Inside The Hostess Factory | MADE HERE | Popular Mechanics

Created in 1930, Twinkies are America's guiltiest pleasure. Using an elaborate and incredibly efficient system of Auto Bake robots, Hostess produces roughly 500,000,000 Twinkies a year, or roughly 1,000 a minute.
Interesting fact: The earliest Twinkies were stuffed with banana cream until a banana shortage in World War II forced the company to switch to vanilla.
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Source credit: Hostess Brands

[@aly8950]

Whoever made these machines are actually genius

[@StaticSift]

Thank you I worked my ass off to design. Finally someone recognizes my work

[@JaxTheVulpine]

​@@StaticSift can you explain a lot about your position and what you do? I only work at McDonald's so, no future designing here

[@cosmopolitan]

Ok thanks, now we want Twinkies...😍

[@atmosphericrelations]

My grandpa was the manager of this factory for years. My uncles also worked here.

[@mstrikesback168]

thats rad!

[@mariecobain4560]

I work in a cake factory in France and I was curious how is in America (because I love America !) and… it’s pretty similar. For every person who never worked in a factory, believe me, a lot of problem can happen if only a cake isn’t in a good shape on the roll (stuffing cakes).

[@blakedelise2104]

Kind of insane to see that a human basically never touches them or gets involved at any point in the process (except maybe an occasional sorter).

[@gcaitube1]

well except for the 'eating them' part of the process

[@pipo441]

Food safety

[@tiffanypaige2563]

I know this was commented a year ago LOL but I work still a hostess factory and at ours, we do basically everything except for sealing the boxes closed. It’s a lot of work and SO hard to keep up

[@ronhodge7518]

I work at hostess I assure you we touch them. On average I touch about 300,000 cakes a night to feed the belt for packaging. This is some advanced warehouse. Very few exsist. I have gloves of course but they definitely get touched.

[@Gemini19739]

In Columbus Georgia we pack and feed the machine

[@POedLib]

This is amazing. They call them "treats".

[@kathied7]

Some of the worst stuff you can eat, but always interesting to see how things are made.

[@matthewbridges2869]

I actually work at this facility and there are hundreds of hard working individuals who make it happen 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

[@luke4701]

I work for hostess also. Its a great company to work for they treat us great. Burlington Ontario plant.

[@OGxsixela]

What do y’all do? Control the machines and step in when they have errors? Here it looks like the machine does everything start to finish

[@TheNutriarat]

I wonder how much all those robots make per hour $$$? Coffee breaks? Vacation time?

[@albertosantillan5134]

They should unionize

[@CrashingCrockery]

Oh my stars this was absolutely hypnotic and beautiful! Something tells me these factories would be working, unmanned, well after the bombs came. Oh please let us hope so, oh please ~

[@wahyueak]

5:13 it's just so *sAtiSfYiNg* they dipped the batter into the oil😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@CuriousEarthMan]

That was really great! Thank you very much for making and posting! Love the mechanical designs!

[@nissanelement43]

Eating a twinkie as I watch this...Yes, makes it taste much better 😊

[@ItsJustJayla]

A fresh one of these is probably so good!

[@dexter-15]

Even the factory is full of magic

[@MrRex1949]

I love watching this. I want a hostess chocolate Twinkle now. I hungry for one. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@PopularMechanics]

Sometimes you just have to treat yourself.

[@jordandinu1048]

Eh S’foreign

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Throw in a ding dong cupcake or zinger

[@cynthiasmith4130]

I love anything Hostess makes!!! 😋😋😋😋😋........

[@andry4313]

The icing swirl from nozzles 9 inches up are so uniform!

[@umberceri1441]

Fascinating ~ I have to admit my favorite is the donettes! I probably eat more calories, but I can fantasize it's just one little donut!

[@raycity1234]

That is amazing bet it’s a bear to clean all those machines

[@stevesabo1269]

​@@virtualfpv3568I see what you did there😂

[@OGxsixela]

@@virtualfpv3568they’re never cleaned?

[@javierlaboy4888]

They don’t show the mixer areas that’s where , they use old dough and it’s nasty in there, sweat goes into the bread

[@JaxTheVulpine]

Got a discord? Id love a photo of this

[@zz469]

i've never tried that cuz it isn't available where i live but i hade many other things similar

[@YoutubeUser..]

Got flashbacks from the music!

[@whoisharo4689]

Those twinkies look so cute. How can a food item look cute? Im weird.

[@mikep3322]

Mouth watering

[@zaboomafoo7]

I love it 😂😂😂

[@NiceDiggz]

Twinkles aren't the same as they use to be

[@aceskip8691]

Chill music

[@kumd]

What’s this music?? I love it.

[@ak1920]

Can the speed of the process increase or decrease ?

[@superdill6665]

I wonder if the employees get to eat the ones that weren't perfect.

[@max1247]

Not once touched by a human hand.

[@tyjamiel9840]

All The Factories Are Not Like That

[@lowisao]

goddamit I love twinkies

[@OhCarlJr]

God if only hostess wasn’t full of all that sugar It would still be my go to cheat snack…but damn I can’t do it anymore at 32 even though I’ve loved hostess snacks my whole life..

