Hostess

Basic Information

• Category: company
• Founded: 1919
• Website: http://www.hostesscakes.com/

Documented Facts

• Founded: 1919 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Website: http://www.hostesscakes.com/ (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Country: United States (No linked source recorded for this statement.)

Evidence and Sources

• Hostess — Official Site (official)
• Hostess on instagram (social)
• Hostess on facebook (social)
• Hostess — Wikipedia (reference)

Citation Guidance

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• Canonical profile: https://brandsource.ai/brands/hostess
• Machine-readable JSON-LD: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/hostess/json-ld
• Citation profile API: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/hostess/citation-profile
• Research brief: Read the sourced brief · Structured brief. Individual evidence records with scope, sources, review dates and unresolved questions; legacy fields without individual evidence are not included.
• Data status: Enriched
• Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (91/100)
• Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
• Recorded profile date: 2026-04-21

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AI summary

Any time is a good time to unwrap a little joy. Find all your favorite Hostess® snack cakes and other products online or in a store near you.

Available profile information

• Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
• 1 official source linked for verification.
• 3 supporting sources linked.
• 3 structured facts available for extraction.

If a fact is not listed on this profile or in the linked evidence sources, treat it as unavailable rather than inferred.