“Where does Polysorbate-60 come from, Daddy?”
When one of Steve Ettlinger’s children poised that question after reading the list of ingredients on the side of a Hostess® Twinkies® package, it prompted him to find the answer. The answer, along with where the other 26 ingredients in a typical Twinkie come from, each became a chapter in his book, Twinkie, Deconstructed
If you have an interest in nutrition, or want to catch a glimpse behind the processed food industry, you’ll enjoy this easy read. The book is arranged in the same order as the list of ingredients in a Twinkie. Thus, wheat flour is up front, and Polysorbate 60 shows up as chapter 19. (By the way, you’re probably familiar with the crème filling. The word cream is spelled that way because to get a 26-day shelf life, no dairy product is actually used. Yum!)