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Space Food Sticks are snacks created for the Pillsbury Company in the late 1960s by the company's chief food technologist, Howard Bauman. Bauman was instrumental later in establishing the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points regulations used for food safety. Bauman and his team were instrumental in creating the first solid food consumed by a NASA astronaut: small food cubes eaten by Scott Carpenter on board ''Aurora 7'' in 1962. (John Glenn had consumed the fruit-flavored drink Tang in space three months earlier aboard the ''Friendship 7''.) Space food cubes were followed by other space-friendly foods created by Pillsbury's food engineers, such as non-crumbly cake, relish that could be served in slices, and meat that needed no refrigeration. In 1970, Pillsbury filed for a trademark for a "non-frozen balance energy snack in rod form containing nutritionally balanced amounts of carbohydrate, fat and protein" which they dubbed "Space Food Sticks". No basis for use of the term "nutritionally balanced" was provided. A forerunner of energy bars, Space Food Sticks were promoted by Pillsbury for their association with NASA's efforts to create safe, healthy and nutritional space food. In 1972, astronauts on board Skylab 3 ate modified versions of Space Food Sticks to test their "gastrointestinal compatibility".〔( New Food For Third Skylab Mission, Johnson Space Center Press Release 73-143, November 6, 1973 )〕 Capitalizing on the popularity of the Apollo space missions, Pillsbury marketed Space Food Sticks as a "nutritionally balanced between meal snack". Fourteen individually packaged sticks were included in a box, and came in six flavors such as peanut butter, caramel, and chocolate.〔(A Brief History of Space Food Sticks )〕 Space Food Sticks disappeared from North American supermarket shelves in the 1980s. They were revived by Retrofuture Products, of Port Washington, NY in 2006. Two flavors, chocolate and peanut butter, were released. They are being sold at flight museums such as the Kennedy Space Center and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum as well as online.〔 In Australia, Space Food Sticks were produced for many years in fewer flavor varieties than the American versions (chocolate and caramel only). They were marketed under the Nestlé Starz brand to modern-day Australian children as an energy food. Production stopped in 2014.〔(Nestlé Australia )〕 Space Food Sticks have shown up in popular culture including the TV series ''The Simpsons''〔The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular, First Aired December 3, 1995〕 and ''The Colbert Report'',〔''The Colbert Report'' episode 1386〕 the books of R.L. Stine,〔When Ghouls Go Bad by R.L. Stine〕 and the film ''Super 8''. They are frequently cited as the favorite snack of Australian Olympic gold medal winner Ian Thorpe.〔(BBC Sport, What's So Special about Ian Thorpe? )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Space Food Sticks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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