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Check the ingredient list on anything strawberry-flavored. Strawberry yogurt. Strawberry protein bar. Strawberry "fruit" snacks. You'll find sugar, artificial flavor, maybe a little red dye — and somewhere near the bottom, if you're lucky, something that used to be a...

Walk into any grocery store and find the cherries. Not the fresh ones. The ones that made it into the ice cream, the cocktail garnish, the trail mix, the yogurt. Read the labels. Sugar. Corn syrup. Red 40. "Natural flavor."...

Here’s a tiny thought experiment: You probably think apples are boring because the snack industry made everything else louder, sweeter, and more obnoxious. Then you look at the fact that apples are literally one of the only foods that humans...

Dried Blueberries Are a Performance Food Disguised as a Fruit Blueberries often get treated like a garnish. A spoonful here. A sprinkle there. A polite afterthought on foods that get all the credit. That’s f*cked up. Blueberries are one of...

Mangos have a branding problem. They’re sweet, tropical, and taste like dessert. Which is why people assume they’re indulgent. Something you eat on vacation while pretending calories don’t count because you’re near water. That’s unfortunate since mangos are quietly one...

Bananas don’t get enough respect. They’re cheap. They’re everywhere. They come with their own biodegradable wrapper. And because of that, people assume they’re boring. Basic. Something you toss into a smoothie when you’re pretending to be healthy. This is a...