From The Impulsive Buy, via Serious Eats:
There’s something about unabashedly artificial flavoring that’s both charming and nostalgic…sexual, even.
The full article is a several-hundred-word review of the new "Cereal Straws"--Froot Loops, made into a straw through which one can drink artificial milk. Its conclusion:
Sadly, the cereal straws live in a paradoxical existence; humans cannot eat and drink at the same time.
Serious Eats also links to The Food Section's interview with Lauren Fleisher, who, um, makes plush meats.