Twinkie Nexus

This is fascinating. I just had to post it. Who knew people were so creative that they could work with these things to create such a product?!

THE TWINKIE NEXUS of INGREDIENTS

 

The Twinkie-Industrial Complex of Twinkies' Raw and Final Ingredients

As Described in

 

Twinkie, Deconstructed

 

 

 

ANIMAL

chickens – whole eggs

cows - whey, caseinate, animal shortening

bacteria, yeast, fungi – vitamins B1 and B2, folic acid, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, glucose, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, whey

 

VEGETABLE

corn – corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, cornstarch, modified cornstarch, corn dextrins, dextrose, glucose, corn flour, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate

soy – soybean oil, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening, soy protein  isolate, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate

canola – shortening, sodium stearoyl lactylate

cotton - partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum

wheat – flour

palm trees - partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening, mono and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate

olive oil – mono and diglycerides, colors

sugar cane  - sugar

sugar beets – sugar

vanilla orchid – natural flavor

trees – cellulose gum

 

MINERAL

crude oil or natural gas - artificial vanilla, artifical butter flavor, artificial colors, vitamins, sorbic acid, polysorbate 60, sodium bicarbonate, cellulose gum

limestone – monocalium  phosphate, calcium caseinate,  whey, SSL

phosphorus – monocalcium phosphate

trona - sodium bicarbonate, sodium stearoyl lactylate

salt - salt, bleach, colors (and as source of lye and HCl in all processing)

gypsum – calcium sulfate  

iron – ferrous sulfate

air – ammonia for nitric acid for niacin and colors

sulfur – ferrous sulfate

water – water

You Can't See The Twinkie

Twinkie, Deconstructed
by Steve Ettlinger

May 3rd, on Nightline, we saw a news story on the ingredients that go into a Twinkie. When looking at the table loaded with odd looking ingredients, you cannot truly imagine the end result. The Ingredient Nexus on the author's site provides an enlightening organization of the ingredients.

In the same way, we look around and "see the ingredients" that God is working with, but we cannot imagine the end result that He is preparing. But, oh it's gonna be good.