Fruity PEBBLES™ Cereal - Pebbles Cereal (2024)

FAQs

What happened to Fruity Pebbles? ›

Unlike its sister cereal Cocoa Pebbles, Fruity Pebbles has undergone many formula changes, additions and variants. The cereal started out with three colors—orange, red, and yellow—and natural orange, lemon and tangerine flavors, but were later flavored in natural orange and artificial lemon and cherry.

INGREDIENTS: FRUITY PEBBLES CEREAL (rice, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oils), salt, contains less than 0.5% of natural and artificial flavor, red 40, yellow 6, turmeric oleoresin (color), blue 1, yellow 5, blue 2, bha (to help protect flavor).

It's sweet and pair perfectly with any kind of milk especially almond milk. This cereal is full of fruit flavor yet not tastes artificial at all. I love the texture of the puff bits which stay crunchy on every bite.

The blend of fruity flavors is unparalleled, with every spoonful offering a symphony of sweetness that never fails to satisfy. One of my favorite ways to enjoy Fruity Pebbles is by incorporating them into sweet treats.

Fruity Pebbles cereal is known for its colorful and fruity-flavored cereal pieces. However, the different colors in Fruity Pebbles typically do not represent different flavors. Instead, various colors are usually added for visual appeal and to enhance the overall experience of the cereal.

Hold a blind taste test (as Food Beast did) and you'll come to the same conclusion: it's one flavor. Moreover, Trix and Fruity Pebbles cereals rely on just one flavor, too. Froot Loops supposedly taste like a blend of orange, lemon, lime, apple, cherry, raspberry, and blueberry. Hence, they're not fruit.

On September 21, 2017, General Mills announced that the six-color version of Trix cereal would be reintroduced back to the market and that artificial dyes and flavors would be utilized to do so after customers complained about the naturally-flavored Trix.

The Rubbles had a son, Bam-Bam, and the Flintstones had a daughter, Pebbles, who inspired the cereal's name. The combination of a delicious product named after iconic TV characters that appealed to people of all ages made PEBBLES cereal an instant hit.

A craving for cereal can have several causes, ranging from chronic stress to hormonal fluctuations. If you find yourself craving cereal all of the time, consult your physician.

Do fruity pebbles go bad? ›

Unopened Fruity Pebbles generally have a shelf life of about 6 to 8 months. Once opened, they should be consumed within a month for best quality.

Summer Fruity PEBBLES™ Cereal

Rice, Sugar, Canola and/or Soybean Oil, Salt, Contains 1% or less of: Natural and Artificial Flavor, Red 40, blue 1, BHT added to preserve freshness.

1. The original working names for the cereal was Flint Chips and Rubble Stones. "Flint Chips" and "Rubble Stones" do not sound as appetizing.

Fruity PEBBLES™ cereal - Post Consumer Brands.

After some carefully thought through formulation changes, Fruity PEBBLES and Cocoa PEBBLES cereals were introduced nationally in October 1971. Prior to that time, character licensing had only been used for product promotions.

The cartoon was first aired in 1960 and finished its run in 1966. When Fruity Pebbles launched in 1971, so did the new cartoon The Pebbles and Bam-Bam Show.