Below are the ingredients of a snack that is eaten over a BILLION times a year. You'd know it's name in an instant, but would you know what's behind the namw?
Polysorbate 60
wheat flour
bleach
enrichment blend (ferrous sulfate and B vitamins – niacin, thiamine mononitrate, (B1) riboflaven (B2), folic acid)
sugar
corn sweeteners
corn syrup (dextrose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup)
corn thickeners (cornstarch, modified cornstarch, corn dextrins, corn flour
water
soy (partially hydrogenated vegetable and/or animal shortening, soy lecithin, and soy protein isolate)
eggs
cellulose gum
whey
leavenings
baking soda
phosphates (sodium acid pyrophosphate and monocalcium phosphate)
salt
mono and diglycerides
natural and artificial flavour
sodium stearoyl lactylate
sodium and calcium caseinate
calcium sulfate
sorbic acid
and last but not least...
FD&C yellow no. 5 and red no. 40.
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