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Snack
Attack

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ast month we asked for volun-
teers to sample popular snack
foods. Nine adventurous boys
and girls boldly stepped forward
and agreed to taste six foods,
then let us know what they
thought. They rated the snacks on
the following scale:

5 - Excellent
4 - Pretty good, but not quite as
good as ice cream
3 -,Just average
2 - I'd eat it if my parents force
me
1 - I'd rather eat creamed herring

flavor." (Mom noted, however, that
"Seth's 4-1 /2-year-old sister,
Tamara, decided to taste these and
loved them. She had half the bag:
Go figure!") — Seth Greenberg
"You should look for it in stores
and buy-it!" — Cara Kleiman

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Is it terrifically tasy,
typical and tolerable, or too,
too terri -y
. ing?

Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor

Participants also were asked to
come up with three words that best
describe the snack. Here's what our
intrepid volunteers had to say:

#1) Betty Crocker Fruit Roll
Ups
Ratings ranged from: 4-5
Average rating: 4.3
This snack is...: squishy, good,
chewy, delicious, gooey ("but a
good gooey"), soft, great, sweet,
sticky, sort of like gum, yummy.
Comments: "I love it! It's awe-
some!" — Rebecca Goldberg
"I like this even better than my
favorite snack, chips. I liked the
cool colors and the dinosaurs on
them." — Ben Krawitz
"It sticks if you have braces." —
Beth Isenberg

10/24
1997

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#2) Snackwells Toaster
Pastries
Ratings ranged from:1-5
Average rating: 3
This snack is...: delicious, sweet,
dry, squishy, messy, tasty, gooey,
soft, too crumbly, crunchy, sticky,
breakable, crisp, yuck, soft.
Comments:
"I like it better not toasted, but
both ways it's great." — Rebecca
Goldberg
"It's gross." — Melissa
Mendelson
"It tastes like cardboard." —
Elizabeth Traison

#3) Dole Raisins
Ratings ranged from:1-4
Average rating: 2.1

Seth
Greenberg,

Rebecca
Goldberg,

Cara
Kleiman,

Adam
Finkel, 11,

6-1/2, lives in
Oak Park
where he
attends Avery
Elementary
School.

8, lives in
Farmington
Hills and is a
student at Hillel
Day School.

9, lives in
Southfield and
attends
Hillel Day
School.

lives in
Bloomfield Hills
and attends
West Hills
School.

This snack is...: squishy, juicy,
moist, disgusting, soft, gross,
chewy, horrible.
"Don't even think about eating
it." — Cara Kleiman
"Yuck." — Micha Vardy
"Healthy and plump." — Adam
Finkel
"I really don't like raisins at all."
— Ben Krawitz

#4) Bissli Pizza Snacks
Ratings ranged from: 1-5
Average rating: 3.5
This snack is...: crisp, crunchy,
bad, yuck, good, horrible,
mmmm, hard, delicious, very
good, spicy.
Comments:
"It had no pizza flavor. It had no

A Profile
Of The
Snackers

Beth Isenberg,

12-1 /2, resides in West
Bloomfield and attends Abbott
Middle School.

#5) Quaker Chewy
Granola Bars
Ratings ranged from:1-5
C
Average rating: 3.5
This . snack
yum-delicious,
disgusting, crunchy and chewy,
nutty, gooey, sticky, fresh.
"It tastes like a hard cookie."
Ben Krawitz
"They're just plain sickatating."
— Rebecca Goldberg
"A good food to eat in the car
for breakfast or snack." —
Elizabeth Traison

#6) Hershey's Sweet
Escapes (triple chocolate wafer
bar)
Ratings ranged from:1-5
Average rating: 3.8
This snack is...: delicious, horri-
ble, crunchy, really chocolatey,
soft, gooey, mmmm, crunchy,
good.
Comments: "It makes me want to
barf." —Rebecca Goldberg
"It sort of tastes like one of those
fat-free, lose-weight bars. A little
too rich." — Micha Vardy
"Very good." — Beth Isenberg

Elizabeth
Traison, 7,

Micha
Vardy,

lives in West
Bloomfield and
is a student at
Hillel Day
School.

10-1 /2, lives
in Oak Park
and is a stu-
dent at Hillel
Day School.

Melissa
Mendelson,
10, is a resi-

dent of
Farmington Hills
where she
attends
Meadow Lake
School.

Ben
Krawitz, 4-

1 /2, lives in
West
Bloomfield and
attends school
at Temple
Israel.

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