10 Things The Snack Industry Won't Tell You

[Khalessi]

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/things-the-snack-food-industry-wont-tell-you/story-fnkgdftz-1226968878403

Number 2 on this list .. has just put me right off anything colored red, purple or pink, including ice cream, fruit juice and candy :s

2. Their ingredients have a big ick factor …
Consumers often don’t realise what’s in their snacks — and sometimes those ingredients are rather unsavoury. One ingredient that’s surprisingly common: The carcasses of ground-up, boiled beetles, which are often used to create those lovely shades of red, purple and pink in fruit juice, ice cream and candy.
“It’s a common colourant,” physician James Baldwin explains. In rare cases, the crushed beetles can cause anaphylactic shock — but in general, they’ve been approved and deemed safe for use in foods. That said, you won’t find the word “beetle” anywhere on food labels; instead, you’ll likely see the less cringe-worthy “carminic acid” or “cochineal extract.”

 

[Evil Eye]

You didn't know about that?

2 and 8 make an interesting pair. Those beetles are definitely natural

 

[Khalessi]

No. I didn't know lol.

I am, for the most part .. vegetarian.

Double whammy.

Beetles are not ..vegetation ..and .. I can't believe I can't eat anything pink anymore

http://youtu.be/RLRLhV9U0kQ

 

[Koop]

Vanilla-flavoured snacks like cookies and cakes are sometimes flavoured with castoreum, a secretion from a beaver’s behind (technically, from a sac near his anus called the castor sac)

Beaver ass tastes like vanilla? Awesome.

I'm just wondering who the person was who found that out.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Gross, I just ate pink ice cream

 

[Khalessi]

LOL Koop

Wish I had neva came across this article though aye

 

[Evil Eye]

No. I didn't know lol.

My friend told me when I was 6 or so. One of those "you know what's gross?" moments
Didn't stop me though.

Beetles are not ..vegetation

Well no, but they aren't made in factories either so I'd say they're pretty natural.

 

[Raven]

Vanilla-flavoured snacks like cookies and cakes are sometimes flavoured with castoreum, a secretion from a beaver’s behind (technically, from a sac near his anus called the castor sac)

I knew this! I feel so clever. Raspberry too and I think Strawberry flavouring.