Food Lens · Snacks
Fruit snacks
Sweet and fruity with a chewy, gummy texture, generally sweeter and less complex in flavor than real fruit.
Lens analyzedFruit snacks are small, chewy, fruit-flavored gummy candies, often shaped like fruit, animals, or cartoon characters, marketed largely to kids as a lunchbox and snack item. They're made mainly from sugar, corn syrup, and gelatin or pectin rather than whole fruit.
Where it comes from
Fruit-flavored gummy candies grew from earlier gelatin-based confections, and the individually packaged, kid-marketed fruit snack format became a defining North American grocery and lunchbox item through the late 20th century.
Buying it
Check the ingredient list if you're looking for a higher real-fruit-content version, since many fruit snacks contain more added sugar and flavoring than actual fruit.
Storing it
Store fruit snacks in a cool, dry pantry in their sealed pouches, where they keep well for months per the package date.
Keeps about 9 months in the pantry.
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