Twinkies Deconstructed!

[Twitchin Kitten]

What exactly are those unpronounce-able ingredients in some of our foods? Well this guy took this question one step farther and wrote a book called:

Twinkie Deconstructed.

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