The Twinkie Deconstructed

Twinkie’s have an almost endearing reputation of being so full of preservatives that they could stay fresh for a lifetime -- and while food labels openly tell us what’s in this popular snack, do you really know the chemical breakdown of those preservatives and the 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 – which include some surprising components like natural gas, crude oil, limestone, gypsum and fungi.