Aid tin. And who knows what chemicals were in the bright-colored Squeezits aside from sugar?
With many nineties babies
turning 30 soon, it’s time to get some veggies in your diet because your gut health is not the same as it was in your teens. However, compared to what the youngsters are filling their bellies with today, we still had it pretty good in our school days.
Whether our favorite childhood snacks were relatively healthy is under question. However, ’90s snacks and drinks were not as “infested” with GMOs as the foods are now. Nevertheless, many ’90s snacks were discontinued or banned and flagged as a choking hazard for children. Yes, we are pointing the finger at you, Kinder Surprise eggs.
Can you believe that smuggling chocolate eggs to the US would get you in legal trouble and you could be fined up to $2,500 if caught? Well, that’s one way to become a criminal. However, Kinder Eggs weren’t the only deliciousness banned or discontinued.
Below, we have compiled a list of ’90s food and drinks that either got prohibited or canceled, with a few still selling in the shops today. Let us know if any discontinued snacks from the ’90s in this list were your favorites.
