The Food Kingdom

A periodic blog on new developments in the mass-produced food industry. This includes, but is not limited to the realm of fast food restaurants, snack foods, frozen products and, to a far lesser degree, casual dining establishments. The focus and fascination of this blog is the quest to produce palatable food in a context of automation and standardization. How good can something be when the factor of independent human creative agency is removed at the actual point of physical creation?

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Pumpkin Pie Rice Krispies Treats: The Squash is a Smash

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With the Falling of the Leaves, a Man's Fancy Turns to Spice Once upon a time, you could sense the imminent arrival of autumn from the...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Girl Scouts Thin Mint Breakfast Cereal: A Fresh and Restrained Start to the Day

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Divergence Let's get one thing straight from the beginning: Girl Scouts Thin Mint cereal is not just a bunch of miniature Girl Scout c...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Caramel M&Ms: Not Duds, But they Taste Like Them

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Inevitably Caramel Over the past few years, M&Ms has been releasing new novelty flavors almost as fast as Nabisco has been offering s...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Cookies & Creme Oreos: Not Bad, Just Pointless

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They Are What We Thought They Were When we brought the new Cookies & Creme Oreos into Food Kingdom studios, everybody who saw them had...
Monday, May 8, 2017

Better With Butter? Tasting for Changes in Burger King's "New" Croissanwich

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Butter Rebounds There's no question that butter has been making a comeback lately in the fast-food world.  Over a year ago, McDonald...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Pringles LOUD Crisps: The Power of Powder

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These Days, We Like it Loud Pringles is latching on to the latest trend in snacking, discarding delicacy and embracing a maximum-firepower...
Friday, March 3, 2017

Hostess Shamrock Cupcakes: It's Nice & Easy Being Green

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The Novelty Items Keep Rolling Out It's been a dizzying five years since the original Hostess Snack Cake company, then doing business ...
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