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So what is up with all this 'invisible' food junk lately.

It's whole grain bread! But the grains are so ground up it looks white! They'll never know.
It's juice! But it has vegetables! They'll never know.
It's Smart KD! It tastes like normal KD.. but it's smart becasue there is cauliflower! They'll never know.

At first it was marketed towards picky children.. but now it's even aimed at adults.. if you guys watch tv you know what I'm talking about.. if not here's a link.

What do you guys think of this?
Personally.. I think it's stupid.. we are forgetting what food TASTES like.. we have to HIDE the flavours of nature to get all of our nutrients.
What's so bad about eating vegetables and whole grains that they have to be hidden?

I think with some of these things, like having vegetables in fruit juice, it's more to get children to eat healthy, because a lot of kids don't like vegetables and whatnot.
For adults it's sort of silly, though. Maybe it's a way to ease people into eating healthy by making it seem like things they're already used to, so they don't feel out of their 'comfort zone' when it comes to food. That's the only logical explanation I can think of.
Other than that, hiding the fact that food is healthy is stupid. What reasonably minded person is going to get upset when they find out that the food they're enjoying is something that's GOOD for them?

I love fruits and veggies, no one needs to disguise them for me heart

If you expose your children from a young age to all different types of foods instead of your standard processed chicken nuggets, as they grow up they will appreciate a broader range of foods and there will be no need to hide them.

I totally agree--people were always alarmed at the things I let my kids eat when they were little, things like nori rolls and "ethnic" foods from all over the world, but now that they are almost teens, they are very good eaters and will try just about anything. My son actually prefers vegetables to fruit most of the time (although he is kind of strange that way)

I've never understood the notion that kids need to be sheltered from certain foods, even to the point of having special kids menus. On those rare time when we eat out, the kids have always been allowed to order from the regular menu.

Growing up, we were fed the "white bread, HFCS drinks" stuff that 80's kids were all exposed to - WonderBread, Hi-C, processed this and that. As an adult, I initially found it difficult to eat real food. That has changed, though. I prefer real bread to the processed crap, I buy more fruits and veggies ( I avoid V8 like the plague) and generally, I eat better. The big shock has been my nieces/nephew. They are all terribly interested in what I do, so they all eat the same things I do when i'm around. Who knows? maybe the day will come when we can put some these artificial-food pushers out of business for good. I'm talking to you, Nestle....

I think that kids need to be taught nutrition way early on in school (heck, even by their parents) I don't mean to attack anyone's parenting skills, but... Oh wait, yes I do. If parents would feed their kids healthily in the first place, they wouldn't whine when having to eat anything other than sweets and salty crap all the time. I really feel sorry for all the obese kids in America, because in reality, its not their fault. Education is the means to reform-- trying to forcefully make kids eat healthier (like Michelle Obama and school lunches) and forcing them without them KNOWING is just going to add to the problem.

One thing I've noticed since eating all-natural foods without added sweeteners and whatnot, is that my taste buds have gotten more sensitive. "fruit" juice with 90% corn syrup tastes disgusting too me now, as do any sweets in general. My theory is that if kids weren't so exposed to all this sugary and refined crap, they wouldn't be thinking they need it all the time.

I understand that when it comes to kids, they have a few years where their variety of food possibilities isn't too large... I don't know the specifics, but if people think they can't feed, say, beef to a 1 or 2 year old, why do they think they should feed them snickers and other crap? If I talk anymore I'm just gonna ramble, so lemme shut up now rofl

Parents are the reason why their kids are hooked on junk food, a kid throws a tantrum and won't eat broccoli because they just don't like how it tastes, so parents throw some chicken nuggets and french fries in the oven. Eventually the kids will always be eating prepackaged food because it's easier then exposing their children to other healthy foods out there. Then of course once the child has health issues and refuses to eat anything that isn't in a bright coloured package the parents blame commercials and mc.donalds instead of reflecting on what they did to influence their childrens eating habits. x_x

When I was a kid in school I'd see other kids eating lunchables and those packaged "fruit snacks", and of course I'd be jealous! I wanted to be able to make a little pizza and have some gummy candy things that look like dinosaurs, but my mother told me that they were bad for me, so I was sent to school with my healthy homemade lunch and sucked it up. As much as I wanted to eat the bad food back then, I'm so happy that my mother gave me healthy food from a young age, I rarely eat sweets, I love whole grain foods, I rarely eat prepackaged foods, eating healthy saves money, I love how it just comes naturally for me because of how I was raised. =]

I honestly hate the way food is now.
For example, I went to the store to look for popsicles with no sugar added, just fruit juice. But of course, everything was filled with HFCS, and the no sugar added stuff was filled with aspartame and other artificial sweetners.. it's horrible. D:

Growing up I've always eaten hearty foods and starches mixed with some fruit and veggies in a good Roux. Many people like to think of this as an unhealthy diet, but I have certain ways of preparing my meals.

Oddly enough my mother was okay with me eating junk food but in moderation, but I would refuse and whipped out a slab of deer meat and start to thaw it. And I completely agree that healthy food is more affordable, you just gotta know where to find it, even though I live in a rural area you would be surprised at the lack of farmer's markets.