Hostess is one of the most popular brands for pre-packaged baked goods and sweet treats. Kids love to take these in their lunch boxes to school. Hostess Cupcakes are one of the most popular products made by the company, featuring a chocolate cupcake with a vanilla cream filling.
Let’s find out if these tasty cupcake treats are gluten free . . .
Are Hostess Cupcakes Gluten Free?
The Answer is: NO
Hostess Cupcakes contain wheat and malted barley. They are not gluten free, and are not safe to consume if you have an allergy or Celiac Disease. See more nutritional information on the Hostess website: https://www.hostesscakes.com/products/cupcakes/chocolate/
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Ingredients
Hostess Chocolate Cupcake Flavor
SUGAR, WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE OR REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PALM OIL, CORN SYRUP, COCOA, SOYBEAN OIL, TALLOW, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: GLYCERIN, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, BAKING SODA, SALT, CORN STARCH, DEXTROSE, WHEY, HYDROGENATED TALLOW, INULIN, EGG, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SORBIC ACID AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES, EGG WHITE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, COTTONSEED OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, AGAR, XANTHAN GUM, SOY LECITHIN, POLYSORBATE 60, CELLULOSE GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR.
CONTAINS WHEAT, EGG, MILK AND SOY
Nutritional Information
Serving Size: 1 cake
Each serving is 170 calories and contains 19g of sugar.
For more information head over to: https://www.hostesscakes.com/products/cupcakes/chocolate/
