{"id":2428,"date":"2009-02-23T03:13:44","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T13:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2020-12-03T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T06:03:41","slug":"review-kelloggs-20-percent-fiber-frosted-chocolate-fudge-pop-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/23\/review-kelloggs-20-percent-fiber-frosted-chocolate-fudge-pop-tarts\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kellogg’s 20% Fiber Frosted Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Remember when low-carb foods were the big food trend? <\/p>\n

You couldn’t walk down an aisle in your local supermarket without running into a food that claimed it was LOW-CARB<\/b> in, ironically, fat letters. But the oddest thing about this craze was finding low-carb versions of items that were nothing but carbs, like low-carb pasta and low-carb bread. <\/p>\n

That trend fortunately died, or lost so much weight with its own low-carb diet that it can no longer be seen, but it seems in its dying moments it passed the food trend torch to high-fiber foods, like the Kellogg’s 20% Fiber Frosted Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts, which I feel is extremely dangerous because, as we all know, too much fiber can lead to flatulence and too much flatulence near a torch leads to a flamethrower.<\/p>\n

Despite the pyromaniacal possibilities with high-fiber foods, I’m excited about the fiber content in these Pop-Tarts. Although it’s sad the fiber it provides excites me more than the fact that it’s a frosted chocolate fudge Pop-Tart. If I were 20 years younger, I’m sure the focus of my delight would be reversed and I would shrug my shoulders to the five grams of fiber in each Pop-Tart while I chomp my way through its toasted, gooey goodness.<\/p>\n

With this particular version of Pop-Tarts, Kellogg’s has successfully made them slightly healthier, without making them taste healthier. They attempted the same thing last year with their line of <\/a>whole grain Pop-Tarts<\/b>, which were good, but had a slightly off-putting, grainy texture. This Pop-Tarts variation doesn’t have that same texture, despite having the same amount of whole grains, but its crust did seem a little more fragile.<\/p>\n

Even with five grams of fiber and 16 grams of whole grains, it tasted exactly like regular Frosted Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts. It had a great chocolate flavor and if you were to give one of these to a 13-year-old version of me, I definitely wouldn’t know that it has 20% of my daily recommended intake of fiber. Although if I ate all eight pastries in one sitting, I would definitely know I consumed 160% of my daily recommended intake of fiber. And so would the people around me.<\/p>\n

If that does happen, I hope I’m not near a torch.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 pastry – 190 calories, 5 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 250 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams of fiber<\/b>, 14 grams of sugar, 3 grams of protein, and several vitamins and minerals.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Kellogg’s 20% Fiber Frosted Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts
\nPrice:<\/b> $3.79
\nSize:<\/b> 8 pastries
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Star Market
\nRating:<\/b> 9 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Tastes like regular Frosted Chocolate Fudge Pop-Tarts. Great chocolate taste. Sixteen grams of whole grain in each pastry. Provides 20% of my daily intake of fiber in each pastry. Vitamin and minerals.
\nCons:<\/b> Contains high fructose corn syrup. Crust is slightly more fragile that regular Pop-Tarts. Being excited about fiber. Eating an entire box of these Pop-Tarts. Low-carb pasta and low-carb bread. Flatulence and fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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