Popular but Discontinued Snack Foods We Really Miss – 24/7 Wall St. (2024)

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Why are popular foods discontinued? ›

Every year, food distributors pull products due to poor sales, health concerns, ingredient scarcity, and many other factors. After winning us over with novel new flavors and textures, our favorite treats can vanish as quickly as they appeared.

Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's largest food maker, will no longer sell Handi-Snacks pudding to retail customers. At the same time, it's pushing new flavors of its more lucrative Jell-O pudding.

But if you're used to munching on chocolate chip cookies like Cookie Monster, then your first SoyJoy is going to taste like sawdust-flavored cardboard. Unfortunately, their website says that the brand has been discontinued in the US.

The most hated food in the US is Olives, being named the worst by 13 states. Anchovies are also unpopular, with 12 states saying it's the worst food. There are only 10 foods collectively despised by different states: olives, anchovies, eggplant, beets, turkey bacon, bologna, sushi, well-done steak, carrots and pickles.

Fan-favorite nostalgic snacks like DunkAroos, Fritos Bar-B-Q chips, Yodels, Oreo Cakesters, and Count Chocula Monster Cereal are back by popular demand.

If a product is permanently discontinued, this means that it will never be sold on your online store ever again. This could be due to a lack of stock on your part, which you will not renew, or because it's no longer being made by its manufacturer.

Production ceased in 2008, again due to a lack of consumer demand.

This product has not been discontinued.

Is Lance peanut bar being discontinued? ›

The Charlotte-based food broker began selling roasted peanuts. He then produced peanut butter, which led to the peanut butter-and-crackers snack sandwich and, eventually, the sweet, crunchy Lance Peanut Bar — a fan favorite. Unfortunately for reader Robin Stone, the Lance company has discontinued the Peanut Bar.

United Super Markets Holdings Inc. announced on Sept 2nd, 2022, that they are officially signed an exclusive sales agreement with American company BEYOND MEAT, INC., to distribute plant-based meat alternatives, “Beyond Meat” for Japan market.

Beyond Meat Enters Japan Through Exclusive Agreement With USMH.

The food outlook for 2023 looks rocky. Supplies of everything from corn to tomatoes may be lower than usual, meaning prices will likely be higher. What's more, the quality of crops may be impacted.

World population too big to feed by 2050

The world population could be too big to feed itself by 2050. By then, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet and food demand will have increased by 70 percent compared to 2017. Scientists put the limit on how many people Earth can feed at 10 billion - max!

The recall includes restaurant style white corn tortilla chips from Walmart's Great Value brand. The FDA says they were distributed in Illinois, Missouri, New York, Wisconsin and Wyoming. If you have any at home, look for a best-by date of May 23. If that's the date on them, return those chips for a refund.

Don't worry - Fritos haven't been discontinued (although certain flavors aren't coming back). They are just in high demand! According to Consumer Reports, products with limited availability include everything from cat food to sports drinks and snack crackers.

Most of all, the United States hopes to stop Beijing from using chips to enhance its military—and potentially preempt an invasion of Taiwan, where the vast majority of the world's semiconductors and microprocessors are produced.

Hi Danielle – Sadly we're no longer producing that flavor. We know it's a bummer, but we'll be sure to pass your note on to our team so they know they have fans who miss the snack.

Why are so many products discontinued? ›

Common reasons for discontinued items: The vendor restricts sales of their products to certain countries. The vendor has insufficient inventory. The vendor has discontinued the production of the item.

There was problem with Dunkaroos' advertising to children

That changed around 1996, though, when Betty Crocker announced a competition to switch things up. Sydney was replaced by the more sporty Duncan, and many of us agree with Food52 in saying that things just weren't the same.