Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot & Gushers Variety Pack — BULLSHIT

Name: Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot & Gushers Variety Pack
Brand: General Mills

Munch or Dump rates Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot & Gushers Variety Pack by General Mills BULLSHIT — score 0/90.

This is candy in a fruit costume. Three kinds of corn syrup, palm oil, and four artificial dyes, with a whisper of pear concentrate doing all the 'real fruit' work. General Mills literally settled a class-action lawsuit over these exact claims.

Why this verdict

First ingredients across all three snacks are corn syrup, dried corn syrup, and sugar — this is candy, not fruit
'Fruit' branding rests entirely on pear puree concentrate; the strawberry flavors contain zero strawberry
Artificial colors Red 40, Yellow 5 & 6, and Blue 1 appear in every snack in the box
Multiple sweeteners detected — corn syrup + sugar + dextrose + fructose + maltodextrin is a sweetness system, not simple ingredients
General Mills settled a class action over the 'made with real fruit' packaging and had to change the label

Ingredients (12)

Corn Syrup (caution) — Added sugar baked into the crust.
Dried Corn Syrup (avoid) — Same sugar, powdered — stacking it lets 'sugar' avoid the top slot on the label.
Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
Pear puree concentrate (moderate) — The entire 'real fruit' — concentrated pear sugar, present in small amounts regardless of the flavor pictured.
Maltodextrin (moderate) — Highly processed starch-derived carbohydrate used as a carrier and texturizer; spikes blood sugar readily.
Modified Corn Starch (moderate) — Thickener/stabilizer that gives the sauce body.
Palm Oil (moderate) — Saturated-fat-heavy oil used in the crust.
red 40 (avoid) — Artificial petroleum-derived dye with no purpose in a brown chocolate product; a decisive negative.
yellow 5 & 6 (avoid) — Azo dyes that require warning labels in the EU; here they impersonate fruit.
blue 1 (avoid) — Artificial dye used to tune color; no nutritional role.
Carrageenan (moderate) — Seaweed-derived stabilizer; some people report digestive sensitivity.
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (safe) — Added vitamin C; also helps preserve color and flavor.