The '90s were basically the Super Bowl of snack culture. Everything came in wild colors, strange shapes, and packaging so ...

There are plenty of things from our childhood that we would love to make a comeback: TV shows, toys, games. However, nothing delivers a "blast from the past" quite like a favorite food item from your ...

Prepare to take a trip down memory lane, as a beloved childhood snack from the 1980s has officially made a comeback after a ...

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Preschool-age children might prefer Dora the Explorer, Care Bears or Spiderman fruit snacks, but their parents don't. A new study led by Katie Abrams, an assistant professor of journalism in the ...

From your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man to the Paw Patrol pups, the colourful characters on food packaging aren't just ...

The same marketing tactics used to sell sugary cereal and junk food to children could just as effectively sway youngsters to want more fruit and vegetables, a recent study suggests. Researchers from ...

Cartoon characters are often used to market so-called junk food to children. However, new research from Italy suggests that the same technique might be used to nudge preschoolers into eating more ...

General Mills seeks to lead the charge to remove artificial colors and flavors from artificial sources from the fruit flavored snack category, just as it is doing in the cereal category. The maker of ...

Though fruit snacks contain the word fruit, they are a poor substitute for a healthier snack. In fact, due to their high sugar content, they are no better than giving your child (or yourself!) a piece ...