11 canteen foods from our childhood that are off the menu today
When we were growing up, the school canteen was like the Wild West of questionable nutrition, focusing more on convenience and commercial snacks than healthily filling little tummies up.
Since then, things have shifted dramatically. It’s out with the questionable (but often delicious!) and in with the wholesome.
Perhaps you recognise some of these rare canteen foods from YOUR childhood?
1. 'Healthy' snacks
Space Food Sticks, Sesame Snaps, Honey Nougat Logs and Apricot Bars were the pretend healthy foods of our childhoods, since replaced by actual healthy foods! Some canteens sold actual lollies in the ’80s and ’90s, perhaps your school was one of those dealing liquorice and jubes to the kids?!
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