Snack Pack Butterscotch Flavored Pudding Cups, 3.25 oz., 4-Count

Snack Pack Butterscotch Flavored Pudding Cups (3.25 oz., 4-count) are a mass-market, single-serve dessert that reads like a classic convenience staple in American grocery aisles. You'll typically find them in center-store, on shelves with other shelf-stable desserts and kids' snacks — near instant pudding mixes, gelatin cups, and packaged applesauce — and sometimes featured on endcaps alongside lunchbox-friendly items. These small plastic cups promise an easy, on-the-go sweet: a glossy, velvety butterscotch custard with a sweet caramel note and a smooth, slightly gelled mouthfeel from modified starches; palm oil and emulsifiers help deliver a creamy coating on the tongue. Snack Pack positions itself squarely toward families and busy parents, leaning on nostalgia and kid appeal through colorful packaging, playful type, and quick-serve convenience, while marketing claims like “made with real nonfat milk” and “no preservatives or high fructose corn syrup” create a mild health halo despite artificial colors and flavors. The label is not organic and carries bold kid-oriented graphics; it includes allergen information (contains milk) and small-print ingredient and color listings. Processing context: this is a shelf-stable, ready-to-eat pudding made with dairy plus multiple industrial ingredients and additives, i.e., an ultra-processed packaged dessert. Typical rituals include popping a foil lid at school, tucking a cup into a lunchbox, spooning it after dinner, or dolloping it on ice cream; kids and adults alike reach for it as a quick, comforting sweet hit. Its low price point and portability keep it a pervasive snack-cup in American households.