Disgusting in food
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News about disgusting ingredients like pink mucus and ammonia (more about them later) forced us ponder: what other surprises lurk in the food we eat? we wondered about food safety as well contacted him with food industry experts, and it turned out that all kinds of materials that you would not voluntarily put in their mouth, are cleaned and processed into food. Here are some of them … read at your own risk!
This does not mean that they are unsafe to eat. Food and Drug Administration drugs and other organizations spend a lot of time and energy, to make sure that you do not eat substances that pose a threat to your life. But the thought that something seems “just wrong” is often not taken into account.
Here is a list of food ingredients that are high position in the ranking by the indicator of disgust.
1. Gelatin
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What it is: Vegetarians, get ready, you will be shocked! Then the same substance that makes jelly and other based products gelatin sway, produced from collagen – a protein produced usually made of animal skin.
The source varies depending on the type of food, says Ph.D., associate professor of animal sciences in University of Wisconsin-Madison Andrew L. Milkowski (Andrew L. Milkowsi). In desserts, for example, gelatin from pigskin.
Where can he meet you: Gelatin, which is thickener, also found in frozen cereals, yogurt, confectionery, as well as some types of sour cream (check label).
Disgust Rate: High for vegetarians, Low for everyone else.
2. Boning meat
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What it is: Mechanical meat boning is what remains after of how meat adjacent to chicken or pork bones is skipped through a sieve-like structure using high pressure. “It looks like pasta or dough,” says a full-time lawyer at Scientific Food Safety Center Sarah A. Klein. – you are so grind pieces of bones, cartilage and other parts that ultimately they’re finally turning into paste. ”
Due to the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or rabies cow, mechanically deboned beef no longer allowed in human food.
Disgust Rate: High.
3. Carbon monoxide
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What it is: Carbon monoxide detectors are installed in homes for the following reason: this odorless gas is deadly. But the same substance that comes from your exhaust pipe car, used when packing beef and some types fish, for example, tilapia or tuna. “It helps keep them fresh color, says the deputy director of Food & Water Watch Patty Lovera. ”
Where you can meet him: Carbon monoxide is pumped into plastic packaging after all the air has been pumped out, to prevent the oxidation process, which may turn pink meat into brown. “The process is considered safe for a person, although it is no longer used so widely, says Lovera. – Consumers objected to the possibility of processing with to mask meat spoilage. ”
Disgusting coefficient: medium.
4. Shellac
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What is it: Sweet lovers, close your eyes: so beautiful, a glossy treat, like a dragee, is expensive. It is often covered shellac – a sticky substance obtained from the secretion of lacquer females Hexworm, an insect native to Thailand.
Where you can find it: Shellac, dragee, butterscotch and other hard coated shiny candies. On the package he can be listed as “confectionery glaze.” So sweet, but such disgusting.
Disgust Ratio: Low.
5. Salt water injection
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What it is: In the ocean, salt water is what you need, and pumped into Food? Believe me! Too much salt may contribute to high blood pressure and cause other health problems, so the less it is, the better. But on In practice, this method is used: the manufacturer introduces salt and other ingredients in raw meat (usually chicken) for improving the taste and weight gain of the meat before selling it.
Where you can find it: in packaged meat, but you’re better off to avoid! Check the fine print and composition on the package. Meat in which was introduced salt water, flavored, we can say, up to 10% solution or up to 15% chicken stock. Normal chicken contains approximately 40 to 70 mg of sodium in 4 servings, while pumped with water may contain 5 or more times more amount, or 300 mg or more.
Disgusting factor: high, for health reasons.
6. Viruses
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What is it: Isn’t viruses the cause of our diseases? Well yes, but bacteriophages are tiny bacteria that kill viruses – really help us lime bacteria. First approved for use in food in 2006, bacterophages infect food by infecting germs, not humans, says Milkowski.
Where you can find it: Manufacturers spray them at the ready to Eaten meat and gourmet foods that are sold in sealed plastic packaging. There are 2 food bacteriophages types: some that fight colibacillus, and others fighting bacteria of the genus Listeria (only the second is used for food, and the first – for spraying on large horned cattle.) Check the list of components for words “pretreatment with bacteriophages.”
Disgust Rate: Low.
7. Ammonia
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What it is: Ammonia is a strong-smelling chemical found in household chemicals, but it is also used as gas, killing germs in low-grade fatty beef tenderloin.
“Tenderloin (from animal meat) is prone to the amount of bacteria in it, explains Lovera. – Ammonia used in processing as a step towards destruction bacteria. ”
Where you can find it: This dubious practice has begun around 2001, and the end product is sometimes called pink mucus – It is used as a filler for ground beef.
Disgust Rate: High.
8. Pink slime
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What it is: Pink mucus is a product obtained from pieces of meat, tight to fat, which are separated by smelting fat and spin in a centrifuge.
The result is a pinkish substance called lean finely textured beef that is processed gaseous ammonia in order to destroy microbes and then added to beef stuffing as a filler. In a large amount of ground beef: in terms of money – 10 billion pounds a year.
Where can you find him: The last wave of dissatisfaction with this companies like Wendy’s and McDonald’s raised the mix (McDonald’s), reporting that their hamburgers do not contain pink mucus, and supermarkets such as Safeway and Wegmans, which said more will not sell it. Schools participating in the National Program school lunches are now able to order beef without her, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Disgust Rate: High.
