The Stuff inside Food

[Sabron]

McDonalds has been said to use 40% Grubworms in thier food

A can of tomato soup has up to 4 Crushed fruit fly maggots inside

A can of mixxed fruit ALSO has up to 4 crushed fruit fly maggots inside

Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word.
When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.

The bright white color in cake frosting comes from a chemical also found in house paint.

Cold cuts a favorite of yours for lunch? Don't think that the nice red color on the ham and bacon is because the factories at Oscar Meyer and Hormel have mastered the art of curing meat beautifully. Rather, it comes from sodium ascorbate, an antioxidant and color stabilizer

Hey vegetarians! Did you know that Jell-O comes from parts of animals that people don't eat?
Jell-O is the comfort food of generations. It's made of gelatin, which goes into making other products like yogurt and ice cream. Not many people know it, but it's made from a protein that is derived from prolonged boiling of animal skin, tissue, and bones.

Even beer foam has a chemical reason for its foaminess
Wonder why the foam in your beer stays that way? It's the propylene glycol alginate, of course! Cheers.

That yummy yellow tint you see in raw chicken at the grocery store doesn't come naturally
The next time you're in the supermarket, you might spot a juicy, healthy-looking yellow chicken. More likely than not, it has been fed canthaxanthin. This hard-to-pronounce pigment is added to chicken feed to enhance the animal's yellow color and make it look palatable. Yum

A little disturbing isnt it?

Sabron Reviewed by Sabron on 09-11-2006. The Stuff inside Food McDonalds has been said to use 40% Grubworms in thier food A can of tomato soup has up to 4 Crushed fruit fly maggots inside A can of mixxed fruit ALSO has up to 4 crushed fruit fly maggots inside Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word. When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes Rating: 5

[souldistortion]

that is sickening. are you lying or am i really baked cuz this is making me wanna not eat shit now.

[stinkyattic]

Underlines the need to know how to grow your own food.
You should look up what the thickening agent in McDonald's frozen shakes is... and hint, it's not just seaweed anymore.

It's a weird polymer that thickens in the presence of water, and you can thin it by adding more salt.

Yummy.

[MaryJaneScott]

that is sickening. are you lying or am i really baked cuz this is making me wanna not eat shit now.

you should not eat shit.
it will get stuck in between your teeth, and to the roof of your mouth
oh yes, and it will taste like shit.

much love.

[mrdevious]

McDonalds has been said to use 40% Grubworms in thier food

I find this very hard to believe. You think how many cows are slaughtered to make those burgers, do they really have enough worms to make an almost equal amount? we're talking tonnes upon tonnes upon tonnes of meat.

A can of tomato soup has up to 4 Crushed fruit fly maggots inside

A can of mixxed fruit ALSO has up to 4 crushed fruit fly maggots inside

Meh, protein. I see no health risk here.

Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word.
When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.

Quite true, we all take for granted how colourfull our food is, but it's really not supposed to look like that. Not to mention, Red dye (which is in damn near anything) is quite carcinogenic, yet the FDA sees no problem with pumping tonnes of it into our food. I think all the rising cancer rates today is largely due to all the carcinogenic crap in our food, plus the excessive levels of stress people are under now. and if you ask me, I think Coca-cola is cancer causing. no i don't have anything to back that up, just a hunch.

The bright white color in cake frosting comes from a chemical also found in house paint.

not surprising, yet still disturbing.

Cold cuts a favorite of yours for lunch? Don't think that the nice red color on the ham and bacon is because the factories at Oscar Meyer and Hormel have mastered the art of curing meat beautifully. Rather, it comes from sodium ascorbate, an antioxidant and color stabilizer

Is there something bad about antioxidants?

Hey vegetarians! Did you know that Jell-O comes from parts of animals that people don't eat?
Jell-O is the comfort food of generations. It's made of gelatin, which goes into making other products like yogurt and ice cream. Not many people know it, but it's made from a protein that is derived from prolonged boiling of animal skin, tissue, and bones.

This I knew.

Even beer foam has a chemical reason for its foaminess
Wonder why the foam in your beer stays that way? It's the propylene glycol alginate, of course! Cheers.

What exactly is propylene glycol alginate, and why should I fear it?

That yummy yellow tint you see in raw chicken at the grocery store doesn't come naturally
The next time you're in the supermarket, you might spot a juicy, healthy-looking yellow chicken. More likely than not, it has been fed canthaxanthin. This hard-to-pronounce pigment is added to chicken feed to enhance the animal's yellow color and make it look palatable. Yum

can we not ANYTHING natural these days?

A little disturbing isnt it?

More people need to be disturebed, and more than a little.

[Skink]

http://www.laleva.org/eng/junk_food.html

[stinkyattic]

What exactly is propylene glycol alginate,



Propylene glycol is used for antifreeze. The alginate, I dunno.

[buddymyfriend]

Underlines the need to know how to grow your own food.
You should look up what the thickening agent in McDonald's frozen shakes is... and hint, it's not just seaweed anymore.

It's a weird polymer that thickens in the presence of water, and you can thin it by adding more salt.

Yummy.

Chicken fat I believe, Mmmm and guess how they get away with it?

[suhl]

Cold cuts a favorite of yours for lunch? Don't think that the nice red color on the ham and bacon is because the factories at Oscar Meyer and Hormel have mastered the art of curing meat beautifully. Rather, it comes from sodium ascorbate, an antioxidant and color stabilizer

OH SHIT, THE ARTIFICIAL COLORING PREVENTS CANCER. AHHHHHHH

but sseriously. if it isnt hurting me and ii cant taste it, i dont care unless they start grinding penises into groiound beef or something.
and fast food was shitty anyway at this point does anyone not know there has to be something wrong with that shit

[stinkyattic]

Not chicken fat, but a fully artificial polymeric sustance from a LAB. Yuck.