Tag: Discontinued foods

According to nutrition information from CalorieKing, a single 0.7-ounce pouch of Kellogg's Yogos Bits contained 13 grams of sugar, a surprisingly high amount for a small snack marketed to kids. This raises a key question for many who grew up with the treat: were Yogos healthy, or was their yogurt-covered facade deceiving?

In the late 1990s, the FDA approved the controversial fat substitute Olestra, trademarked as Olean, for use in savory snacks. This synthetic fat was famously used to produce fat-free versions of popular snack foods, promising guilt-free indulgence before its rapid decline from the market.

In 2017, Kellogg's discontinued RiCiCLES in the UK due to its high sugar content, highlighting a significant and foundational difference between it and the classic Rice Krispies. The main distinction lies in a single ingredient—the sweet, frosted coating that gave one cereal its sugary appeal while the other remained a simpler, toasted rice puff.

After its FDA approval in 1996, more than three billion servings of snacks made with the fat substitute olestra were sold, initially under brands like Frito-Lay's WOW! chips. However, due to widespread public backlash and reported side effects, the ingredient's fate took a dramatic turn, prompting many consumers to wonder what foods still contain olestra today.