Read this if you never want to eat pop-tarts again.

bluefrog_2001 · February 2013

Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".

Ditto.

TheDarlingOne · February 2013

Wait until the OP finds out where silk really comes from!

pooor worms having stuff pulled out of their bottoms :sad:

Good grief. I have to learn not to read posts right after getting out of bed. I thought you meant Silk, the soy milk.

I did too! *sigh of relief* lol

j75j75 · February 2013

Most American's eat a lot of worse things on a daily basis.

PikaKnight · February 2013

Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".

Ditto.

^This. I was taught that you should use as much of the animal as possible. *noms her poptarts happily*

jerber160 · February 2013

<--- Pop Tarts are freaking delicious. (That's a Red Velvet Pop Tart & Red Velvet Cake Ben & Jerry's ice cream sandwich...NOM NOM NOM)

OMG I never new there were red velvet pop tarts. I must live in a hole. that looks fantastic, and OH, by the way, it's gnom gnom... it has the same root and gnocchi...

tylllah · January 2014

Lol ☝️

pinkraynedropjacki · January 2014

Gelatin is no new thing, but then again I've never had a pop tart & never plan to. Ewwwwwwww what a sad sack of 'food'

tylllah · January 2014

Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".

Ditto.

^This. I was taught that you should use as much of the animal as possible. *noms her poptarts happily*

Haha

Phoenix_Warrior · January 2014

Now I want a peanut butter pop tart ♡ Heat it up in the toaster, lather in butter.

HappyStack · January 2014

Engaging in thread necro.

Pop tart s'mores with a bacon layer.

It's a pork medley.

Huffdogg · January 2014

So wait...gelatin is supposed to scare me away from Pop Tarts?

Not bloody likely.

anro86 · January 2014

This only interested me because I had a pop tart for breakfast this morning. It was yummy. No regrets.

twixlepennie · January 2014

Everyone know pop tarts are crappy junk food, but I learned something today that will encourage me to never eat another poptart should I encounter one. I knew jello was made from nasty stuff. Come to find out its a lot more then jello.

The back story: I'm from Iowa originally, and Iowa is known for two things, hogs and corn. Where there is hogs there is meat processing plants. My best friend just began working for one of these pig processing plant and he told me about something.

Companies go to every extent to use every part of the pig. This is where pop-tarts come in, the filling in pop-tarts contains gelatin, not so scary right? What if i told you that was pork gelatin? Yummy your pop-tart filling is made with gelatin that is derived from the hide of a pig. Yum. Other things that gelatin comes from skin, boiled crushed horn, hoof and bones, connective tissues, organs and some intestines of animals such as domesticated cattle, chicken, horses hooves, and pigs.

Products gelatin is use in?
Gelatin desserts, (like jello) trifles, aspic, marshmallows, and confectioneries such as Peeps and gummy bears. Gelatin may be used as a stabilizer, thickener, or texturizer in foods such as ice cream, jams, yogurt, cream cheese, and margarine; it is used, as well, in fat-reduced foods to simulate the mouthfeel of fat and to create volume without adding calories

Bits and pieces of what I wrote came from a web search, and were not written by me.

Who knew I could get pork while eating a pop tart?

:huh: So?