Fruit by the Foot's primary ingredients are sugar, maltodextrin, corn syrup, pear puree concentrate, and palm oil. It used to contain artificial flavors; however, they have switched to pear puree and natural flavors in recent years. It also contains sour-tasting ingredients such as malic acid, citric acid, and sodium citrate. It contains a number of other ingredients including stabilizers, emulsifiers, preservatives, and either artificial colors or naturally-derived food colors. In 2012, it contained hydrogenated cottonseed oil (instead of palm oil).