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[ailbhe]

Decided to look up the ingredients in pop-tarts. Went to http://www.poptarts.com/ and clicked on "Parents" (as distinct from "Kids") section.

New URL: http://www.poptarts.com/moms/#/section

Yeah.

Sainsbury's website gives the following information for Strawberry Pop Tarts:

Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Invert Sugar Syrup, Strawberry (7%), Starch, Apple, Salt, Colour (Beetroot Red, Annatto, Curcumin), Raising Agent (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Diphosphates, Calcium Phosphate), Citric Acid, Modified Starch, Tricalcium Phosphate, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Beef Gelatin, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin).

Looks like a nice dessert... possibly a bit sickly sweet compared to, say, meringue.

Comments

[piqueen.livejournal.com]

I have to confess to occassionally eating them for breakfast. I wouldn't feed them to a child though. In my defence you can toast them and then wrap them in kitchen towel and use them to keep your hands warm on station platforms.

[ailbhe]

Yeah, but I have also eaten icecream or sherry trifle for breakfast; that doesn't really make them breakfast foods!