For Food-nerd Friends

'twas fructose, and the vitamins
did zinc and dye (red #8)
all poly were the thiamins,
and the carbohydrate.

beware the Gobblegook, my son!
the flavorings, the added C!
beware the serving size, and shun
the dreaded BHT.

And as in folic thought I stood,
The Gobblegook, with eyes nitrate,
came gluten through the dextrose wood,
its extracts carbonate.

Oh, can you slay the Gobblegook,
polyunsaturated boy?
3,000 calories! Don't look!
the sugars! The fats! Oh soy.

'twas fructose, and the vitamins
did zinc and dye (red #8)
all poly were the thiamins,
and the carbohydrate.

Gobblegook, by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith