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Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Scooby Doo
Snacks, Chips & Dips
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Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Scooby Doo

Betty Crocker
8 oz
Available at Foodtown
80
Calories
0g
Protein
9g
Sugars
35mg
Sodium
52
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Scooby Doo (8 oz) sits on the supermarket shelf in the candy and snack aisle, often displayed alongside other fruit snacks, children’s lunchbox items, and licensed-character treats. You’ll find it near granola bars, squeeze-pouches, and sometimes by the cereal aisle endcaps during back-to-school season. Typical occasions for purchase include packing school lunches, after-school snacks, birthday party goodie bags, road-trip munching, and quick pantry refills for household snack time. The Betty Crocker brand leverages a nostalgia-forward, family-friendly positioning — a long-standing, mass-market baking and snack name paired here with a Scooby Doo license to appeal to young children and parents seeking convenience. Packaging is bright and character-driven, promising fun shapes and an easy snack format; label copy often highlights things like fruit juice concentrate and “natural flavors,” but there is no organic certification and no prominent health claims. In plain processing terms, this is a highly processed, shelf-stable confection produced with refined sugars, modified starches, added colors, flavors, and texturizing agents. Sensory details: the pieces are soft and chewy with a slightly sticky, gelatinous bite, a glossy waxy surface from carnauba wax, and straightforward, sweet fruit flavors. They come in a small cardboard box with individually wrapped or loose pouches inside, encouraging quick, grab-and-go rituals — tear open, pop a handful into a lunchbox or let kids snack straight from the pouch. Overall it’s an affordable, familiar sweet treat designed for convenience and kid appeal rather than nutrition.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0
Servings per Container: 10
Calories80
% Daily Value*
Total Fat0g0%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium35mg2%
Total Carbohydrate19g7%
Total Sugars9g
Added Sugars9g18%
Protein0g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Corn, Syrup,, Sugar,, Modified, Corn, Starch,, Apple, Juice, Concentrate,, Contains, 2%, or, Less, of:, Citric, Acid,, Sodium, Citrate,, Fruit, Pectin,, Malic, Acid,, Vitamin, C, (Ascorbic, Acid),, Sunflower, and/or, Canola, Oil(a),, Color, (Vegetable, Juice,, Spirulina, Extract,, Fruit, Juice,, Annatto, Extract,, Turmeric, Extract),, Natural, Flavor,, Carnauba, Wax., (a), Adds, a, Trivial, Amount, of, Fat..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Sunflower Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Canola Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Vegetable Juice - Artificial coloring
  • Spirulina Extract - Artificial coloring
  • Fruit Juice - Artificial coloring
  • Annatto Extract - Artificial coloring
  • Turmeric Extract - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains industrial ingredients like corn syrup, modified corn starch, added colors, flavors, and waxes typical of ultraprocessed foods, produced in a factory with multiple processing steps.

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Common Questions about Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Scooby Doo

The healthiness of Scooby Doo fruit snacks really depends on what you're comparing them to. They provide a fun, sweet treat with some fruity flavors, but they do contain added sugars and corn syrup. If you're looking for a quick snack that won't break the bank in calories, they might fit the bill, but they're not exactly a superfood.

Perfect For

back-to-school
road-trip
movie-night

Vibe:

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