It's still a crust, mom

Looks like the studies back you up. Also explains why there is so much sugar in children's foods. It says in the article that it's because it helps you avoid poison, but aren't some poisons sweet?

In spite of these reductions, however, children’s intake of sugar remains higher than that recommended by health organizations worldwide. In contrast to sweet taste, children dislike and reject bitter taste, which protects them from ingesting poisons. Although variation in bitter taste receptor genes such as TAS2R38 accounts for people’s marked differences in perceptions of the same bitter-tasting compounds, basic research revealed that these genotype-phenotype relationships are modified with age, with children of the same genotype being more bitter sensitive than adults and the changeover occurring during mid adolescence.

In this article, we review findings from basic, experimental research in children that suggest the liking of sweet taste and the dislike of bitter taste are not solely a product of modern-day technology and advertising, but are reflective of children’s basic biology.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4654709/

Hm... Interesting. I'm in my thirties and those things haven't really changed for me. I still can't stand the taste of beer or coffee without a lot of additives, and the crust on breads is still very bitter to me. I actually brought up bread crust being bitter to some friends a while back because I was musing about why adults are just meant to suck it up and eat this despite the taste, and they had no idea what I was talking about.

why the hell is your toast bread bitter, wtf

i'm super sensitive to bitterness (i cannot drink alcohol or coffee, and olive oil tastes like motor oil to me) and i have never in my life noticed even the vaguest bitterness from any sort of unburnt bread!

Weird, the only thing I hated as a kid, was beer, olives, coffee(unless it was coffee crisps) and coca cola. My taste buds are still the same for over +25 years. Most of my family can't handle anything "exotic" like greek, japanese, or other cultural foods. While I love tasting new foods, and wines.

My mom told us that "taste buds change every 7 years" but that each individual tastebud was on its own 7 year cycle, so one could change at any time. Try it today, you may hate it. Try it tomorrow, you may love it.

Made us very adventurous eaters as kids, and if we didn't like something she never forced us to eat it. But we were always willing to try it again later on.

Except for raw oysters. That's a texture thing. Shudder

I was curious and looked up the nutrition info - weirdly a lot healthier than I expected. No HFCS, the bread appears to be absolutely normal bread, the fillings are sugary but in small enough quantities to not be particularly egregious. Still not great for you in that bread is terrible for you and sugar enriched peanut butter is a moral sin, but really they're no worse than just making a sandwich from components.

American living in Germany. There's plenty of pre-made bullshit ppl feed the kids here

Not denying that it is, but 20 years ago I was a contractor with Smuckers corporate aviation department and these had just come out, they were giving them away to promote them and I tried a few..... they were REALLY good. I get why parents give them to their kids, both parents having to work long days sometimes two jobs, kids need food fast that they will eat, these for the bill.

Now as for the this being an American thing, just let me put on some kid rock, an overpriced Chinese made hat that claims the country I'm about to say is the best, isn't great, and put a bag over my head to kill a bunch of brain cells. Ok I think I'm ready.

Look here libtard this is the greatest country in the world, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and if you don't like it well then love it or leave it, cuz you know what we beat the Russians, PUNTIN IS GREAT, and their libtard socialism, I know that cuz I learned it in public school that I got to on public transportation that operates on public roads, just proof that America is better than socialism, the public provided that, not them queery socialists, and the public is to busy being hard working Americans holding down two or three jobs to be able to take the time to cook healthy meals for their kids, and besides high fructose corn syrup is good for ya, it's got corn which is healthy and syrup which comes from freakin trees, now you ain't going to tell me corn and trees are unhealthy?

Ok I can't do that anymore, I was starting to piss myself off.