The expiry code on these packets should be reasonably easy to read as long as the packaging is intact. Although this clever way to sneak extra nutrients into kids' mostly Cocoa Puff and chicken tenders diet was born in the 1970s, they didn't catch on until General Mills introduced the world to the little-known and very underrated food mascot, Rulpo, a colorful wizard who insisted kids everywhere eat Fruit Roll Ups. And so, given Fruit Roll-Ups' nutrition and mouthfeel, we have no choice but to put baby in a corner. The variety pack of the fruit snack offers three flavors: blue raspberry, tropical tye dye, and strawberry sensation. To the brand's credit, its gummies have no synthetic colors or artificial flavors and offer 90 milligrams of vitamin C and 90 calories per serving.

The manufacturers advertise them as having a year-long shelf life, but in reality, they are likely to be safe to eat long after that provided they have not been opened. However, neither its OG status nor the variations that allow you to tat up your tongue can save Fruit Roll-Ups from being placed so far down on the list. On the nutritional end of the scale, Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks have synthetic color dye and 9 grams of added sugar. In terms of taste, both treats packed a flavor punch at first bite but quickly faded from tasting like fruit snacks to something akin to chemical-like gum. And all of the gummies had a strange fuzzy texture and a hard consistency that made them difficult to chew on.The youngest and (depending on who you ask) prettiest sister of Target's two private label grocery brands, Good and Gather is committed to producing food that's free of synthetic flavors and dyes. However, due to its quality ingredients, Annie's Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks are also on the more expensive side of the fruit snack spectrum.

Strawberry splash had a better gush factor, but both treats also tended to stick to each other in their packages.With no nutritional value, a lackluster taste, and a terrible value for your money, Gushers is the lowest-ranked General Mills fruit snack on the list and the second-worst overall fruit-like treat.

This gives you a starting point to work out how soon the snacks will expire – simply count one year on from this day. We tried the variety pack which includes three flavors: berry tye-dye, blue raspberry tye-dye, and strawberry tye-dye. We tried Welch's Mixed Berry Fruit Snacks, which feature a mix of grape, peach, orange, strawberry, and raspberry flavors. You may find a code that starts with a couple of letters, followed by a series of numbers and letters.Generally speaking, most Funables' fruit snacks have a taste that doesn't even vaguely resemble any food found in nature. However, while a lot of the brand's marketing relies on the fact its gummy bears are created with actual fruit juice, Black Forest Gummies may not be quick to tell you its fruit snacks have no other nutrients. Because of their high sugar content, these treats may last a long time, although their texture and taste may not be as good as it was.

Open packets of fruit snacks may also absorb moisture from the air, reducing their resistance to mold. We're not going to lie — when we discovered beverage brand Arizona makes fruit gummies the first thought that came to mind was: why? While these snacks do include 12 grams of added sugar, each pouch comes in at 80 calories and offers 45 grams of vitamin C. But don't let that quick ingredient factsheet fool you into thinking this brand is a healthier option than Target's Market Pantry variety. Both the grape and apple gummies had no fruit-like flavor at all, the orange tasted somewhat like Sunny D, the blue raspberry had a reminiscence of the blue-like taste typical for the popular artificial flavor, and the cherry featured the smallest whiff of cherry-like flavor.They are unlikely to hurt you because they have so much sugar in them, so they are extremely well preserved and shouldn’t go moldy the way some other foods might. Ryan and I used to work together back in 2015/2016 and one of the only snacks we got at work for free were these fruit snacks,” Demi told The Takeout via Twitter, “so of course we’re eating five packs a day and started making elaborate ‘smoothie’ combinations, peach and orange, grape and strawberry etc. After this letter, you should see numbers that tell you the day of the month in which it was produced. You probably remember sipping on Mott's fruit boxes with popcorn during elementary school parties, and Mott's Fruit Flavored Snacks are just as nostalgic, delectable, and healthy. That is to say, while Arizona Fruit Snacks are the lesser of these two evils, we still don't recommend adding this fruit snack to your grocery list.