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Is Twinkies Actually Healthy?

A Twinkie is 130 calories of sponge and filling with 15g of sugar and effectively nothing else on the label, a shelf-stable monument to food science. Nobody is confused about whether it's healthy; the search is really asking how bad. Answer: as an occasional nostalgia hit, harmless. As a routine, it's the emptiest 130 calories in the pantry.

The numbers, per 1 cake (38.5g)

Calories130
Protein1g
Sugar15g
Carbs22g
Fat4g
Fiber0g
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