The Hy-vee Frosted Cherry Toaster Pastries are sweet, frosted cherry-filled pastries with a golden crust, offering a convenient and sugary snack option. While they provide 200 calories and some protein and fiber, their high sugar content (16g) contributes to an overall low-nutrient, high-calorie profile, making them more of an indulgence than a healthful choice. The extensive list of ingredients, including multiple processed sugars, artificial flavors, and preservatives like Red 40, indicates that these pastries are heavily processed for shelf life and convenience. As a result, they are not minimally processed but rather ultra-processed foods, emphasizing shelf stability over nutritional value. Given their high sugar content and lack of beneficial nutrients, a healthier alternative would be fresh fruit or whole-grain options like oatmeal for a more nutritious snack.
There are 200 calories in a serving of Hy-vee Frosted Cherry Toaster Pastries. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates (74%).
| Serving Size | 52g | |
| Calories | 200 | |
| Calories From Fat | 45 | |
| Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 180mg | 8% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.988g | 4% |
| Sugars | 16g | |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
*All percent daily value figures are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Weight Watchers Freestyle Points: 8
Weight Watchers SmartPoints: 8
Weight Watchers PointsPlus: 5
A serving of Hy-vee Frosted Cherry Toaster Pastries contains 8 Weight Watchers SmartPoints, 5 PointsPlus and 8 SmartPoints.
Hy-vee Frosted Cherry Toaster Pastries contains the following ingredients:
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), corn syrup, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, fruit from concentrate (white grape, cherry), glycerine, modified corn starch, whey permeate, precooked yellow corn meal, salt, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate (a preservative), color added (includes red 40), gelatin, yellow corn flour, modified soy protein, vitamin a palmitate, reduced iron, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1).