The 1970s gave us many wonderful things that are still culturally relevant to this day: Sesame Street, punk music, the Honda Civic and video games. However, it also marked a period in time where (much like the 1960s before it) food was marketed in perhaps the most unappealing ways possible.
Below are 10 of the strangest and most disturbing food ads from the 1970s, all of which were pulled from the Vintage Ad Browser. (Yes, it’s a total timesuck.)
This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2010.