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Pop Tarts Toaster Pastries, Frosted Blueberry 20.3 oz
Cereal & Breakfast
📊 NOVA 4

Pop Tarts Toaster Pastries, Frosted Blueberry 20.3 oz

Pop-Tarts
20.30 oz
Available at Foodtown
370
Calories
3g
Protein
30g
Sugars
320mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
89
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Pop-Tarts Frosted Blueberry (20.3 oz) sits on supermarket shelves in the breakfast and snack aisle, typically stacked beside other toaster pastries, boxed cereals, toaster waffles and near shelf-stable breakfast bars. The brightly colored box and individual foil-wrapped pastries make it an easy grab on busy shopping trips. Occasions for use range from rushed weekday breakfasts and packed school lunchboxes to road-trip snacks and late-night dessert cravings. Brand positioning leans on nostalgia and convenience — Pop-Tarts is presented as a kid-friendly, family-oriented treat with cross-generational appeal, marketed to parents as an easy breakfast and to kids as a colorful, sweet snack. The label leans into health-adjacent language like “good source of three B vitamins” while prominently featuring fun visuals and flavor cues; there are no organic or all-natural certifications and the ingredient list includes both “natural and artificial flavor.” Processing context: this is a highly processed, ready-to-eat pastry made from refined flours, added sugars, oils, colors and stabilizers. Sensory details: each pastry has a soft, slightly crumbly pastry crust, a thick, gooey blueberry-like filling that’s intensely sweet, and a sugary frosted top with crunchy sprinkles; toasting warms the filling and crisps the edges. Packaging is a colorful cardboard box containing individually sealed foil packets for portability and shelf stability. The ritual is quick and simple — pop into a toaster or eat straight from the wrapper, often paired with a glass of milk or coffee, and enjoyed as a nostalgic, indulgent convenience item in everyday American grocery culture.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 2
Servings per Container: 6
Calories370
% Daily Value*
Total Fat9g12%
Saturated Fat3g15%
Sodium320mg14%
Total Carbohydrate70g25%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars30g
Added Sugars29g58%
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

Ingredients:, Enriched, Flour, (Wheat, Flour,, Niacin,, Reduced, Iron,, Vitamin, B1, [Thiamin, Mononitrate],, Vitamin, B2, [Riboflavin],, Folic, Acid),, Corn, Syrup,, High, Fructose, Corn, Syrup,, Dextrose,, Sugar,, Soybean, And, Palm, Oil, (With, Tbhq, For, Freshness),, Bleached, Wheat, Flour., Contains, 2%, Or, Less, Of, Wheat, Starch,, Salt,, Dried, Blueberries,, Dried, Grapes,, Leavening, (Baking, Soda,, Sodium, Acid, Pyrophosphate,, Monocalcium, Phosphate),, Dried, Apples,, Citric, Acid,, Modified, Wheat, Starch,, Gelatin,, Yellow, Corn, Flour,, Natural, And, Artificial, Flavor,, Xanthan, Gum,, Soy, Lecithin,, Caramel, Color,, Cornstarch,, Turmeric, Extract, Color,, Red, 40,, Blue, 2,, Blue, 1,, Color, Added..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Tbhq - Synthetic preservative
  • Red 40 - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 2 - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 1 - 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, multiple added sugars, vegetable oils, emulsifiers, artificial and natural flavors, color additives and other industrial ingredients typical of ultra-processed foods, so it fits NOVA group 4.

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Common Questions about Pop Tarts Toaster Pastries, Frosted Blueberry 20.3 oz

Well, that depends on your definition of healthy! If you’re looking for a quick breakfast treat or snack, it can fit into a balanced diet. But with 30 grams of sugar per two pastries, it’s definitely more of an indulgence than a health food, especially when compared to whole fruits or whole grain options.

Perfect For

back-to-school
road-trip
movie-night

Vibe:

nostalgicindulgentconvenientcomforting
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