AYDS diet candy

1937 – 1980’s

“Why take diet pills when you can enjoy Ayds?” This innovative appetite-suppressant candy was successful for decades and, with the help of Hollywood celebrities, its popularity peaked in the 1970’s. 

As you can imagine, when the AIDS epidemic emerged in the 1980’s the weight-loss product was doomed. Changing the name to Diet Ayds certainly didn’t help. Sometimes products fail due to events beyond our control.

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