HOSTESS
Made by Hostess Brands, LLC
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Ingredients (as filed)
SUGAR, WATER, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SHORTENING (TALLOW, HYDROGENATED TALLOW, COTTONSEED OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, SOY LECITHIN), CARAMEL (SUGAR, WATER, EVAPORATED MILK, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK (MILK, SUGAR), EVAPORATED MILK, CORN SYRUP, PALM KERNEL OIL, INVERT SUGAR, NONFAT DRY MILK, CREAM, NATURAL FLAVOR, CULTURED NONFAT MILK, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDE, SALT, SODIUM ALGINATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID), SHORTENING (PALM OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: CORN SYRUP, PALM OIL SHORTENING, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SOY LECITHIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, AGAR, LOCUST BEAN GUM, SUNFLOWER OIL, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SOYBEAN OIL, EGGS, EGG WHITES, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, WHEY, CORN STARCH, INULIN, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CINNAMON, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, BAKING SODA, SORBIC ACID AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, SHORTENING (TALLOW, HYDROGENATED TALLOW), CALCIUM SODIUM CASEINATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, GLYCERIN, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEARATE, CARAMEL COLOR, CELLULOSE GUM, FUMARIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, ENZYMES, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, CARMINE, RED 40 LAKE.
Source: USDA FoodData Central Branded Foods, April 2026 release. FDC ID 1550389. Methodology