I just found out Poptarts contain gelatin. I’m devastated 😣 I’ve been a vegetarian for 6 years and I’ve definitely been eating Poptarts that whole time. Did y’all know this?
I guess it never occurred to me that they would have gelatin in them, and I never bothered to check the ingredient label until now. I checked the ingredient label of our box of Wildberry poptarts to see if they had any actual strawberry or if it’s all artificial (I’m allergic to strawberry), and noticed gelatin on the label.
I thought maybe it might just be that one flavor, so I checked the other boxes of Poptarts I have, and they all have gelation. Wildberry, Blueberry Lemon Crumble, and my favorite Chocolate.
I guess I won’t be eating Poptarts anymore. Have y’all ever found out a favorite food or snack wasn’t vegetarian like you thought? What did y’all do?
by Squidoriya
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Gelatin is in *everything*. Medicines too. I just real all labels for gelatin now unless its something like beans or pasta.
Btw, I’m pretty sure it’s just the frosted ones that have gelatin. The non-frosted ones should be fine
Nature’s Path toaster pastries are delicious, and the frosting doesn’t have gelatin.
The ones without frosting should be okay.
When i ate poptarts the unfrosted ones were vegan friendly
Mother fucker…..
They are terrible for you, anyway.
No, only the unfrosted are vegetarian
The gelatin is in the frosting. Unfrosted should still be fine (plus much less sugary)
I’ve noticed that there are a few generic brands that are vegetarian-safe, unfortunately can’t name them off the top of my head.
Aldi own version of poptarts , is the only ones I’ve found to get nostalgic on. Tbh i seldom ate them even as a kid… but somehow i craved them last year…. then found them in aldi. A lot less colours in them too. I mean wtf is with all those additives?
PS I’m in the UK
Label reading is mandatory. That said, I still have a some cognitive dissonance with one of my main hobbies: film photography. I’m not eating the gelatin in the film emulsion so there is that but I am consuming it in a way.
Frosted mini wheats neither
i mean you could always be one of those vegetarians that only cuts out real, tangible meat 🤷
It’s the frosting, the unfrosted ones are vegan
Neither are frosted mini wheats
This one caught me out for YEARS! the slush puppy popptarts are veggie tho (:
I went vegetarian in 1989 and have literally never missed eating meat. What do I miss? Chocolate Fudge Frosted Pop Tarts. *sobs a little*
I never had poptarts, are they really so good?
This might be controversial, but I try not to worry about gelatin too much for the following reasons:
* It’s in a LOT of sources and hard to avoid, even many medicines are made with it.
* It’s usually in very small quantities.
* But my main reason is this: no animals are being killed for the gelatin. It’s a by-product of the current system, kind of like leather.
I don’t believe the small consumption of gelatin compromises the health or ethical reasons of being a vegetarian.
With that said, however, none of this applies if you’re vegetarian for religious reasons.
The unfrosted ones are free from gelatin, it’s the frosting that’s the issue.
Gelatin is unnecessarily in everything, my wife had been eating the Noosa yogurt for a while and just realized it has gelatin in it.
Unfrosted pop tarts are vegetarian. I also recently found out Totino’s cheese pizza rolls have gelatin in them, which was pretty devastating ngl
Yep I knew about this. USA food companies puts gelatin in so much random shit (yogurt is another one). Aldi’s (at least UK Aldi’s) has a great vegan poptart substitute though.
Wait until you find out about rennet….
If you can find it Brown Cow yogurt. It has pectin. Not gelatin
They contain gelatin. Gelatin comes from animal sources I thought.
Yeah I’ve known, super disappointing. The knock off brands had the opportunity to make pop tarts without gelatin to win the vegetarian market, but even those use gelatin.
You can still get the kind without frosting though, it’s just the frosted ones that use gelatin.
Neither are Twinkies.
Usually made of vegetable/animal shortening that’s whipped up with sugar. “Cream-like filling”
I thought vegetarian was no actual meat and vegans are the ones that consume/use no products derivative of animals?
Bonkers, isn’t it?
Bonkers, isn’t it?
It’s the frosting, like everyone else is saying. It’s in other things, too, that are similar, like Frosted Flakes, and Frosted Mini Wheats. Gotta be careful.