Here is an example of what a rough draft might look like for your writing assignment for writing a short story using the ingredients from a food or beverage product (I used Yoo-hoo because you all know the passion I have for the drink):

It was a normal day in Vanillin, until an ominous sign in the sky came from the west. Our heroes, Xanthan Gum and Guar Gum, Xanthan`s trusty brother and sidekick, were out surveying the corn syrup solids when they noticed the ominous sign.

“That cloud over there to the west does not look very good, Xanthan,” observed Guar.

“Indeed it does not, it is coming from Dipotassium Phosphate Fields, where the Yoo-Hoos live. This certainly must be the work of the evil Soy Lecithin. The Yoo-Hoos are in danger. We must hurry to the Phosphate Fields and stop Soy” said Xanthan.

Soy Lecithin`s evil plan was to rob the Yoo-Hoos of their Dairy Whey, their main

power source, and after robbing the Yoo-Hoos of that, forming an even more potent power source by combining the Dairy Whey with his already potent Niaciminide. But before he could finish, Xanthan and Guar Gum arrived and were fully prepared to thwart his evil plan.

“Stop right there Soy,” exclaimed Xanthan, “or if you don`t I will have to use my tritassium phosphate cannon and end you for good!”

“You will not,” said Soy, “because I will first smear you with my Soybean Oil, which will melt you where you stand.”

They continued to argue like this for about 5 minutes, but little did Soy Lecithin know that this was part of Xanthan`s plan. While Xanthan and Soy were having their war of words, Guar Gum was sabotaging Soy`s power drain of the Yoo-Hoos.

“Ha! You have lost,” said Xanthan, “while you were talking trash to me Guar drained your power supply. Na-na nah boo-boo!” Then Xanthan shot Soy with a blast of Diglycerides that knocked him out cold. Then he was taken to jail where he belongs. (Of course, he WILL break out for the sequel.)

“Thank you so much for saving us and our power supply, Xanthan.” said Riboflavin, the head Yoo-Hoo. “As a token of our gratitude we would like to give you and Guar a lifetime supply of Cocoa.”

“Thank you,” said Xanthan, “Guar and I greatly appreciate this token of gratitude, and we just LOVE cocoa. It will become OUR new power source.

Little did the Yoo-Hoos know that this was the worst mistake they could make. Xanthan and Guar Gum did nothing from that day on to help anyone because they were too busy eating their cocoa. Last we heard neither Xanthan nor Guar could fit into their gear. What will become of them? Will Soy Lecithin break out of jail? You will have to come back next week to find out.

The End…or is it?