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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:14 AM Sep 2020

Do you remember these cereals?

These are 34 breakfast cereals no longer on supermarket shelves

I wonder why they disappeared?
Here’s a couple that caught my attention:

C3POs
• Years available: 1984 - 1986
• Manufacturer: Kellogg's
• Description: Infinity-shaped ...
(What is the shape of infinity ?)

The Addams Family Cereal
• Years available: 1991 - early 1990s
• Manufacturer: Ralston
• Description: Spooky-shaped cereal with a memorable lack of flavor

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/money/2020/09/09/breakfast-food-34-cereals-most-sugary-no-longer-sold/5749090002/
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Do you remember these cereals? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 OP
I got a sugar high just viewing that review of past cereals. Is it any wonder we have explosive hlthe2b Sep 2020 #1
And, it's still happening.... Ohiogal Sep 2020 #2
From my perspective, these products came & went without me noticing Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #3

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
1. I got a sugar high just viewing that review of past cereals. Is it any wonder we have explosive
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:26 AM
Sep 2020

rates of type II diabetes? We selected for it in childhood.

Ohiogal

(31,909 posts)
2. And, it's still happening....
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:35 AM
Sep 2020

When at Walmart recently I saw an end cap featuring a new cereal that was supposed to taste like cotton candy.

Cirque du So-What

(25,908 posts)
3. From my perspective, these products came & went without me noticing
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:47 AM
Sep 2020

I didn’t like them as a kid, and I steered my kids away from them as well.

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