The Death of the Twinkie from Dr.WC Douglass

[jumperconway 0]

RIP for an "American classic" killer

I wish I could say I'm going to shed a tear for the demise of the
hostess Twinkie, but alas, I cannot muster one. Nor can I turn on
the waterworks for Wonder Bread and those modern junk-food
classics, the Ho-Ho and the Ding Dong. For all of these are
products of Interstate Bakery, the nation's largest wholesale bakery
- a company that's not much longer for this world, if all that's
just in the cosmos has anything to say about it.

A few weeks ago, this leviathan of the junk-food industry filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to USA Today. Some
blame the Atkins diet and the current trend in low-carbohydrate
eating for the move, but some analyst sources quoted in the piece
cite a failure to innovate since their 1950s heyday that has spelled
doom for the company. But how much more can you really
innovate refined flour and sugar?

Whatever the reason this giant has been felled, I say: Good
riddance.

And in case anyone thinks I'm being a little too hard on the old
Twinkie and friends, let me offer this reminder as a sort of eulogy.
It's the list of just a few of the 28 ingredients in these little death-
bombs, complete with a translation of what they really are. Ready?
Here goes:

Enriched wheat flour (flour that's been bleached, starched and de-
nutritionized)
Sugar (self-explanatory)
Corn syrup (more sugar)
High-fructose corn syrup (more sugar yet)
Partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed, or canola oil (trans-
fats)
Dextrose (even more sugar)
Modified cornstarch (glucose polymers - more simple sugars)
Cornstarch (Yay! More sugar!)
Corn flour (refined to worthlessness, of course)
Corn syrup solids (you guessed it - another type of sugar)
Dextrin (a starch/sugar hybrid)

Wow, that's 8 different kinds of sugar, three kinds of starch, and a
dollop of killer trans-fats. Yum! The other 17 ingredients are
largely preservatives and colorings. I could only find four
ingredients on the whole list that were at least somewhat good for
you: Eggs, whey, salt and water.

No doubt, the ingredient list for Ho-Hos and Ding Dongs reads
similarly, and I KNOW there isn't a single redeeming ingredient in
Wonder Bread. That stuff's been making us into a nation of pasty-
faced diabetics for years.

So shed no tears for the Twinkie and its brethren - they're good
only for killing us. Their maker's bankruptcy is a healthy victory
for all Americans.

[CrazyIvan 0]

Damn!!!, all the pot-heads out there will starve now

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[sunshine 2]

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Damn!!!, all the pot-heads out there will starve now

Brownies will still be around. Pot heads have nothing to worry about.

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meow

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[complexity 0]

Well, in spite of how bad twinkies, hohos, and wonder bread may be for all of us, I personally was sad to read about the company filing Chapter 11 as I love that crap! Its my one big snack weakness. Plus it so reminds me of childhood as they have been around for years (I remember visiting the Wonderbread plant with my 2nd grade class)

Anyway, there are plenty of other foods that are just as bad, if not significantly worse, for us. Hell, look at the grocery aisles, go to fast food, etc. Twinkies are not killing us and making us into diabetics. Eating them, and other foods, in EXCESS is what is causing these problems. I eat a twinkie or two - i then go work out. I also eat them in moderation. Maybe if Americans would have some willpower and discipline and get off their fat asses.

[fatflying 0]

Dude how can you not love a TWINKIE. to think in a lil while I'm going to buy a couple of boxes. I'll be able to eat um ten years from now. One day I'll break out the stash of TWINKIES AND THE WORLD WILL Be At my feet. Nobody can resist a Twinkie.