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AVOIDPop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry is rated AVOID by BannedPantry: its label lists 4 ingredients that are banned or restricted outside the US — Red 40 (EU (warning label required), UK (warning label required)); High Fructose Corn Syrup (EU (tax/restricted)); Yellow 6 (EU (warning label required), UK (warning label required)); TBHQ (Japan). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
Banned or restricted in: EU (warning label required), UK (warning label required)
Southampton Six colour (Allura Red, E129): EU-AUTHORISED but foods containing it must carry the label 'may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children'. Many manufacturers reformulate for the EU/UK instead.
Banned or restricted in: EU (tax/restricted)
EU imposes production quotas and taxes on isoglucose; linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver.
Banned or restricted in: EU (warning label required), UK (warning label required)
Southampton Six colour (Sunset Yellow FCF, E110): EU-AUTHORISED but foods must carry the 'activity and attention in children' warning.
Same category, none of the flagged ingredients.
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Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, soybean and palm oil (with TBHQ for freshness), dextrose, sugar, strawberry jam (strawberries, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, pectin, natural flavor, Red 40), modified wheat starch, cracker meal, wheat starch, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), citric acid, gelatin. Frosting: sugar, enriched flour, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, corn starch, cracker meal, modified wheat starch, salt, gelatin, citric acid, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavors, Red 40, Yellow 6.
No — every ingredient in Pop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Red 40, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Yellow 6, TBHQ are banned or restricted in other regions: Red 40 (EU (warning label required), UK (warning label required)); High Fructose Corn Syrup (EU (tax/restricted)); Yellow 6 (EU (warning label required), UK (warning label required)); TBHQ (Japan).
Red 40: Southampton Six colour (Allura Red, E129): EU-AUTHORISED but foods containing it must carry the label 'may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children'. Many manufacturers reformulate for the EU/UK instead. High Fructose Corn Syrup: EU imposes production quotas and taxes on isoglucose; linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver. Yellow 6: Southampton Six colour (Sunset Yellow FCF, E110): EU-AUTHORISED but foods must carry the 'activity and attention in children' warning. TBHQ: TBHQ (E319) is not on Japan's list of designated food additives, so foods containing it cannot be sold there; the EU and US both authorise it as an antioxidant at limited maximum levels.
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Banned or restricted in: Japan
TBHQ (E319) is not on Japan's list of designated food additives, so foods containing it cannot be sold there; the EU and US both authorise it as an antioxidant at limited maximum levels.