9. Bisphenol A
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What it is: although the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, was removed from most hard plastics (including children’s bottles and non-spill mugs), it can still be detected in the insulating layer of some containers, says Lovera.
Where you can find it: this can be especially problematic with canned foods like tomatoes, Lovera said. We are talking about the fact that this substance leaks into food.
BPA is associated with brain, behavior and prostate problems, especially in embryos and children.
Disgust Rate: High.
10. Beaver stream
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What it is: Get ready. It is a food flavor derived from castor bag of the odorous gland of a male or female beaver, which located next to the anus. According to Milkowski, this is the substance is quite expensive (think about what is most likely will have to do to get it) and is more common in spirits, than in natural foods.
Where you can find it: Although the name of this ingredient sounds completely disgusting, the Office of Food Quality Control Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims that overall It is recognized as safe. You will not meet him on the labels a single food because it is usually indicated simply like a natural flavor. That’s right, the beaver stream is natural – natural abomination.
Disgust Rate: Average.
11. Sodium benzoate
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What it is: Have you ever felt a tingling throat by doing a sip of soda or juice? It may be sodium benzoate. it common preservative also recognized by the Office of quality control of food and drugs in generally safe i.e. it should not be dangerous. What not means you should not avoid it: research, published in 2007 in The Lancet, showed that the mixture sodium benzoate and food coloring have been linked to hyperactive behavior in children, although it was difficult to say dyes or preservatives are to blame.
Where you will find it: non-alcoholic and other carbonated drinks, fruit juices and jams, salads, seasonings and pickles.
Disgust Rate: Average.
12. Antibiotics
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What it is: People take antibiotics to kill germs. Livestock receives antibiotics because it grows more and faster – and thus brings more profit.
Where you can find them: the main concern excessive use of antibiotics in livestock products, antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, says Lovera. Researchers Concerned About Bacterial Resistance antibiotics in external conditions and livestock products.
But foodborne illness can result from antibiotic resistance of bacteria in foods, given a ban on the export of turkey in 2011 (resistant salmonella), as well as in 2012 ban on the export of ground beef (also salmonella).
Disgust Rate: High.
13. Silicon dioxide
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What it is: silicon dioxide is what gets into your swimsuit and hair on the beach. What is affectionately called sand is also contained in food products. It is used in many products like fluidity agent, and partly because it does a useful job by absorbing a small amount of moisture, which can cause lumps in some products, says Milkowski. Ingestion of a small amount sand on the shore has never harmed you and, presumably, not it hurts at the dinner table too.
Where you can find it: in salt, soups, coffee and cream.
Index: low.
14. Carmine
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What is it: Yes, again insects. In your food. When it comes to Before eating, insects are not only suitable for shining. For staining they are also good, especially red. Carmine – Red food coloring, which is obtained by cochineal digestion – insects, which are a kind of bugs.
It has been reported that insect-based dye may cause serious allergic reactions in some people, including including potentially life-threatening anaphylactic reactions, so now the Food and Drug Administration medication requires the ingredients to be clearly indicated on food and cosmetics labels.
Where you can find it: carmine can be found in ice cream, Skittles, Good n ’Plenty, Lemonade and Grapefruit Juice.
Disgust Rate: High if you are a vegetarian average for everyone else.
15. Propylene glycol
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What it is: This chemical can be found in antifreezes (non-freezing fluid), that’s true. But, as Milkowski says, it is “very, very safe material.” In fact, he is much safer than its relative, ethylene glycol, which is especially toxic to dogs.
Propylene glycol has a lubricity that helps in the production of seasonings, not to mention condoms. A if you need to mix some food ingredients well, this the substance is exactly what you need. “You will notice that the substances which mix poorly in water, dissolve well in propylene glycol, says Milkowski. ”
Where you can find it: carbonated drinks, salads and beer
Disgust Rate: Average.
16. Cellulose
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What is it: cellulose, obtained mainly from wood pulp and cotton, used in paper production and sometimes added to food.
Where can you find it: cellulose is added to grated cheese to prevent it from sticking together, and also it can be detected in ice cream. They find it, naturally, in corn. “Cellulose completely harmless material, says Milkowski. – People do not can digest it. ”
Disgust Rate: Low.
17. Carrageenan
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What is it: Do you eat seaweed? If you answered no, then get ready for a surprise because carrageenan is everywhere. Extracted from algae, carrageenan is a gel, used as a thickener and emulsifier.
Where you can find it: it can be introduced into raw chicken or other meat to retain water as well as in such dairy products like cottage cheese and ice cream. Chocolate milk often contains carrageenan to prevent the separation of cocoa from milk.
Disgust Rate: Low
18. Liquid smoke
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What it is: We worry about smoke and eating. too much smoked barbecue. We also Interested in what is liquid smoke? Liquid smoke produced by burning sawdust and fixing components in water or vegetable oil, explains Milkowski.
Where you can find it: this product can be purchased and add to sauces and other foods to give them, as you already guessed the smell of smoke. If you used to cook outdoors fire, and this is not always possible, then liquid smoke is created specifically for you; manufacturers, of course, do not lose sight of this. Liquid smoke also added to baked barbecue products beans, sausages, bacon, and beef jerky, among other things.
Disgust Rate: Low.
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