Fruit snack

They were first made by confectioner Louis Shalhoub in the 1970s as a lightweight high energy snack food for backpackers.

[2] More than half the weight of the fruit snacks is simple sugars.

[3] The nutritional value or content of fruit snacks has long been contested.

[4] Much of the controversy surrounds the nutritional value, especially surrounding its sugar content, which is found in large amounts in some fruit snacks.

[6] In some cases, manufactures of fruit snacks have faced class-action lawsuits over their marketing claims that fruit snacks are "healthy.