International audienceWhile some food brands seek to deploy a well-being promise in their communications, this article aims to define the outlines of a food well-being respectful of young consumers’ needs. The research tackles the concept of well-being with children based on advertising contents and analyses children’s responses through the lens of positive psychology. It thus highlights how brands may promote food well-being towards children while respecting the child’s specificities. It shows that, from children’s perspective, food generates objective and subjective as well as transient and durable well-being. While reminding the effect of food on vitality, health, sensory and social pleasure, it specifically advocates considering the chi...