When Twinkies hit the stores again on July 15, their shelf life will be nearly twice as long as it used to be: ... and sodium stearoyl lactylate, which likes to bind with water, ...

With ingredients carrying names like "sodium stearoyl lactylate" and "pyrophosphate," and a high sugar content (32 grams per ...

"Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, ... sodium stearoyl lactylate contributes the soft spongy texture, ...

A serving of Twinkies cereal contains 180 calories,135 milligrams of sodium and 16 grams of sugar, according to Newsweek. Twinkies, a snack that basically never spoils, have been around for about ...

The Twinkie contains about three dozen ingredients, many of them food additives such as dextrose, which is for sweetening and other uses, and sodium acid pyrophosphate, ...

Steve Ettlinger, author of the book "Twinkie, Deconstructed," says Twinkies get hard, but that doesn't mean you can't eat them. "I've got some that are 8 years old.

When Twinkies hit the stores again on July 15, they're shelf life will be nearly twice as long as it used to be: 45 days. ... and sodium stearoyl lactylate, which likes to bind with water, Ettinger ...

When Twinkies hit the stores again on July 15, their shelf life will be nearly twice as long as it used to be: 45 days. (We were surprised it wasn't longer.) There's a whole lot of food science ...