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Entenmann's Apple Puffs
Bakery
📊 NOVA 4

Entenmann's Apple Puffs

Entenmann's
19 oz
Available at Foodtown
310
Calories
3g
Protein
21g
Sugars
260mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
68
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Entenmann's Apple Puffs are shelf-stable boxed pastries that live at the intersection of convenience and comfort food. You would typically find a 19 oz box on the supermarket bakery/snack aisle near donuts, toaster pastries, danishes, and other packaged baked goods rather than in the fresh bakery case. The product plays well into quick breakfasts, brunch spreads, school lunchboxes, and grab-and-go snack moments — think hurried mornings, weekend coffee and pastry rituals, or an easy party platter. Entenmann's positions itself as a nostalgic, family-friendly brand with blue-and-white packaging and photo-real images of flaky pastries; the marketing leans on long-standing heritage and accessible indulgence aimed at busy households and kids. Labels often highlight fruit filling or tempting visuals but do not confer organic certification; ingredient and nutrition panels show sugars, preservatives, and artificial colors and flavors, so any “real apple” cues sit alongside clear signs of manufactured processing. In plain terms this is a mass-produced, ready-to-eat pastry made with refined flours, added sugars, emulsifiers, modified starches, and preservatives. Sensory notes: a golden, flaky outer crust that flakes when you bite, a sweet, saucy apple center with warm cinnamon and soft, slightly chewy texture; sweetness registers prominently (about 21g sugar per serving). Packaging is a printed cardboard box with plastic-wrapped individual or grouped pastries inside, making it easy to tuck into a lunch or set on a buffet. The eating ritual is casual — paired with coffee or milk, shared at family gatherings, or handed to kids after school for an instant, indulgent treat.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1
Servings per Container: 6
Calories310
% Daily Value*
Total Fat14g18%
Saturated Fat7g35%
Sodium260mg11%
Total Carbohydrate43g16%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars21g
Added Sugars19g38%
Protein3g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Apples,, Wheat, Flour,, Sugar,, Water,, Vegetable, Oil, (Soybean, and/or, Palm),, Vegetable, Shortening, (Palm, Oil),, Modified, Cornstarch,, Maltodextrin,, Salt,, Invert, Sugar,, Tapioca, Dextrin,, Lemon, Juice, Concentrate,, Corn, Syrup,, Cinnamon,, Potassium, Sorbate, (Preservative),, Mono-, and, Diglycerides,, Malic, Acid,, Calcium, Carbonate,, Natural, &, Artificial, Flavors,, Eggs,, Guar, Gum,, Citric, Acid,, Agar,, Artificial, Color,, Phosphoric, Acid,, Spice,, Soy, Lecithin,, Sorbitan, Monostearate,, Whey,, Vitamin, A, Palmitate,, Nonfat, Milk,, Soy, Flour,, Beta, Carotene, (Color)..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Mono- and Diglycerides - Processed emulsifier
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Sorbitan Monostearate - Processed emulsifier
  • Potassium Sorbate - Synthetic preservative
  • Artificial Color - Artificial coloring
No Seed OilNo EmulsifierNo PreservativeNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains refined flours, added sugars, multiple emulsifiers, modified starches, preservatives, artificial colors/flavors and industrial processing steps, fitting the ultra-processed NOVA 4 category.

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Common Questions about Entenmann's Apple Puffs

Well, the term 'healthy' can be a bit slippery, can't it? These Apple Puffs aren’t exactly a health food; they pack a punch with 310 calories and 21 grams of sugar per serving. But if you're looking for a sweet treat to enjoy occasionally, they can certainly fit into a balanced diet!

Perfect For

weekend-brunch
back-to-school
movie-night

Vibe:

nostalgicindulgentconvenientcomforting
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