12 Biggest Changes Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted Movie Makes To The Pop-Tart's True Story

Summary Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is a hilarious take on the true history of the popular breakfast pastry.

Jerry Seinfeld's film features outrageous fictional elements, deviating from the real story of the Pop-Tart.

From dumpster diving for prototypes to corporate espionage, Unfrosted adds humor to the Pop-Tart's origins.

Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is finally here, and here are the 12 biggest changes that Jerry Seinfeld's movie makes to the true story. Jerry Seinfeld's new Netflix comedy claims to tell the true story of the Pop-Tart's development, with it exploring the history of the breakfast pastry. However, the story of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story isn't as true as one might think, with these 12 changes altering the real history of the Pop-Tart.

Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story has been released, with the highly anticipated comedy now released on the streaming platform. Although the history of the Pop-Tart may not be something that people wonder about every day, Unfrosted manages to turn that story into a not-so-true recounting full of comedy, celebrity cameos, and disgruntled food and breakfast cereal mascots. These 12 story elements weren't true at all, with him significantly deviating from the true Pop-Tart story.

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12 The First Pop Tart Didn't Come From A Dumpster

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In Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, Jerry Seinfeld's Bob Cabana attempts to investigate into what Post is working on, with him driving to the company. Upon his arrival, Cabana sees two kids entering a dumpster, with him approaching them to see what they are doing. To his surprise, the two kids are eating thrown-away versions of Post's own toaster pastries, with Cabana trying one. Upon realizing how delicious it is, Cabana decides that Kellogg's needs their own version.

In reality, this dumpster story didn't happen at all. The real-life counterpart of Bob Cabana is Bill Post, the true inventor of the Pop-Tart. While Kellogg's did discover that the company Post was making their own Pop-Tart, they didn't eat one out of a dumpster, with them instead approached Keebler employee Bill Post to invent their own version.

11 Kellog & Post Didn't Have Spies Disguised As Janitors

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Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story also contains elements of corporate espionage, with this being how Kellogg's discovered that Post was working on a toaster pastry. In the film, it is explained that Kellogg's has employees working undercover at Post as janitors, with their mops containing cameras that allow the company to see their new products. The film also shows that Post is doing the same thing to Kellogg's, using their own secret security janitors.

However, neither company is known to have used spies that were disguised as janitors. In reality, Kellogg's didn't find out about Post's plans for a breakfast pastry from a leak or a secret mission. Instead, Post announced plans for their Country Squares a while before they were actually released, giving Kellogg's time to put their now-iconic Pop-Tart competitor on grocery store shelves.

10 The Origins Of Milk Were Made Up

Pop-Tarts aren't the only breakfast food that have their origins explained in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, as the film also explains the origins of milk. According to the film, farmers used to milk cows for fun, using cow milk for games and the like. However, one day a farmer ended up mixing the milk with their cereal, causing him to realize the potential that milk had as a breakfast product, with the rest of milk's origin being history.

Obviously, this milk origin story is entirely made up, with it solely being used as a gag in the film. Milk has been drunk for much longer than Unfrsoted: The Pop-Tart Story's gag origin implies, with this being one of many examples of a claim made by the Netflix film that isn't meant to be taken seriously.

9 Kellogg's Didn't Use The 5 Taste Pilots

When attempting to develop the Pop-Tart in Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, Kellogg's enlisted the help of five celebrity guests to become members of the team. These five people were bicycle designer Steve Schwinn, fitness instructor Jack LaLanne, ice cream guru Tom Carvel, toy designer Harold von Braunhut, and food icon Chef Boyardee. These five Pop-Tart developers are referred to as the Taste Pilots, with them being essential to the Pop-Tart's development.

While all five of these Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story characters are based on real-life figures, they had nothing to do with the Pop-Tart's origin story. They were just picked because they were fun celebrities that were around during the film's 1960s era, although their influence on the Pop-Tart's development was presumably minimal. The Taste Pilots name is also not a real thing, with no celebrities being brought in by Kellogg's to cook the Pop-Tart.

8 The Milk Man Syndicate Doesn't Exist

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One of the major antagonistic forces in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is a syndicate of milkmen who seem to have a major influence on American politics. The milkmen nearly shift the tide of Kellogg's decision to move away from milk-based products, with them kidnapping and torturing Bob Cabana. Bill Burr's John F. Kennedy is even aware of the gang of milkmen, showing just how dangerous the group is.

While there are undoubtedly groups that lobby on behalf of milk companies, there is no such thing as a violent group of milkmen who kidnap and torture breakfast manufacturers. Most people didn't think that the release of the Pop-Tart would fully do away with cereal as a breakfast product, meaning that milkmen didn't have a reason to be upset that Kellogg's was working on the toaster pastry.

7 Kellogg's Didn't Buy Sugar From A Drug Lord

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In Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, Bob Cabana makes a trip to meet with a parody of a drug lord named El Sucre, with him being interested in obtaining some of his white powder. El Sucre is portrayed as a violent killer, with him heavily playing into the tropes of drug lords. Obviously, Kellogg's has not dealt with figures like El Sucre when attempting to buy sugar.

