“Researchers from the Environmental Working Group say nearly 1,250 products contain the shelf life-extending chemical tert-butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ. They find this preservative, used in Pop-Tarts, Rice Krispies Treats, Cheez-Its,”
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My sister swears the above gave us Celiacs. We were latch key kids.
But she told me this story. She’s the one who works for a pediatrician. Oh the stories! So this kid’s mom called. Her son’s mouth and throat had been burned. He ate an expired Twinky.. almost expired him!
They call the Twinky Hotline (I have no idea if there is one, they called someone) and the gal said.. “Oh yeah, there’s a reason for the expiration date.” The kid had serious burns in his mouth and esophagus and was hospitalized.
Petey
I have in my hands at this moment a package of Twinkies that is AT ITS NEWEST, from 2011, but I believe I’ve had them since our office moved so I’m pretty sure they’re more like 15-16 years old (don’t ask, this is from a guy (me) who has a 1927 Maytag washing machine engine out in our shop).
It does NOT contain TBHQ, Sorbic Acid is the :freshness retainer.
They still look like twinkies, no discoloration.
I believe their Mohs hardness scale rating would permit me to chock my truck tires with them...
I would probably crush and dissolve them in boiling water and eat them if I’d not eaten to the point of being under 10% body fat and I couldn’t find any mammalian or avian critters that I knew hadn’t been feeding on city crap in the ‘pack-o-lips.