A fruit snack is a sugary processed food stuff that is marketed to the parents of school-age children as a popular snack.
• Fruit snacks are quite similar to gummy candies.
• The main ingredient is sugar, especially refined sugar from concentrated white grape juice and apple juice.
• They are popular because of their convenience.
• They are also often falsely advertised to be healthier than candy.
• Yes, fruit snacks can go bad.
• They do have an expiration date.
• It is typical that when fruit snacks go bad, they often become rigid and less flavorful.
• It has been said that the “expiration date” on fruit snacks and similar foods are more like freshness dates, which are used by stores and companies to rotate their stock.