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[td]==Naming==[/td]
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[td]Introduced in 1953,{{Cn|date=March 2021}} the cereal has undergone several name changes, starting out as "Sugar Smacks".<ref name=oxford>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPNgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209|title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets|date=2015-04-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-931362-4|pages=209|language=en}}</ref> In the 1980s, it was renamed "Honey Smacks" in order to downplay its sugar content, even though the sugar content stayed the same.<ref name=oxford/> In the early 1990s,{{citation needed|reason=seems unlikely|date=January 2016}} the word "Honey" was dropped from the name and the product was then simply called "Smacks". That name is still{{when|date=March 2021}} used in Germany,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.de/de_DE/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's Germany}}</ref> Spain,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.es/es_ES/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogs Spain}}</ref> Belgium,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.be/fr_BE/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's Belgium}}</ref> the Netherlands,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.nl/nl_NL/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's Nederlands}}</ref> and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.fr/fr_FR/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's France}}</ref> However, in the US the name reverted to "Honey Smacks" in 2004.[/td]
[td]Introduced in 1953,<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 27, 1953 |title=Sugar Coated Puffed Wheat Favorite Among Children |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-sugar-coated-puffed-wheat-f/180003092/ |url-status=live |newspaper=[[Courier-Post]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> the cereal has undergone several name changes, starting out as "Sugar Smacks".<ref name=oxford>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPNgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209|title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets|date=2015-04-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-931362-4|pages=209|language=en}}</ref> In the 1980s, it was renamed "Honey Smacks" in order to downplay its sugar content, even though the sugar content stayed the same.<ref name=oxford/> In the early 1990s,{{citation needed|reason=seems unlikely|date=January 2016}} the word "Honey" was dropped from the name and the product was then simply called "Smacks". That name is still{{when|date=March 2021}} used in Germany,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.de/de_DE/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's Germany}}</ref> Spain,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.es/es_ES/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogs Spain}}</ref> Belgium,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.be/fr_BE/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's Belgium}}</ref> the Netherlands,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.nl/nl_NL/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's Nederlands}}</ref> and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kelloggs.fr/fr_FR/brands/smacks-consumer-brand.html|title=Kellogg's France}}</ref> However, in the US the name reverted to "Honey Smacks" in 2004.[/td]
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[td]In the UK in 1957, a similar product called [[Sugar Puffs]] debuted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.honeymonster.co.uk/products/sugar-puffs/index.htm|title=Honey Monster Foods|access-date=2013-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014041...x.htm|archive-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In the UK in 1957, a similar product called [[Sugar Puffs]] debuted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.honeymonster.co.uk/products/sugar-puffs/index.htm|title=Honey Monster Foods|access-date=2013-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014041...x.htm|archive-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>[/td]

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