Twinkies have an almost endearing reputation of being so full of preservatives that they could stay fresh for a lifetime. While food labels openly detail the ingredients of this popular snack, do you really know the chemical breakdown of those preservatives and raw materials from which they’re derived?
Steve Ettlinger, author of Twinkie, Deconstructed, takes us on his scientific journey to discover the sources of the common, yet mysterious ingredients in processed food –- including some surprising components like natural gas, crude oil, limestone, gypsum and fungi.