ATLAS DIRECTORY · Gourmet shop
City Pop
CR's cheddar tin. Eighty-eight flavors in that test.
- Score
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- Kernel
- shop coated
- Origin
- United States
- Best for
- mail-order cheddar tin
- Buy
- tins
Last popped / last updated Aug 2026
What holds
- CR's best cheddar
What doesn't
- Unscored
- Not a daily jar
The kernel
City Pop is a mail-order tin. Consumer Reports (22 Nov 2022) picked it as runner-up overall, best cheddar, and the 88-flavor catalog. CR also ate it at a Denver Nutcracker stand. The caramel was lighter than Garrett.
The pot
The pot is already finished. You open a tin. Founder unknown on the pages we opened. The corn is a coated shop flake.
Hulls
Hulls sit under cheese and caramel. This is a gift tin, not a daily jar.
Company
CR's cheddar winner and flavor-count champion (88 flavors in that test). Mail-order tin.
- Parent
- Private mail-order / concession brand. Founder not confirmed on a page opened for this file.
Sources: Consumer Reports gourmet tins
Where to buy
- Consumer Reports ordered a Build a Tin. CR also ate it at a Denver Nutcracker stand.
No affiliate hop. No Stripe. Official and search links only.
How we score
Directory listing. Unscored until Barron tastes it. Other testers' rankings are cited, not copied. Tiny But Mighty stays #01. Farm varieties outrank flavor labs. Read the method in the how we score guide and on the about page.
The record
Unscored. citypop.com.
Directory listing. CR's best cheddar and biggest flavor list. No Atlas number.
Brand site: citypop.com.