Food and Drink you can still get, but used to be SO much better.

In this thread, post those food and drink items you used to get, and STILL get, but used to be a HELL of a lot better, for whatever reason. And state your reasons why! I'll start with some examples:

Monster Munch

Nowadays, Monster Munch are a shadow of their former selves... tiny, less dense, and with FAR less coat-yer-fingers-in-brown-powder flavouring. Also, no more spaghetti flavour (blue packet)! Travesty.

Smarties

Not only are the shells less dense (to abide by cruel health laws of pure evil), but now it's packed in this bizarre hexagonal prism container... without a collectible pop-top with a letter on it. Unacceptable.

Okay, post some more, you guys, I know how much you love to reminisce with me, and also the sheer passion for complaining! So what're YOUR foods and drinks that you can still buy, but are shadows of their former selves?

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Reply 1

FormerlyHistoryStudent

Tooty-Frooties. I used to have a kind-of addiction to them in Year 8-9 (back in 1997-1999), but a couple of years later they changed the recipe, and they haven't been the same since. They're not as sweet for one thing, and the green ones taste strange.

PS. I remember when ice lollies like Feasts and Mini-Milks and Twisters had jokes on the sticks... some were actually quite good, if I remember right. Wish they'd bring them back!

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 2

kat2pult

Pizza Hut. When I was younger I remember it being really crispy and not that greasy, but now it's bleughhh.

Another is Pom Bears.

I remember them being nice but they just leave a horrible taste in my mouth now.

Reply 3

r_u_t_h

Lilt. It's never been the same since they healthified it...

Reply 4

Lizzzle

Anything with fruit in it.
Fruit Twist,
Starburst etc

They use real fruit now and no added sugar, the swines.

Reply 5

Fandabidoze!

Penguin bars. Don't know why but for some reason, their place in my heart seems to be taken by Take a Break bars.

Reply 6

Cicerao

Pretty much everything since the "healthy eating" revolution...fewer e-numbers, making sure there isn't 3482394g of fat in the product, removal of shameless advertising and toys aimed at children...bad times. :frown:

Reply 7

BooBerryMuffin

Sunny D. It used to taste so creamy and rich, nowadays it tastes watery and plasticky. Absolute fail. :frown:

Reply 8

clo-clo1

Animal biscuits, you know the ones with chocolate on. I swear they weren't that sickly when I was younger, I could even make it though a bag in one go when I bought them.

Reply 9

Polly1101

Wow, 16p for monster munch, how things have changed.
I loved jolly ranchers, oh my god they were sooo good. Now they don't even sell them in the UK anymore.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jolly-Ranchers-Original-198g/dp/B002G1T3N6/ref=pd_sim_sbs_d_1

and Fizzy jerks!! Our school always used to have them in the vending machines, and citrus polos.

I wasn't a sweetie person at all.........

Reply 10

balloon_parade

Flying saucer sweets, they are just horrible and taste of nothing! I think I only used to get them because they were light in a pick-a-mix.

Reply 11

r_u_t_h

Original post by BooBerryMuffin

Sunny D. It used to taste so creamy and rich, nowadays it tastes watery and plasticky. Absolute fail. :frown:

Didn't it also used to make children orange...?

Reply 12

Bagration

Going on the drinks theme, Tango Apple just doesn't taste the same...

Reply 13

BooBerryMuffin

Original post by Bagration

Going on the drinks theme, Tango Apple just doesn't taste the same...

Agreed

I'm hungry...

Fanta, I swear they changed the recipe in the UK. Abroad it's still seriously orange and tastes amazing while here its a more yellow colour and tastes like ass.

Reply 16

RJFarmer

Wagon wheels, the jam ones in particular, there's about 75% less jam in them!

Reply 17

coco_123

haha so true about fanta, although i've noticed that it tastes completely different in Ireland to the UK, it's bright orange and tastes like it should.