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Please Explain: What's in a Twinkie?
Friday, March 23, 2007
In Twinkie, Deconstructed, Steve Ettlinger uses the Twinkies ingredient list as a road map for exploring processed food in America. On today's Please Explain, we ask him what common ingredients like Polysorbate 60, Calcium Sulfate, and Phosphates actually are--from how they're made to why they're used in food. Call 212-433-9692.
Twinkie, Deconstructed is available for purchase at amazon.com
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I have heard that Twinkies contain an edible form of Plaster of Paris. True or not?
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