Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting

[Lynn McGuire]

Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/01/09

What in the world is Polysorbate 60 and why would I want it in my body ?

Lynn

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Post by Lynn McGuire
Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting
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What in the world is Polysorbate 60 and why would I want it in my body ?
Lynn

Polysorbates are an emulsifier used in many products - foods,
cosmetics, household cleaners, etc. As the comic strip says, one use is
to keep creamy ingredients creamy, whether that artifical cream in a
Twinkie or the creamy texture of a liquid soap. There is nothing wrong
with eating or using it, unless of course you do it to idiotic
extremes, like anything else.

There are many different polysorbates - "Polysorbate 20", "Polysorbate
60", etc. The number indicates (to chemists anyway) which type of fatty
acid it contains.

[Mark Jackson]

Post by Lynn McGuire
Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting
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What in the world is Polysorbate 60 and why would I want it in my body ?
Lynn

Polysorbates are an emulsifier used in many products - foods, cosmetics,
household cleaners, etc. As the comic strip says, one use is to keep
creamy ingredients creamy, whether that artifical cream in a Twinkie or
the creamy texture of a liquid soap. There is nothing wrong with eating
or using it, unless of course you do it to idiotic extremes, like
anything else.
There are many different polysorbates - "Polysorbate 20", "Polysorbate
60", etc. The number indicates (to chemists anyway) which type of fatty
acid it contains.

And, famously, polysorbate 80:

https://zippythepinhead.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ZTP&Product_Code=1-Jan-19

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

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Post by Lynn McGuire
Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/01/09
What in the world is Polysorbate 60 and why would I want it in my body ?
Lynn

Polysorbates are an emulsifier used in many products - foods,
cosmetics, household cleaners, etc. As the comic strip says, one use is

So you're saying it's a floor wax *and* a dessert topping?

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Post by Lynn McGuire
Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/01/09
What in the world is Polysorbate 60 and why would I want it in my body ?
Lynn

Polysorbates are an emulsifier used in many products - foods,
cosmetics, household cleaners, etc. As the comic strip says, one use is

So you're saying it's a floor wax *and* a dessert topping?

Could well be, as well as women's face creams, and many many more
products. It simply keeps whatever it is in creamy by acting as an
anti-oxidant chemical. It has no taste or flavouring.

[Scott Dorsey]

Post by Lynn McGuire
Over The Hedge: Twinkie Harvesting
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2025/01/09
What in the world is Polysorbate 60 and why would I want it in my body ?

It's the important nutrient that makes Zippy the Pinhead what he is.
Googling "Zippy the Pinhead Polysorbate-80" should bring up some cartoons.
--scott