Are the Washington Redskins next?Ģ4/7 Tempo consulted numerous snack food fan pages, company histories, and rating sites to compile this list of chips, candies, and other such items that we wish we could eat again right now. Problematic logos: Does it really matter if Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben get retired?Ĭhanging images: Eskimo Pie, Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben's and Cream of Wheat are changing. They just don’t generate the revenue that projections called for, and so are phased out in favor of the tried-and-true, or of other new introductions that might end up doing better. Why do such snack foods get discontinued? In most cases, it’s simply a matter of sales. While some of these products might seem like innovations, most are simply variations on existing ones, imbued with new flavorings or produced in different shapes or sizes. ( Sometimes, though, there are healthy versions of old-school junk-food snacks.)
Both salty and sweet, and sometimes both at once, these items tend to tempt consumers into eating more sugar, salt, and/or fat than is good for them.Īlong the way, though, they also please us with their vivid flavors and attractive textures – and when they eventually disappear from the shelves, as many of them do, we end up missing them, even though we realize that they’re not exactly constituents of a healthy diet. Major food companies employ virtual armies of chefs, food scientists, and marketing gurus dedicated to developing, test-marketing, and (if all goes well) eventually rolling out new products. View Gallery: Americans miss these discontinued snacks, cookies, chips and candies
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