Is there anything distinct about food from the 2000s?

Good to know. Thai food definitely became mainstream in the late 2000s for sure. Another food I seen that became popular of the last decade was spinach pizza. Spinach is often viewed as a slimy and gross food you were forced to eat as children, but the general population has warmed up to it more on pizza. Every grocery store I go to has spainch pizza.

Yeah, there was an increase of Japanese food adoption in the 2000s, just like how there was a Korean one in the 2010s.

Another interesting tidbit about the 2000s in food is how energy drinks skryrocketed in popularity, in particular with Redbull becoming widespread, and Burn and Monster being introduced.

I'm not sure if this is just because of my age or if anyone else can relate, but for some reason, I always tend to associate energy drinks (such as Red Bull and Monster) with the people who were right into the Emo scene during the Mid-Late 2000s.

I think it's because teens and people in their early-mid 20s were/are the biggest consumers of energy drinks, so because of how popular energy drinks were during the 2000s, one thing that instantly comes to mind when I think of them is of seeing some stereotypical teen with shaggy hair drinking a Red Bull while blasting Emo music.  Does anyone know what I mean? I know it's a pretty random thing to think about, but anyway.  

Amp was big in the 00s as well. I remember drinking it in 2009. I stopped because I was afraid of being addicited

Danamals had cool commercials. As did Trix, for both the cereal and the yogurt. I haven’t seen that in a minute, I’m gonna look next time I go to the store.

I kinda feel like the 00’s was the last big “kid cereal” decade. They still make many of them, but there are also more plentiful healthy options, and I remember something about the kid’s networks not wanting to advertise junk food anymore.

This was the best and apparently they brought it back
And this was really good until they removed most of the sugar



Because of the childhood obesity epidemic, school lunches definitely underwent an overhaul around that time. However, a lot of it was just nonsensical. They no longer served juice except with breakfast because of its sugar content, despite continuing to serve chocolate and strawberry hormone added milk. Then in high school they charged you an extra $.50 if you didn’t take a piece of fruit with your lunch, as a way of saying they served “healthy” meals. It was usually rotten and/or low quality and would get thrown out.

What exactly do you mean by custard? It’s not really something we eat by itself, it would be like in creme brûlée or maybe a pie (ie: key lime, lemon meringue).



I can stand by this. Sushi was west coast inspired “gourmet” in the 90’s, as Wolfgang Puck helped make flatbread pizza. In the 00’s not only did casual sushi restaurants open, but existing Asian restaurants began incorporating it into their menu. Around the mid 00’s, grocery store sushi was getting a lot more common, which I have to assume contributed significantly to its popularity/familiarity with Americans.

Oh, you mean:



It's funny in hindsight to hear the commercial referring to eating right with sugary crap like Frosted Flakes.

Yes the Gusher head commericals. I remember the Caprisun ads from then to. It got kinda weird in the late 00s with the stomp on the juice and clothes get removed.