Since bygone decades like the 1970s, kids' cereals have changed a lot — mainly to appeal to parents. Names like Sugar Smacks have been swapped for more wholesome-sounding monikers; brands have cut ...

Just a little anecdote from the history of products for children: During the 1970s, Franken Berry cereal sent some number of kids to the ER, because it turned their poop an alarming shade of pink.

The world of breakfast cereal is a lawless desert of chaos, with flavors, mascots, and ideas that rarely feel cut from the same cloth. In the 1970s, it was even more untethered; themes ranged from ...

Snack foods, instant meals, cereals, and drinks tend to come and go, but the ones we remember from childhood seem to stick with us. Children of the 1970s and 1980s had a veritable smorgasbord of ...

What, you’ve never heard of Frute Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy? To a certain population that grew up in the 1970s and ’80s, the return of these cult-favorite monster-themed cereals—in vintage form, no ...

As president of Quaker Oats Co. in the 1970s, Kenneth Mason’s job included defending the company from consumer-protection groups arguing that its sugary Cap’n Crunch cereal rotted children’s teeth and ...