evidence: Are Pop-Tarts FDA-approved killers, or do they just get a bad rap? Let's take a look at the ingredients list and see. [...] That said, the world would not come to a cataclysmic end if manufacturers took the dyes out of Pop-Tarts (and many other foods). They are probably harmless at the levels of exposure an occasional snacker would encounter. But they are also useless, except for selling more products. The world would soon adjust to orange soda that didn't look like it glows in the dark, or salsa, applesauce, hotdogs, or cereal that doesn't look as vivid. [...] No one has ever claimed that a steady diet consisting only of Pop-Tarts will give you eternal youth. But it seems that the things are unfairly singled out as rectangles of death, possibly because they do not resemble any life form, current or extinct, that has ever inhabited the planet. But if you look at their 31 ingredients it becomes clear that they're not any different from what you might encounter in ice cream, Oreos, yogurt, soup, salad dressing, low-fat foods...many more. In other words, they're just like most everyday foods in the American diet. There are healthy ingredients, thoroughly harmless ingredients, and a few that will be debated forever.