MEDIA

JUNE 5^TH IS NATIONAL DONUT DAY — CELEBRATE WITH HOSTESS^® DONUTS

In commemoration of this year’s National Donut Day, Hostess® is celebrating all things “donut” with a look at the history and fun facts surrounding one of the most recognizable baked treats in the world and one of the iconic brand’s most popular treats.

• Hostess produces over 2 billion donuts per year including all of the brand’s varieties. That’s enough Hostess Donuts to wrap around the Earth three times.
• The origins of the beloved round cake with a hole in the middle is heavily debated with some sources giving sweet credit to Dutch settlers who are thought to have brought donut making techniques from Holland.
• Hostess uses over 10 million pounds of powdered sugar a year and 10 million pounds of chocolate a year making Hostess Donuts.
• Louisville is the Donut “capital” of the US. Louisvillians eat more donuts per capita than people in any other U.S. city.* Louisville’s favorite flavor donut is chocolate.
  • Rounding out the top five “donut” loving cities are:
    • Cincinnati, OH
    • Roanoke, VA
    • Knoxville, TN
    • Indianapolis, IN
• The creation of the donut’s “hole” is thought to have been the solution to the dilemma that appeared to plague early donut makers — having an undercooked center when the cakes were removed from the fryer.
• Hostess Donuts were first launched in the 1930s at a time in our nation’s history when American’s were looking for inexpensive ways to treat themselves.
• America’s favorite donut flavor is glazed, followed by chocolate, powdered sugar and plain.*

*based on donuts bought in grocery stores.

Interstate Bakeries Corporation, the maker of Hostess products, is one of the nation’s largest wholesale bakers and distributors of fresh baked bread and sweet goods under various brand names including Wonder^®, Hostess^®, Nature’s Pride^™, Dolly Madison^®, Home Pride^®, Merita^® and Drake’s^®. For more information visit www.interstatebakeriescorp.com.

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