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Steve Ettlinger

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'Ingredients': An Eye-Opening Look At The Additives In Our Food

From left: Sodium benzoate, azodicarbonamide, shellac. The images are from Ingredients: A Visual Exploration of 75 Additives & 25 Food Products. Dwight Eschliman/Regan Arts hide caption

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'Ingredients': An Eye-Opening Look At The Additives In Our Food

September 25, 2015 • What does diacetyl look like? And what's it doing in our food? A new book seeks to demystify 75 common food additives with striking photos of these ingredients and details on their uses and history.

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The Science Of Twinkies: How Do They Last So Darned Long?

July 10, 2013 • When Twinkies hit the stores again on July 15, their shelf life will be nearly twice as long as it used to be: 45 days. (We were surprised it wasn't longer.) There's a whole lot of food science employed to help the creme-filled cake defy the laws of baked-good longevity.