WHAT’S IN A TWINKIE?

Denver had Sherry read off the ingredient list off the back of a box of Twinkies. Interesting to hear the list. How many of these ingredients do you recognize?

Denver had Sherry read off the ingredient list off the back of a box of Twinkies. Interesting to hear the list. How many of these ingredients do you recognize?

You’d think that with those ingredients, a Twinkie would last forever. In fact, there’s an urban legend that Twinkies never spoil. Well, according to Wikipedia, this may not be true.

“A common urban legend claims that Twinkies have an infinite shelf life or can last unspoiled for a relatively long time of ten, fifty, or one hundred years due to the chemicals used in their production.[22] This urban legend is false, although Twinkies can last a relatively long time (25 days or more). In reality, Twinkies are on the shelf for a short time; a company executive told the New York Times in 2000 that the “Twinkie is on the shelf no more than 7 to 10 days.”

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