Brand
Hostess
Made by
The J.M. Smucker Company
Aisle
Cookies and snack cakes
Kind
snack cakes

Hostess

Hostess Twinkies

Golden sponge cake with a vanilla creme filling, sold in individually wrapped pairs.

Label check

Flagged ingredients6

Fails 3 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Red 40Synthetic dyesRED 40
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5
High fructose corn syrupCorn syrupHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Corn syrup solidsCorn syrupCORN SYRUP SOLIDS
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL
Cottonseed oilSeed oilsCOTTONSEED OIL

Ingredients as listed

Sugar, Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate Or Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Tallow, Dextrose, Egg, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Soybean Oil, Modified Food Starch, Glycerine, Whey, Corn Starch, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Hydrogenated Tallow, Baking Soda, Cottonseed Oil, Soy Lecithin, Cellulose Gum, Sorbic Acid And Potassium Sorbate (To Retain Freshness), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60, Mono And Diglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Monocalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Yellow 5, Red 40.

Source: The J.M. Smucker Company’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More snack cakes first, then the rest of the cookies and snack cakes aisle. Each fails fewer than 3 of the checks; fewest flags first.