Bugles Ranch

Name: Bugles Ranch
Brand: Bugles

Cone-shaped corn snacks in a buttermilk-and-herb ranch seasoning.

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Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesBHT

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
BHT	Preservatives	BHT

Ingredients as listed

Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Vegetable Oil (coconut, palm, and/or palm kernel), Sugar. Contains 2 % or less of: Dried Buttermilk, Salt, Maltodextrin, Monoglycerides, Baking Soda, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Citric Acid, Onion Powder, Parsley, Modified Corn Starch, Disodium Guanylate and Inosinate, Natural And Artificial Flavor. Freshness Preserved by BHT.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2735238). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Bugles Ranch

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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