Consumers complain Hostess powdered donettes smell and taste like chemicals

[OhioChick]

12:16 AM, Aug 24, 2014

DENVER - It's been a year since Hostess launched "the sweetest comeback in the history of ever", but strange odors have some consumers questioning that.

"I wouldn't eat these," said Johanna Jamison after smelling the white powdered Donettes.

The Hostess Facebook page is filled with posts from consumers who said when they opened the white powdered Donettes they were moldy and smelled like chemicals.

"To anyone who has bought and eaten the white powdered donettes that have the chemical odor and taste, I urge you to report it to the FDA. Hostess is doing nothing about this problem and continues to keep this product on the shelf," posted one woman from Utah.

More: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/consumers-complain-hostess-powdered-donettes-smell-and-taste-like-chemicals

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1. lol! what were they expecting?

[randome]

4. A donut that tastes like ambrosia and helps people lose weight! Is that too much to ask?

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6. not at all! but they also want it mass-produced by a company like hostess!

[Ilsa]

2. I wonder how old the product is.

That stuff needs a "Made On" date, not just an expiration date.

[drray23]

3. well it is

A mix of various chemical products like most mass produced food. People should really consider buying at their local farmer market actual food that tastes and looks like food.

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7. farm-to-fork, free-range, grass-fed, organic powdered donuts are the best!

[kcr]

8. I make my own FTF, FR, GF, oranic powdered donuts at home

It's so easy and much cheaper.

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9. yeah but then you don't get that new car smell.

[louis-t]

10. Haaaa!!

[Stardust]

5. Haven't tried the Donettes, but the rest of their products are noticeably smaller and pricier.

:^(

Boo--bad comeback!

[louis-t]

11. Haven't eaten any Hostess products since I realized

that their "wholesome" fruit pies have 28 grams of fat. 20 years ago.

[Silent3]

12. Chemicals are the only thing you can smell

Everything at all you can smell has to smell like chemicals.

[KurtNYC]

13. Homer: "Mmmmm...Chem..ic..als...."

What's in them:

Sugar , Vegetables Oil Partially Hydrogenated , and/or , Animal Shortening , Contains One Or More Of The Following ( Soybeans Oil , Cottonseed Oil , Canola Oil , Palm Kernel Oil , Coconut Oil , Or , Palm Oil , Beef Fat ) , Wheat Flour Enriched ( Flour , Barley Malt , Ferrous Sulfate [ Iron ] , Vitamins [ Niacin Vitamin B3 , Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin B1 { Thiamin Vitamin B1 } , Riboflavin Vitamin B2 { Riboflavin Vitamin B2 } , Folic Acid Vitamin B9 ] ) , Water , Cocoa , , Soybeans Oil , Contains 2% or less of the Following: ( , Milk Non Fat , Soy Flour , Leavening ( Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate , Baking Soda , Sodium Aluminum Phosphate ) , Eggs Yolks , Salt , Lecithin , Dextrose , Wheat Starch Modified , Mono and Diglycerides , Sorbitan Monostearate , Tapioca Dextrin , Corn Dextrins , Guar Gum , Karaya Gum , Corn Starch Modified , Cellulose Gum , Enzymes , Corn Starch , Citric Acid , Potassium Sorbate , To Retain Freshness , Propylene Glycol , Sodium Propionate , Sorbic Acid , Turmeric ( Colors ) , Wheat Starch , Flavors Natural & Artificial , of , Annatto Extracts

[Vinca]

14. Mmmmm . . . sorbitan monostearate.

Darn. I thought there was a vomit smilie.