But that’s not the mystery that fruit snack enthusiasts Luke Demi and Ryan Donahue set out to solve earlier this month. We tried Apple and Eve's mixed berry variety, which features a combination of a variety of different fruity flavors, and the treat has an authentic, chemical-free taste. We tried the mixed berry variation which offers five flavors: grape, orange, cherry, apple, and blue raspberry. Each pouch rounds out to 70 calories, has 90 milligrams of vitamin C, and features no synthetic dyes.

The treat contains synthetic food dyes like red 40, yellow 5 and 6, and blue 1, and it's composed of 13% added sugar. Open packets of fruit snacks may also absorb moisture from the air, reducing their resistance to mold.Adding a lot of moisture to the snacks may cause molding because it will soak up and dilute some of the sugar, creating a breeding ground for mold spores. You may find a code that starts with a couple of letters, followed by a series of numbers and letters.

On the nutritional end of the scale, Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks have synthetic color dye and 9 grams of added sugar. In theory, an expired fruit snack could make your stomach hurt if it had grown bacteria on the surface. If you open a bag, the moisture is able to get at the snacks, and this will reduce their shelf life because they will start to absorb the moisture and may begin turning moldy or hardening. Welch's ® Fruit Snacks are America’s Favorite Fruit Snacks ™, made with Real Fruit and delivering the delicious taste the whole family loves.However, while Apple and Eve's snacks tasted like the real thing, they were also dry with a leathery texture. To the brand's credit, its gummies have no synthetic colors or artificial flavors and offer 90 milligrams of vitamin C and 90 calories per serving.