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Looney Tunes Meals were a line of frozen dinners released by Tyson Foods in 1990. They were based on the characters from the eponymous Warner Bros. cartoons [1] [2] and targeted primarily at children. The meals were discontinued in late 1993 because of declining sales.
Released to coincide with Bugs Bunny's 50th birthday, the meals came in boxes that featured a Looney Tunes character on the front, and were marketed as coming with small prizes, including comic books, trading cards, and stickers. [3] They came in a tray divided into three sections; a main course, a side dish, and a dessert. [4] The dinners were to be heated in the microwave for 2 minutes, rotated, heated for another 1-2 minutes, then given an additional 2-3 minutes to cool off, making for 5-7 minutes of preparation. [5] These meals were similar to Kid's Kitchen and Kid Cuisine, other popular frozen dinner brands from the time. [6]
The meals were introduced with a fifteen million dollar advertising campaign. [7] With mixed reception from children, there were concerns from parents regarding the nutritional value of the meals. They received criticism for using excessive fat and salt, going against their claims of providing a healthy meal. [8] Likely as a result of this and the '90s economic recession, sales began to decline, and production on the meals ceased in 1993. [9]
The meals were originally released with eight variations, with several other entries being introduced in later years. There would also be a pasta sub-variety in the line, introduced around 1992.
In later releases for some of these meals, the side dishes would be changed or altered.
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Pasta is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are sometimes used in place of wheat flour to yield a different taste and texture, or as a gluten-free alternative. Pasta is a staple food of Italian cuisine.
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Kid Cuisine is an American brand of packaged frozen meals, marketed by Conagra Foods, created in 1990. Described as a "frozen food version of a Happy Meal", the product is marketed towards children, while assuring parents of nutritional benefits. The mascot of the brand is a penguin named K.C., while the former was a different penguin named B.J. and a polar bear named "The Chef".
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A side dish, sometimes referred to as a side order, side item, or simply a side, is a food item that accompanies the entrée or main course at a meal.
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A mechanical soft diet or edentulous diet, or soft food(s) diet, is a diet that involves only foods that are physically soft, with the goal of reducing or eliminating the need to chew the food. It is recommended for people who have difficulty chewing food, including people with some types of dysphagia, the loss of many or all teeth, pain from recently adjusted dental braces, or surgery involving the jaw, mouth, or gastrointestinal tract.
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