Is Pop-Tarts made with normal ingredients?
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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.
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What’s actually inside
All 34 ingredients, analyzed.
34 ingredients17 clean · 6 caution · 10 flagged
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Is Pop-Tarts made with normal ingredients?▾
No. Pop-Tarts contains 10 industrial ingredients that wouldn't exist without a factory: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, and 7 more.
What ingredients are in Pop-Tarts?▾
Pop-Tarts by Kellogg Sales Co contains 34 ingredients: enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, soybean and palm oil (with TBHQ for freshness), bleached wheat flour, wheat starch, salt, dried strawberries, dried pears, dried apples, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), citric acid, gelatin, modified starch, corn flour, caramel color, xanthan gum, cornstarch, turmeric extract color, soy lecithin, red 40, yellow 6, blue 1, color added, wheat, soy, harina enriquecida (harina de trigo, niacin, hierro reducido, vitamina B1 [mononitrato de tiamina], vitamina B2 [riboflavina], ácido fólico), jarabe de maíz con alto contenido de fructosa, dextrosa, azúcar, aceite de soya y de palma (con TBHQ para mantener la frescura), harina de trigo blanqueada.
What should I buy instead of Pop-Tarts?▾
We found 4 OTHER products made with real ingredients: Low Moisture Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese by TILLAMOOK COUNTY CREAMERY ASSOCIATION, Apples by SANTA CRUZ NATURAL LLC, Fruit Preserves by ANDROS, and more. All of them passed Nonna's kitchen test.
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