Read some of these fascinating tidbits about popular staples found in any family’s pantry.
- Jelly Beans keep their shine with Shellac – Shellac is regularly associated as being a type of wood finishing material. Its common uses include furniture, guitars and even AK-47’s that special shine. Shellac is derived from the excretions of the Kerria lacca insect which is native to the Thailand forests.
- The FDA allows bugs and rodent hair in peanut butter – The FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter. To find out more about other foods, here is the link to the FDA Defect Levels Handbook, which provides this scary information.
- Sugar derived from pure sugar cane goes through a purification process using bone char. Bone char is manufactured by using bones from cows that have died of natural causes. These bones are mostly from the countries of I Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. After being bleached by laying in the hot sun, they are then sold to exporters who in return sell them to the gelatine and sugar companies.
- Natural vanilla can be moderately addictive – Reason being? It causes the body to increase the levels of catecholamine’s known to us as epinephrine, and even more commonly, adrenaline. These claims have not been documented precisely by a group of scientist, but there are several articles out there on the web.
- Many mass produced ice creams have seaweed in them – This does not mean a chunk of seaweed from the ocean is in your ice cream. What you will see on the label is the name carrageenan .It’s a seaweed extract not added for flavor, but as a stabilizer to keep the ice cream crystal free.
- Peanuts can be used for a component to make Dynamite – Peanut oil can be produced to create glycerol, which is then processed into nitroglycerin, one of the items that make up dynamite. This is not usually the norm however; there are several other ways to generate dynamite with the use of peanuts being involved.
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