Hostess Snacks

Hostess, my friends, is a big no-no. None of their products are okay.

Here is a list of Hostess Products:

• Twinkies
• CupCakes
• HoHo's
• Suzy Q's
• Ding Dongs
• Donettes
• Mini Muffins
• Sno Balls
• Fruit Pies

I used to be a Fruit Pie addict! I loved the apple ones, but a few years ago I stopped finding them at the store and eventually gave up on them.

Here's a summary of what the email says for any lazy bums who don't feel like reading it =)

1. FRUIT PIES contain BEEF FAT
   
2. SHORTENING on the ingredient label can be from either VEGETABLE or BEEF sources
3. BEEF FAT is used in the CREAM FILLINGS
   
4. BEEF FAT is also used in the FRYING OIL
   
5. GELATIN on the ingredient label is always from PORK

Here is the email:

Dear Lazeena,

Thank you for your thoughtfulness in contacting us regarding the shortening ingredients used in our products.

Our Hostess Fruit pies contain beef fat. The shortening ingredients noted on our labels are: vegetable (may be soybean and/or canola and/or cottonseed and/or palm oil) and beef shortening. "Beef Fat" when noted, is a very small trace used in the creamy fillings of our cakes for taste. Also, it is used in a trace amount in the vegetable oil frying medium.

Gelatin, when noted on the ingredient legend is pork sourced. Gelatin is used in the squiggle of our Hostess® and Dolly Madison® cupcakes and also in the Hostess® SnoBalls.

Thank you for contacting us...

Sincerely,
CM
Consumer Response Representative

SuperMoist Cake Mixes

Betty Crocker's SuperMoist cake mixes are animal ingredient free - this includes all flavor varieties.

Pepperidge Farm 3-Layer Cakes

I've seen these in the supermarket, but never checked the ingredients, picked them up, or tasted them.

I do not know if they all contain gelatin, or if only some of them do, but Pepperidge Farm said that the gelatin in these cakes are pork derived.