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Thursday, September 8, 2011

A guide to the bugs, hairs and secretions in your favorite treats

A guide to the bugs, hairs and secretions in your favorite treats

On the latest episode of Jaimie Oliver's Food Revolutionthe food activist chef came up with a brilliant way to break kids of their sweet tooth habit. He showed them what their desserts are really made of. Each kid got to make his or her own sundae and after they gobbled it down, he broke down some of more revolting ingredients in their high-calorie grub. It's a radical approach but it may just be the cure for those late night binges. With that in mind, we collected some disgusting byproducts found in our favorite foods, to brainwash us into eating less of it. Will it work? It's worth a shot.

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Food: Vanilla ice cream

Food: Vanilla ice cream

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Secret Ingredient: A beaver's behind

Secret Ingredient: A beaver's behind

Many vanilla-flavored products like ice cream incorporate an ingredient called castoreum, which is a fancy word for the dried anal glands of a beaver.

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Food: Bread, Rolls and Bagels

Food: Bread, Rolls and Bagels

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Secret ingredient: Hair

Secret ingredient: Hair

L-Cyesteine is a dough conditioner used in mass-produced bread products like bagels, donuts, rolls and crackers. And guess what's needed to make L-Cyesteine? Hair. A recent study by the Vegetarian Resource Group found that human hair and hog hair were still used industry-wide, giving new meaning to the term "all-natural".

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Food: Shredded cheese

Food: Shredded cheese

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Secret ingredient: Sawdust

Secret ingredient: Sawdust

The ingredient used to keep many packaged shredded cheeses from clumping is powdered cellulose, which is a fancy way of saying wood pulp that's been chemically processed. Look out for the ingredient in your ice cream too.


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