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Consumer Reports: How To Pick The Best Pumpkin Products

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- If you want a pumpkin fix, how do you pick?

Consumer Reports' expert food panel started with 20 products to find the tastiest.

Some, are not so great.

"Whatever that pumpkin is that's in 18 is just, it's not pleasant," one tester said.

Putting "pumpkin" on the label didn't make Blue Diamond Almonds irresistible, the candy-like brown spice coating masked the taste of the nuts. But there were some standouts.

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Noosa Finest Yoghurt: Pumpkin is full and creamy, with real pumpkin and a hint of pumpkin pie spices. It's made with whole milk and is pretty rich, so watch your portion.

Or you can start your day with Pumpkin Spice Cheerios, they taste mostly of clove but also have hints of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Snack on the Pumpkin Spice Flax Crunchy Granola bar from Kashi with four grams of fiber. It has pumpkin and flax seeds, and tastes of honey and brown spice.

The tasters agreed on Imagine Organic Creamy Pumpkin Soup: it is thick, smooth and slightly sweet, with some pumpkin spices.

And finally, have a glass of water ready for Trader Joe's Fall Harvest Salsa. Testers felt the heat overpowers the flavors of pumpkin, apples and squash, but it is still tasty.

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