Animals and trees going extinct are common. Is food going extinct? Yes, it does too!! Ask your parents about that candy they had in their childhood. Probably, it is not available now. How about that biscuit you ate while growing up? Is it still available now? Did they change its packing? Or its taste? It is good to change with the changing environment. However, we food lovers disagree with this rule. For us, food comes before. Food is interrelated to the memories we made while enjoying it. Food is an essential part of life. So, let’s recall some of those lost treasures in the top 20 Extinct foods. Maybe, you will find something you use to eat a lot lately.
1. Anything Drink
Anything Drink was a fizzy canned soft drink. A beverage company in Singapore, Out of the Box was the producer of this drink. Anything came into the market in 2007. By 2010, its market got over. Anything was a carbonated drink that came in six flavors. Those were Cola, Cola with Lemon, Apple, Fizz up, Cloudy lemon, and Root beer.
2. Whatever Drink
Whatever Drink is a partner drink to anything. The same Singapore Beverage company brought it in the same year as anything. Whatever too stopped production in 2010. Unlike anything, whatever was non-carbonated. Whatever Drink has six flavors. The flavors were Ice-Lemon Tea, Peach Tea, Jasmine Green Tea, White Grape Tea, Apple Tea, and Chrysanthemum Tea.
3. Hershey Bites
Hershey Bites comes third in the top 20 extinct foods. Hershey’s converted their Chocolate Bars into small one-bite bites. Basically, they introduced it in the early 2000s. However, with many Hershey candy bars, these bites too disappeared within a period. The main reason behind its discontinuation was the risk of choking hazards.
4. Wild Cherry Jell-O
You must be familiar with this food item. Even today Jell-O is seen in different cartoons and ad commercials. However, the Wild Cherry flavor of the same is not available anymore. The Wild Cherry Jell-O came into existence in the late 1800s. Later, the company introduced many other flavors leading to the discontinuation of the Wild Cherry flavor.
5. Jolly Rancher Wild Berry Mix
Jolly Rancher Candies and Lollipops are famous worldwide. They have one of the most exclusive flavors and tastes. Also, they have recently introduced new flavors for their lollipops. Due to these continuous inventions, some of their original flavors had to stop production. Jolly Rancher Wild Berry Mix is one of them.
6. Coke With Lime
Coke with Lime is the most exciting name for all the coke lovers in the room. Hence, we include them in the top 20 extinct foods. Coke has a Ph.D. in introducing new flavors to their shops. Coke introduced this flavor in 2000. Coke with Lime wrapped up its market by 2007. However, other diet coke for this flavor is still available.
7. Cherry or Vanilla Coke
Cherry and Vanilla Coke were two different flavors initially. Basically, Coca- Cola mixed them two increase the curiosity and the market. Cherry and Vanilla Coke brought happiness to many soda drinkers. However, it couldn’t last after 2007. You can still choose from Cherry Coke or Vanilla Coke. Cherry and Vanilla coke flavors are available in the market.
8. Apple Newtons
Newtons were initially available in fig flavor. Apple Newtons came into existence. No sooner, than they introduced the Raspberry, strawberry, and chocolate flavors. This took away the market for apple newtons. Hence, they disappeared.
9. Babol Bubble-gum
Babol Bubble Gum or Big Babol was a mouth-watering gum for many kids in the 90s. Babool was available in mango, strawberry, and other flavors lately. However, today the presence of this bubble gum is demolishing. Babool disappeared due to some pseudo claims about bubble gum.
10. Taliaferro Apples
Jefferson planted the Taliaferro Apples in an orchard in the mid-18 th century. He wrote letters to his family regarding the appearance and taste of these apples. He describes these apples to give the finest cider. However, the fields burned in the wars, and the apples were lost. Today, plenty of people are still in search of these apples.
11. Old Cornish Cauliflower
Old Cornish Cauliflower was famous for its resistance to a plant virus ringspot. Ringspot is the most destructive plant virus which can decimate the cauliflower crop. The old Cornish Cauliflower was not that good taste. Hence, the Europeans started replacing it in the 1940s. Old Cornish Cauliflower was extinct by 1950.
12. Ansault Pears
Ansault Pears were the highest quality fruit in The Pears of New York book. People in France cultivated it initially in 1863. Ansault Pears became famous for its buttery taste and delicate scent. However, the trees of Ansault Pears did not always produce edible fruits. Hence, they discontinued their farming.
13. Jamaican Psidium
Jamaican Psidium is a specie of Jamaican Guava. It came around 1976 in Clarendon, Jamaica. Henceforth, people know it by the name of Psidium Dumetorum. Jamaican Psidium was a part of the Myrtaceae Family and was endemic to Jamaica. Today, you may find it in private gardens only.
14. Kalimantan Mango
Kalimantan Mango came from Kalimantan, Borneo. It’s gone extinct since 1988. The trees of this mango grew 25 meters tall. The mangoes were small than the other varieties in the supermarkets. The Kalimantan Mango was super rich in fiber content. Basically, it became extinct due to mass deforestation for mining and other purposes.
15. Murray’s Plum
Murray’s Plum was seen first and last in 1928. It was a wild plum in the Edwards Plateau and trans-Pecos, Texas. Some people consider it extinct. While some people have claimed it to be endangered. It was a thorny shrub that reached 17 feet tall with hairy leaves. See if you can find it.
16. Phantom Sweet Cigarettes
Phantom Sweet Cigarettes were Cigarette shaped candy with a red tinge to the tip. Its structure gave it a look like a real burning cigarette. All the kids in the 1980s and 1990s grew up chewing it and slaying the fashion. However, consumers readily noticed that the habit of cigarettes is the worst of its kind. Hence, this reduces its market. They discontinued it.
17. Uncle Chips
Amrit Agro Ltd Launched Uncle Chips in 1992. Frito Lay took over in 2000. Precisely, Uncle Chips were the leader in the industry until 1998. Amrit Agro, in 2002 stopped the market for uncle chips. They were still in the market with their other snack brands.
18. Center Shock
Center Shock was a piece of famous chewing gum. Basically, Chupa Chups, the candy-producing company launched this bubble gum. Center Shock came in four different flavors. Furthermore, people in the early 90s enjoyed this gum a lot. Some do not like it because of its false or probably true side effects. However, they are planning to start their sales soon.
19. Bajaj Aam Pachak Tablets
Aam Pachak is a small dry mango digestive tablet. Bajaj and Co. brought this tablet to the market initially. Also, Aam pachak is a remedy for digestion and its problems. They help maintain appetite and the digestive system if you take them regularly. They are available on amazon but are extinct from local markets. Hence, we include them in the top 20 extinct foods.
20. Alpenliebe Candy
Last on the top 20 extinct foods we have, is Alpenliebe Candy. You must be seeing them but they are on the verge of extinction. This can be because of the new candies available in the market. However, the people in the 90s will never forget the Alpenliebe Candy.
