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

Toaster Strudel it is! :laugh:

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As a meatatarian in the U.S., I've known about gelatin for quite a long time. Same with some bugs being used as food dye (which if a company is going to do it, then note it so that those that are vegan or veg or whatever have the info.)

Bone marrow is a delicacy in a lot of places, and the grocery store I used to work at sold it, along with tripe, pig and chicken feet, pig head, head cheese, etc etc. My mom also worked at the same grocery store in the meat department and had to wrap all of these items. I'll spare you some of the grosser jokes and pranks others in the department liked to pull on her (nothing that impacted the food!)

But, I also had to tell a friend of mine that I knew was vegetarian verging on vegan that the jello she was eating one day included animal product. She was from India, but spent most of her life here, and said she'd been eating it since her family got here. I ruined her day:laugh:

I still want pop-tarts!!!!

Already knew about the animal and bug thing.

Funny thing is I read this post because I am such the pop-tart addict and really want to stop eating them just because they are a ton of useless calories. However, the facts stated here don't deter me at all. That's sad.

Well I'm sure they have bug parts like the spices and peanut butter do, does that help?

In England we cook the pork skin and make it crunchy, mmmmmmm, pork scratchings, this is no different, use the whole animal I say.

In the US we call it "crackling."

Well, all I can say is that since horses are now allowed to be sold for human consumption, and these meat eaters are posting how they love meat, might as well put dogs and cats on the menu, and lets use every part of them. We kill dogs and cats everyday because their owners can't take care of them.

We should just eat them, and not waste any part of them!

And in most of the world, they do just that.

Love me some gummy bears.

Did you know vegetables often grow in dirt! gasp!

Meh. Isn't this the same with, say, all Jell-o products?

my mom worked at an apple juice making company for a short time and rats would fall in and nobody would get them out...there is so much nasty gross stuff that happens to our food...

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I hope this doesn't come out the wrong way (I'm not trying to insult) but, if you're not a vegetarian, then what's the problem?

Who says what's the "leftover" part of the meat. An animal is an animal and humans eat many different varieties of animals. Now, if they injected the pig with some sort of gelatin enhancing man-made chemical that's not so healthy for humans, I might have a problem with it.

Either way, Pop Tarts certainly are tasty.

i don,t usually explain y i became veggie but u hit 1 of the reasons on the head . when i was 16 i read a book and it was about a survey that had been done i think it was north america anyway between these 2 dates the babies that were being born the girls had extra hair growth and the males breasts and hormonal things and the only coincidence was the meat these people were eating as the farmers had injected their cattle with hormones to get bigger animals so they got more money per weight ( now i know it is illegal to do this in most countries now ) but it was just 1 of the reasons i gave up meat .although nearly everything i eat now is processed as im too lazy to cook from scratch

Well, that's probably the best reason as to why someone would go vegetarian that I've ever heard. They also say that disposable diapers are cause for some of the stuff with girls....because of all the chemicals that touch their body. I only wish that organic meat was cheaper....but the f'ers that have to shoot their animals up to make them bigger....they ruin it for everyone. I just want fresh/natural meat without chemicals....

The reason why it gels up is from saturated fat, which is animal fat. Animal fat is good for you. Anyway I agree with someone else on here who wrote how they would rather eat something that came from an animal, rather than something that came from a chemical any day!

Actually no. Gelatine is not a fat, it's 99% protein.

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Thank you for the post. Now I want pop tarts and will petition the company to start making bacon flavored pop tarts.

I know, right? Interestingly enough, I had this very conversation with my family last night. We came to the conclusion that there's some company making a toaster pastry thing that has eggs and bacon in it already, so maybe they figured the market's already saturated...

It's Pillsbury, dear, the breakfast Toaster Strudel products. I think a bacon PopTart with maple frosting would be tastier. I'd never buy them, but the idea *sounds* good.

I just got this awesome idea.

Pop tart sandwich with bacon

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I like pork and I don't like Pop-Tarts.

Now I'm confused...what is it I should be horrified about?