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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1969
Page
14
Pillsbury under government contract developed Space Food Sticks as a chewy energy snack for astronauts. The candy tasting yet nutritionally complete sticks were designed for long space flights with balanced carbs fats minerals and protein. Flavor experts later improved taste while preserving nutrition.
Space Food Sticks offer balanced nutrition with carbohydrates fat and complete protein to provide instant brain and muscle energy. The product claims quick energy through easy-to-digest carbs and sustained lift from a measured fat portion.
The article describes Pillsbury creating over a hundred space flight foods for the U.S. Aerospace Program. It notes space friendly sandwiches that stay intact when dropped, bricks that turn to stew with water, nonrefrigerated meat, crumble resistant cake, dry pickle relish slices, and highlights Space Food Sticks developed as part of the effort.
Pillsbury created three Space Food Sticks flavors Chocolate Caramel and Peanut Butter aiming for strong taste and energy. The packaging promises rich chocolaty chocolate chewy caramel and sweet peanut butter to appeal to space crews and kids alike.
Space Food Sticks are pitched as a nutritious after school snack for growing children offering lasting energy and complete protein with only 41 calories per stick. The copy argues many snacks are empty calories and promotes Space Food Sticks as a super snack suitable for the whole family.
The piece argues that all foods have calories, cites donut, chips and pie values, and suggests Space Food Sticks as a chewy, firm snack that satisfies longer and aids calorie control while providing balanced nutrition. It notes eating one or two sticks can help manage hunger.
Space Food Sticks emphasize complete protein with eight essential amino acids the body can not manufacture. Nutritionists call this complete protein, crucial for growth, tissue repair, and muscle building in children and adults. Space God Sticks claim higher protein per ounce than fresh whole milk, contributing to their perceived superiority.
Pillsbury scientists developed Space Food Sticks as a low calorie energy snack with about 41 calories each. They are described as sweeter and lighter than earlier space foods and suitable for children between meals and adults needing a daytime energy pickup.
Government scientists developed thin round sticks of food for emergencies when helmets prevent air loss. The sticks provide balanced nutrition with protein fat and minerals and could be the spacemen’s only food for long missions. They are described as the perfect between meal energy snack.
Space Food Sticks provide high energy in a four inch dust tight wrapper. They fit in pockets and purses, resist smearing melting and spilling, and deliver complete protein carbohydrates and unsaturated fats. Each stick is a miniature balanced meal of about 41 calories.
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