On top of that, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story also features a scene in which Kellogg's buys up all of the sugar that is in production, preventing Post from buying any. The claim that one company could buy up all the sugar in the world is ridiculous, as there has never been a point where Post simply couldn't make any products due to Kellogg's having a monopoly on all sugar.

6 Post Didn't Collaborate With Nikita Khrushchev For Sugar

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After Kellogg's buys up all of El Sucre's sugar, Post has nowhere else to turn in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story other than the USSR. Marjorie Post travels to the country and speaks to Nikita Khrushchev, offering to make a cereal targeted at children in the USSR in exchange for sugar. They make the deal, with Post's new sugar acquisition leading to a massive controversy that requires getting the President of the United States involved.

Interestingly, the real-life Marjorie Post was very interested in the USSR, with her being a collector of Russian art and even living in the Soviet Union. However, no Post employee has ever had a sit down meeting with Nikita Khrushchev to discuss developing a cereal for Soviet children, with this funny Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story scene having no basis in the real story.

5 The Sea Monkey Ravioli Creature Obviously Didn't Exist

One of the weirdest parts of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story involves Chey Boyardee and Harold von Braunhut working together to make their own Pop-Tart, although they end up using a piece of ravioli for the outside. However, they soon realize that Boyardee accidentally put von Braunhut's sea monkeys into the mix, causing the ravioli creature to gain sentience and come to life.

Of all of the claims made in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, the sea monkey ravioli creature is the most ridiculous one. Kellogg's didn't make a sentient piece of ravioli by filling it with sea monkeys, and while it is a funny gag, it is doubtful that any viewers believed that this event actually occurred. Interestingly, the end of the film implies that Bob Cabana is still raising the ravioli creature, further pointing to the fact that this event was true.

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4 Steve Schwinn Wasn't Killed In A Pop-Tart Explosion

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One of the five Taste Pilots in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is Steve Schwinn, the head of the Schwinn bicycle company. In the film, Schwinn is the first one to put a Pop-Tart in a toaster. However, his oxygen tank breaks and leaks into the toaster, causing a massive explosion. This leads to the death of Steve Schwinn, with the Unfrosted characters hosting a massive cereal-themed funeral for the bicycle manufacturer.

Although Steve Schwinn's death scene is funny, it didn't happen like that at all. In fact, Steve Schwinn is actually based on the real founder of Schwinn, Ignaz Schwinn, although the two are nothing alike. In reality, Ignaz Schwinn had nothing to do with the development of the Pop-Tart, with him dying of a stroke in 1948, long before Pop-Tarts ever came to be.

3 Pop-Tarts Weren't Originally Called Trat-Pops

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When developing the Pop-Tart in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, one of the most difficult tasks for the Kellogg's employees to pull off is coming up with a name. Although they discuss it for a while, they eventually come across the perfect name for the dish, one that symbolizes everything that the toaster pastry should stand for. This name is the Trat-Pop, although it eventually changes later in the film.

However, there is no record of Kellogg's ever wanting to call the Pop-Tart Trat-Pops. Despite this, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story features fake boxes and commercials that allude to the food originally being called Trat-Pops, with this joke being a fun subversion of expectations rather than claiming to be a true recounting of the story of the Pop-Tart's development. Instead, Kellogg's went straight for the Pop-Tart brand name.

2 The Pop-Tart Name Didn't Come From Walter Cronkite's Silly Putty

In Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, the Trat-Pops name sticks around for a while, although it all changes thanks to Walker Cronkite. While announcing the new product on live TV, Walter Cronkite accidentally gets the ink stuck to silly putty, with him choosing to read the news off of the putty rather than the original print. However, the putty flipped the ink, leading to him reading off the name Pop-Tart rather than Trat-Pop.

In reality, the Pop-Tart name is what Kellogg's came up with, with the Walter Cronkite silly putty gag being completely made up for the end of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story. Walter Cronkite had nothing to do with the name of the Pop-Tart in real life, with the news anchor being used in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story simply because he was an icon of the 1960s.

1 Pop-Tarts Were Not Sold Out Nationwide In 60 Seconds

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In Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, Pop-Tarts are a huge success upon their release, with them flying off of store shelves. The head of Kellogg's even claims that the first batch of Pop-Tarts were sold out nationwide in 60 seconds, showing just how in-demand Kellogg's new breakfast product was. This creates an incredibly fun climax that shows Kellogg's triumph over Post, with Pop-Tart sales destroying those of Country Squares.

However, Pop-Tarts weren't exactly this successful. Pop-Tarts were a hit upon being initially released, with the first batch selling out fairly quickly. However, it wasn't within 60 seconds. Kellogg's did struggle to keep up with demand of Pop-Tarts when the first wave hit store shelves, so while Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story may be overexaggerating just how successful they were, it does show the craze that surrounded Kellogg's first Pop-Tarts release.