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A fruit-flavored gummy confection From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A fruit snack is a type of gummy snack made with fruit flavoring and natural gelatin. They were first made by confectioner Louis Shalhoub in the 1970s as a lightweight high energy snack food for backpackers. Although they are often marketed as a healthier alternative to regular gummy candies, the veracity of these claims is disputed, as fruit snacks typically contain fruit flavoring instead of actual fruit.
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The first modern fruit snack was Joray Fruit Rolls, which were developed by confectioner Louis Shalhoub in the 1970s.[1] It was used by backpackers as a lightweight, high-energy food.
The name fruit snack was first used in 1983 by General Mills, which they used to describe their version of Shalhoub's product, Fruit Roll-Ups.[1]
By the mid-1980s, the fruit snack was a multimillion-dollar business. However, sales peaked in 2013 and declined over the next few years.[2]
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More than half the weight of the fruit snacks is simple sugars.[3] They also contain an average of 12% water by weight, 25% starch, a small amount of fat, and a negligible amount of protein.[3]
The nutritional value or content of fruit snacks has long been contested.[4] Much of the controversy surrounds the nutritional value, especially surrounding its sugar content, which is found in large amounts in some fruit snacks.[5]
Despite the overall lack of nutritional value, most fruit snacks have a considerable portion of Vitamin C but tend to be lacking in most other micronutrients.[6]
In some cases, manufactures of fruit snacks have faced class-action lawsuits over their marketing claims that fruit snacks are "healthy."[7]
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