Is Pop-Tarts made with normal ingredients?
Artificial dyes and enriched flour make this product RED.
Enriched flour is not real flour, and these artificial colors like Red 40 are a crime! Nonna would never use these in her kitchen.
What’s actually inside
All 34 ingredients, analyzed.
- enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid)
Enriched flour is industrially stripped then fortified.
- corn syrup
Industrial sweetener.
- high fructose corn syrup
Industrial sweetener.
- dextrose
Industrial sweetener.
- soybean and palm oil (with TBHQ for freshness)
Contains TBHQ, a synthetic preservative.
- modified starch
Modified starch is an industrial processing aid.
- caramel color
Caramel color made with ammonia process.
- xanthan gum
Industrial stabilizer.
- soy lecithin
Lecithin is an industrial emulsifier.
- red 40
Artificial dye.
- yellow 6
Artificial dye.
- blue 1
Artificial dye.
- harina enriquecida (harina de trigo, niacin, hierro reducido, vitamina B1 [mononitrato de tiamina], vitamina B2 [riboflavina], ácido fólico)
Enriched flour is industrially stripped then fortified.
- jarabe de maíz con alto contenido de fructosa
Industrial sweetener.
- dextrosa
Industrial sweetener.
- aceite de soya y de palma (con TBHQ para mantener la frescura)
Contains TBHQ, a synthetic preservative.
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