Did you know there is beef in Pop-Tarts, M&M’s and Mentos?
by Arthur
Posted on Friday, September 15th, 2006 at 6:13 pm CET
I didn’t realize this, but many food products like Pop-Tarts, M&M’s, Cupcakes, Snicker bars, etc. have beef or pork gelatin in them.
There are so many meatless products that have beef enzymes, pork gelatin or chicken in it, it’s disgusting. Check out this list of products and ingredients:
Product brand name
Ingredient
Hostess Cupcakes
Pork gelatin
Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts (frosted)
Beef gelatin
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats
Pork gelatin
Ranch Salad Dressing
Pork/beef enzymes
Gold Fish Crackers
Micro beef enzymes
Hershey’s Cheetos
Calf
Twix bar
Beef gelatin
Mentos
Beef gelatin
And the list goes on — you can find a longer list at The Hare Krsnas.
An FAQ on Kellogg’s website says:
Gelatin, which is used in some of our products to provide texture, is derived from either beef or pork. Products containing pork gelatin include Kellogg cereal products with marshmallow additives (i.e., Kellogg’s® Marshmallow Froot Loops cereal and Kellogg’s Smorz® cereal) and all varieties of Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies Treats® Squares. Products containing beef gelatin include all varieties of Kellogg’s® Frosted Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg’s® Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal, Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies Treats cereal, and the Kellogg’s® Fruit-Flavored Snacks that contain gelatin.
I don’t want to give up Pop-Tarts, M&M’s, etc … so this new piece of information will probably not change my eating habits, but still … it’s really amazing they do this, and what I don’t understand is how they can go about putting vague ingredients on their packaging, like “Type B Gelatin”, when that’s really beef or pork gelatin they’re talking about.
There are alternatives to beef/pork-based gelatin, like agar agar, a jelly obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae or seaweed.
Wouldn’t you rather have seaweed and algae in your Strawberry Pop-Tarts than beef or pork?
Yuck!
I didn’t realize this, but many food products like Pop-Tarts, M&M’s, Cupcakes, Snicker bars, etc. have beef or pork gelatin in them.
There are so many meatless products that have beef enzymes, pork gelatin or chicken in it, it’s disgusting. Check out this list of products and ingredients:
| Product brand name | Ingredient |
| Hostess Cupcakes | Pork gelatin |
| Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts (frosted) | Beef gelatin |
| Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats | Pork gelatin |
| Ranch Salad Dressing | Pork/beef enzymes |
| Gold Fish Crackers | Micro beef enzymes |
| Hershey’s Cheetos | Calf |
| Twix bar | Beef gelatin |
| Mentos | Beef gelatin |
And the list goes on — you can find a longer list at The Hare Krsnas.
An FAQ on Kellogg’s website says:
Gelatin, which is used in some of our products to provide texture, is derived from either beef or pork. Products containing pork gelatin include Kellogg cereal products with marshmallow additives (i.e., Kellogg’s® Marshmallow Froot Loops cereal and Kellogg’s Smorz® cereal) and all varieties of Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies Treats® Squares. Products containing beef gelatin include all varieties of Kellogg’s® Frosted Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg’s® Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal, Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies Treats cereal, and the Kellogg’s® Fruit-Flavored Snacks that contain gelatin.
I don’t want to give up Pop-Tarts, M&M’s, etc … so this new piece of information will probably not change my eating habits, but still … it’s really amazing they do this, and what I don’t understand is how they can go about putting vague ingredients on their packaging, like “Type B Gelatin”, when that’s really beef or pork gelatin they’re talking about.
There are alternatives to beef/pork-based gelatin, like agar agar, a jelly obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae or seaweed.
Wouldn’t you rather have seaweed and algae in your Strawberry Pop-Tarts than beef or pork?
Yuck!
1:47 am
wow, i cant believe so many foods have dead animals in them. very helpful as i am a veggi too. but i dont eat fish.