The surprising ingredients in a Twinkie are revealed in Steve Ettlinger’s book, “Twinkie, Deconstructed”.
Hostess, the maker of Ho-Hos, Wonder Bread and Twinkie, has filed for bankruptcy protection recently which has stirred up some nostalgic pangs for the tasty snacks.
These wonders of chemistry seem to resist spoiling and decay and by the list of ingredients can only loosely be categorized as food.
Processed food ingredients are made in large parts from the most common industrial chemicals, like phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid and ethylene, which comes from natural gas. That, for me, is sobering. I’m not saying,, “Oh, shocker, we rely on petroleum for our food.” Petroleum is needed to transport locally produced organic food too. Petroleum is used for transportation, for pesticides and herbicides, for processing.
