mysterious ingredients exposed

November 16, 2006

Here is a list of ingredients contained in many foods (even vegetarian) that

many peole don't know much about (like where they came from or what they even

are, in most cases.)

Watch Your Mouth

Not what comes out but what goes in. Sure, you might follow the two-second

rule when you drop your Tofutti Cutie on your kitchen floor, but you won’t want

to give these disgusting hidden animal ingredients the time of day.

Casein—Whey’s cousin, casein is made from curdled milk. Yuck!

Gelatin—Rhymes with " skeleton. " Coincidence? I think not. Gelatin is a protein

made by boiling cows’ and pigs’ skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Jell-O?

Heck, no!

Honey—Sure, honey tastes sweet, but you’ll get a bad taste in your mouth when

you learn how it’s " harvested. "

From a former beekeeper: " [T]ypically, beekeepers are gloved and netted to avoid

stings (nearly every bee who stings will die due to her entrails being pulled

from her body attached to her stinger.) Then the hives are opened as quickly as

possible and the bees are ‘smoked.’ Smoke from a smoldering fire carried in a

‘smoker’ is pumped into the hive and the bees are ‘calmed.’ In spite of this,

the combs are pulled quickly and many bees are crushed in the process. When a

bee is hurt, she releases a chemical message that alerts and activates the hive

members who proceed to attack the intruder—giving their lives in the process. "

Lard—Lard is such a gross word, it almost makes you wonder why they just don’t

call it what it is: " Fat from hog abdomens. "

Pepsin—If the thought of eating lard turns your stomach, stay away from pepsin,

a clotting agent from pigs’ stomachs, used in some cheeses and vitamins.

Rennet—Certain words just make you cringe, like coagulate, congeal, clot—which

is what rennet, an enzyme taken from baby calves’ stomachs, is used for in

cheese production.

Stearic Acid—It may sound less gross than " lard, " but stearic acid, which often

rears its ugly head in chocolate and vitamins, comes from a fatty substance

taken from slaughtered pigs’ stomachs—or from cows, sheep, or dogs and cats

euthanized in animal shelters. Still want to chew on that piece of Fido?

Cetyl Palmitate—Check your head if you’re using margarine that contains cetyl

palmitate, the fancy term for the waxy oil derived from sperm whales’ heads or

from dolphins. " I can’t believe it’s not " oh, wait. It is " Whale head wax " ?

Urea—Urea comes from urine and other " bodily fluids. " It’s used to " brown " baked

goods, like pretzels. Um, yeah. And the oven is for ??

November 16, 2006

That is so gross!!! I don't think even non-vegetarians would want to eat that

stuff.

Danielle Saffell <danielle_saffell wrote:

Here is a list of ingredients contained in many foods (even vegetarian) that

many peole don't know much about (like where they came from or what they even

are, in most cases.)

Watch Your Mouth

Not what comes out but what goes in. Sure, you might follow the two-second

rule when you drop your Tofutti Cutie on your kitchen floor, but you won’t want

to give these disgusting hidden animal ingredients the time of day.

Casein—Whey’s cousin, casein is made from curdled milk. Yuck!

Gelatin—Rhymes with " skeleton. " Coincidence? I think not. Gelatin is a protein

made by boiling cows’ and pigs’ skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Jell-O?

Heck, no!

Honey—Sure, honey tastes sweet, but you’ll get a bad taste in your mouth when

you learn how it’s " harvested. "

From a former beekeeper: " [T]ypically, beekeepers are gloved and netted to

avoid stings (nearly every bee who stings will die due to her entrails being

pulled from her body attached to her stinger.) Then the hives are opened as

quickly as possible and the bees are ‘smoked.’ Smoke from a smoldering fire

carried in a ‘smoker’ is pumped into the hive and the bees are ‘calmed.’ In

spite of this, the combs are pulled quickly and many bees are crushed in the

process. When a bee is hurt, she releases a chemical message that alerts and

activates the hive members who proceed to attack the intruder—giving their lives

in the process. "

Lard—Lard is such a gross word, it almost makes you wonder why they just don’t

call it what it is: " Fat from hog abdomens. "

Pepsin—If the thought of eating lard turns your stomach, stay away from pepsin,

a clotting agent from pigs’ stomachs, used in some cheeses and vitamins.

Rennet—Certain words just make you cringe, like coagulate, congeal, clot—which

is what rennet, an enzyme taken from baby calves’ stomachs, is used for in

cheese production.

Stearic Acid—It may sound less gross than " lard, " but stearic acid, which often

rears its ugly head in chocolate and vitamins, comes from a fatty substance

taken from slaughtered pigs’ stomachs—or from cows, sheep, or dogs and cats

euthanized in animal shelters. Still want to chew on that piece of Fido?

Cetyl Palmitate—Check your head if you’re using margarine that contains cetyl

palmitate, the fancy term for the waxy oil derived from sperm whales’ heads or

from dolphins. " I can’t believe it’s not " oh, wait. It is " Whale head wax " ?

Urea—Urea comes from urine and other " bodily fluids. " It’s used to " brown "

baked goods, like pretzels. Um, yeah. And the oven is for ??

November 16, 2006

That is why it is important to read labels and read posts. :-)

M.A.

Kadee M <abbey_road3012 wrote:

That is so gross!!! I don't think even non-vegetarians would want to

eat that stuff.

Danielle Saffell <danielle_saffell wrote: Here is a list of

ingredients contained in many foods (even vegetarian) that many peole don't know

much about (like where they came from or what they even are, in most cases.)

Watch Your Mouth

Not what comes out but what goes in. Sure, you might follow the two-second rule

when you drop your Tofutti Cutie on your kitchen floor, but you won’t want to

give these disgusting hidden animal ingredients the time of day.