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) — Sweetener #4 — four distinct sugar sources in one pastry.
Dried Corn Syrup (avoid) — Same sugar, powdered — stacking it lets 'sugar' avoid the top slot on the label.
Sugar (moderate) — Commonly used sweetener but contributes empty calories.
Pear puree concentrate (moderate) — The entire 'real fruit' — concentrated pear sugar, present in small amounts regardless of the flavor pictured.
Maltodextrin (caution) — Refined corn carb that spikes blood sugar faster than table sugar; appears in the seasoning of most varieties.
Modified Corn Starch (caution) — Industrially altered starch, a NOVA 4 marker.
Palm Oil (concerning) — High in saturated fats and environmentally concerning.
red 40 (avoid) — Petroleum-derived azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive kids; purely cosmetic.
yellow 5 & 6 (avoid) — Azo dyes that require warning labels in the EU; here they impersonate fruit.
blue 1 (avoid) — Synthetic dye with no function except making candy look like fruit.
Carrageenan (caution) — Seaweed-derived texturizer; debated gut irritant, and a sign of industrial formulation.
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (safe) — Fine on its own — added here to justify a vitamin claim on candy.