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Dill of a lifetime? Humble pickle dominated 2024 in America

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67% Informative

The pickle in 2024 found itself caught in a mealstrom of words like “viral” and “trending” At the intersection of health and edginess, traditionalism and hipsterism, global culture and the American stomach.

Prepared Foods , an industry newsletter, said it outright in September : “The pickle obsession is at an all-time high” Pickle back shots at the bar, corn puffs colored and flavored like pickle balls.

As of this week TikTok reported more than 251 million pieces of pickle content for the snacking.

The pickle is also, let’s be candid, usually green and bumpy and intrinsically unattractive.

Gen Z is taking pickles as their thing, says Nora Rubel , a professor of Jewish studies at the University of Rochester .

VR Score

51

Informative language

39

Neutral language

58

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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