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Pumpkin Muffin Ingredients: Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Water, Eggs, Pumpkin Puree, Molasses, Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Artificial Flavor, Color [Beta-carotene], Vitamin A Palmitate), Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Corn Starch, Glycerin, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Whey (Milk), Spice, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Vital Wheat Gluten, Dextrose Soy Flour, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Sodium Propionate (Preservative), Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Caramel (Color). Orange Cranberry Muffin Ingredients: Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Water, Soybean Oil Eggs, Cranberries, (Orange Zest Orange Peel, Cane Sugar Orange Oil), Contains 2% Or Less Of: Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Beta-carotene [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate), Modified Cornstarch, Glycerin, Invert Sugar, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Monocalcium Phosphate), Mono-and Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60, Whey Milk, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Vital Wheat Gluten, Soy Flour, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative, Sodium Propionate (Preservative), Sorbic Acid Preservative, Color (Fd&c Yellow 5).