[@janetramos9837]

Just imagine....that used to be a HUMAN JOB.. More automation the less there is to do for a human being...Andrew Yang wasn't kidding

[@Panj0]

it's ok, people still have to maintain the machines :p

[@janetramos9837]

Yes..one person ..do please think outside the box here ..No new jobs are being created , period not everyone over or around 40 can make a living on horrible WAGES...just an opinion. No need to respond.

[@princeofallnegros4035]

Naw. Humans will still be needed. They just not showing in this video

[@katieweeden9183]

I know damn well there is a rat somewhere feasting we’re talking probably about a 10 pound rat

[@fathimamuneer1939]

wow

[@haydensmith9858]

I have a problem I need help

[@MaryBeth1965]

Where are the Ding Dongs?! 😅

[@SpeedKosts]

I wonder if they do anything special to the flour or sugar?

[@arleetmichellecastilloport2178]

Hola quiero una de esos en República Dominicana orado maririn

[@vovoantonio23]

Hello congratulation

[@StaticSift]

So they do fry their donettes. I now have their recipe and method

[@pokemoncollector5]

Good Ole emp

[@LilyOTValley24]

Where are the Ding Dongs??

[@gsa1876]

The San Francisco Hostess Bakery made the best Twinkies and Ho Ho s

[@LewisTrending]

Literally the only part of the process that humans are needed for now….is eating them. 🤯

[@princeofallnegros4035]

No. They just didn't show the actual workers. But it's alot of people who work there. I been there (not this one) for 2 years now. 12hr shifts with four 20-minute breaks.

[@frankkauhi3759]

UMMMMMMMM. , DOUGHNUTS , TWINKIES AND CUPCAKES , UMMMMMMM !!!❤️🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tresleches9247]

I'm so high rn.

[@speakingout6345]

Process is amazing. So unnatural, where’s the love?

[@noahbawdy3395]

Nom nom nom

[@arleetmichellecastilloport2178]

Pero fiao

[@ibrahemmohammed9057]

😍😍😱😱

[@johnnyhunyadi5972]

I'm surprised this isn't about how to tear down a Twinkie factory

[@PopularMechanics]

Just play the video in reverse.

[@russc98]

I love the video, but I think it would be improved by replacing the music with "Powerhouse" by Carl Stalling.

[@DanielHomeImprovement]

I would be morbidly obese if I worked there 😄

[@aliens8myexhusband]

Hostess cupcakes are white with orange frosting or chocolate with chocolate frosting. Never is it a white cake with chocolate frosting. Been eating them 65 years.

[@darlenedavis4685]

But some are chocolate with white icing. It's showing you on the video duh..

[@supahdupahplayahmacknumbah7791]

You just haven't seen every kind

[@marrow8667]

1:25 Why do find this moment funny? Just look at them go! 😂

[@sandrajenkins4521]

Twinkies I hate but for you Mr. K you can eat all the twinkled you want especially you sing my song L.I.T.S other radio

[@nh8916]

I love me some Twinkies🍆

[@patriciaperezmartinez9905]

Pido por favor nos ayuden con alimentos regalados envien mensaje queretaro

[@angelusnielson7135]

I thought that they were made in Mexico now...?

[@PopularMechanics]

Emporia, Kansas

[@SinCityRaider81]

Cut your sugar in half please and ill buy some every year or two!

[@johnnyspaceman1]

Buy a pack eat one today the other one next year

[@PopularMechanics]

@@johnnyspaceman1 Ha! Good idea.

[@lindadane7045]

@@johnnyspaceman1 Considering all the chemicals in their products, that is certainly an option. Didn't they discover a corpse that was preserved due to the large amount of Twinkies consumed?

[@Deontjie]

T20.

[@StaticSift]

All those famn preservatives. Thats a cancer factory tho

[@zbeast]

well whoever purchased twinkie really screwed the pooch... the new mix is nasty.. it's like eating glue mixed with sweet...note I said sweet it's not surger it just something that tastes sweet.. That brand is dead to me.

[@shiningthrough9057]

Romans 10:13 KJV. For whoever shall call upon the name of ( Yah) The (Lord) shall be saved.

[@gwenratcliffe3815]

The reality is most of these types of equipment have inborn obsolescence from the instant of manufacture. Most computerized machinery was never meant to operate in a fast paced, mass production operation. Most of this type of equipment is expensive to own and operate. It deteriorates quickly necessitating replacement. This becomes quite expensive for most companies. Most companies can't really afford to replace equipment often. This is why many companies are failing because of technology ultimately closing their doors permanently. It may work for Hostess, but it doesn't for all companies, unfortunately.

[@evilmonkee42]

Fun fact: If you placed 500,000,000 Twinkies end to end, you still wouldn't have enough to get all the way around Trump's waist.

[@rosemaggard1273]

😂😂😂

[@sadiporter2966]

i think you are thinking about rosie o donnell.

[@realf1rme]

i just ate like 10 of them 🤤

[@Technica1_]

I am not sure if it's just the Twinkies I had... but I feel like I went on a beautiful journey watching this. 🥹