Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From gummies to fruit rolls, fruit snacks were a childhood lunchbox staple. Advertised as containing real fruit, parents likely ...

BOSTON - If you want to put a healthy fruit snack in your child's lunch bag, researchers from UMass Amherst say to stay away from fruit gummies. A UMass Amherst team of food scientists analyzed the ...

The fruit snack category is still a $1 billion industry, but unit sales fell about 5.5 percent in the past year, according to IRI data. Consumers are becoming increasingly skeptical about packaged ...

One of the most frustrating things about trying to keep yourself and your family healthy is the fact that almost every food in the grocery store is now being advertised as a delicious and “healthy” ...

According to the analyst firm MarketIntelo, the fruit snack market's value is set to nearly double to $11.2 billion by 2033.

I put several brands to the test and ranked them from worst to best, based on factors like taste and texture. While they are and will always be hyper-processed sweet "candies," I wanted to find a ...

Fruit snacks were a staple of many childhood lunchboxes. Colorful, chewy, and sometimes shaped like beloved characters, they were marketed as healthier than candy yet sweet enough to satisfy a sugar ...