BAD POOKIE: Today's Caca Award Winner

 RUNNER-UP:

Kellogg's Disney Princess Fruit Flavored Snacks

This quote, from Kellogg's:

"Snacking right isn’t just about picking the “right” products. It’s about eating food in a way that is right for you and your family. Check out the tips and tricks that can help you turn snack time into an opportunity for your family to squeeze more nutrition into your day."
Is this snack right for any family? If we squeeze more nutrition into our day, is this our reward?

Ingredients

CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, APPLE PUREE CONCENTRATE, WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GELATIN, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, COCONUT OIL, CARNAUBA WAX, RED #40, YELLOW #5, SODIUM CITRATE, BLUE #1.

 If you're thinking, "Oh, but it meets 100% of the Daily Value established for Vitamin C, and it's a fat-free product, so at least it's the lesser of the evils," slap yourself about the head a couple times to reestablish blood flow to your brain. I challenge you to drop the complaisant shoulder-shrugging, and stop spending your hard-earned money on crappy Kellogg's products.

 Get your mama or papa bear groove on (you don't have to birth children or be an Alaskan to understand what that means) and protect the babies by refusing to put this caca in your grocery cart. Grow a set and learn to say no!

This type of snack isn't princess food, it's evil witch food. Tell that to your kids.

AND THE WINNER IS...

Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot (a General Mills product)

This quote from General Mills Sales, Inc.:

"We continually set targets for bettering the nutritional profile of our foods, and we keep addressing social and environmental challenges. Our goal is to be among the most socially responsible food companies in the world."

INGREDIENTS: Pears from concentrate, sugar, maltodextrin, water, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil. Contains 2% or less of: carrageenan, citric acid, acetylated mono and diglycerides, sodium citrate, malic acid, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) potassium citrate, natural flavor, color (yellow 5, red 40, blue 1).

Do these ingredients give you hope that GM is setting a target for nutritional betterment?

Here's Why They Win: They are altruistic in a greedy kind of way. I know you're disappointed, and maybe a little mad. You are asking yourself, "But, aw, how can that be?"

Here's the Way It Works: You buy their crappy snacks for your kid, and they'll send your kid's school money! Your school can have a new playground, thanks to General Mills,  and all the little sugar-addicted, fat-riddled children can go outside and try to play for 20 minutes. See? You support GM by sacrificing your good sense and your child's health on their altar, and they will reward you with books and toys. Please, for the love of Pete, take off your blindfold; the fox is guarding the hen house.

Here's What GM says:  "We all shop for groceries, sometimes two or three times a week –- or more. Now turn those shopping trip into easy cash for your school, and encourage friends to do the same! Just look for the Box Tops logo on hundreds of products like Cheerios^®, Hamburger Helper^® and Kleenex^®, in almost every aisle of the store. All you need to do is clip and send them to your school’s Box Tops coordinator —- each one is worth 10¢ for your school." (Feel better now?)

Please, pay attention. This is the Industrial Food Complex working on your head and making you believe they care. Win win? I don't think so. More like win win lose. GM wins, schools win, kids lose. 

It's always a good idea to care about your kids first.

4 big bags of smelly caca to General Mills for screwing with our heads, and one more for being Betty Crocker's pimp daddy.