18 Forgotten Lunchbox Foods From the 1970s That VANISHED Forever

Eighteen things that went to school in an American lunchbox and do not exist anymore — with the year each one arrived, the year it went, and the specific reason. One was developed under contract with the American space programme and early versions went to the moon in 1969. One was destroyed by a rumour that was never true, about a child who never existed. And number one was not a food at all — it was the box itself, and it was ended by a group of parents in Florida. In this episode: waxed paper, the glass-lined Thermos, Shake-A Pudd'n, Betcha Bacon, Pizza Spins, Mug-O-Lunch, Danish Go-Rounds, Jell-O 1-2-3, Freshen-Up gum, Hostess Chocodiles, Screaming Yellow Zonkers, Koogle, Fizzies, Funny Face, Pop Rocks, Hydrox, Space Food Sticks, and the metal lunchbox. Shelf Life is a documentary series about American food that no longer exists. New episode every week. Subscribe: [   / @shelflifeusa  ] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ HOW THIS VIDEO IS MADE Research: Researched from company records, period advertising archives, trade reporting and contemporaneous news coverage. Where sources disagree on a date, we say so in the narration. Visuals: Archival material from public domain collections including the Prelinger Archives, Internet Archive, Library of Congress, US National Archives and the NASA Image and Video Library. All product packaging shown is photographed from original period packaging. Atmospheric footage is created using AI generation tools. No product, packaging or brand imagery is AI generated. Narration: Original narration produced for this channel using synthetic voice technology, from a script written for this episode. Editing: Original assembly, colour grading, motion and sound design produced for this channel. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This video is a historical documentary. It does not offer nutritional or medical advice. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. This channel is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any company named in this video. © 2026 Shelf Life. All rights reserved. #ForgottenFoods #AmericanNostalgia #FoodHistory