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It’s no secret that food companies like to advertise that their products are “healthy”,
“natural”, or low in calories but they’re less likely to promote that their products
contain animal skin, bones or fish bladders.
So let’s jump into the top 10 gross animal ingredients that are hidden in food.
Starting off this list in at number 10 is Lanolin.
I don’t want to burst your bubble but there is something disgusting hidden in your chewing
gum.
It’s called lanolin which is the oil sheep produce in their wool.
These greasy secretions are used as a softener in foods and they are inappropriately labeled
as “gum base.”
This is disgusting, I definitely don’t want sheep secretions in my gum.
Next in at number 9 is Calcium triphosphate.
This is a fancy name for bone char.
Bone char is used to filter and discolor sugar.
So what I’m trying to say is that every grain of delicious sugar that we love to eat
has touched the charred remains of animals.
This is too much for me to handle so let’s move up this list.
In at number 8 is Carmine.
Or otherwise known as dead bugs.
Yep that’s right, the female cochineal insect is crushed and used as an additive to give
food a red colour.
For those of you who enjoy drinking a strawberry Frappuccino from Starbucks, you might want
to reconsider.
Carmine can also been found in cosmetics, shampoos, red applesauce, red lollipops, yogurt,
drinks and food colouring.
Shellac creeps into number 7.
This is derived from the excretions of the Kerria Iacca insect.
Candy makers will use this secretion to make those candies that you love so much shiny
and delicious looking.
There are no quality control measures put into place that would guarantee that the insect
themselves aren’t scooped up and added to your food so basically when you eat things
with shellac in it, you’re essentially eating these beetles as well.
Number 6 we have Isinglass.
This is a substance that is obtained from the dried swim bladder of fish.
Yum!
It is used mainly in beer and wine to give it a golden colour but it can also be cooked
into a paste.
Seriously who was the one who found out that fish bladders could do this?
And whose job is it to extract fish bladders.
This is so strange so let’s move on.
Beef fat comes into number 5.
While this probably doesn’t bother people who eat meat, it is still shocking and surprising
to discover that our favorite childhood treats contain beef fat.
Yep that’s right those cupcakes, ho hos, twinkies and ding dogs all have beef fat.
Oh and a lot of cake mixes have this as well but it is listed as lard.
Maggots come into number 4.
Do you guys like canned foods?
Sure, they are convenient but did you know that canned foods often contain maggots.
The FDA allows 100 maggots for every 100 grams of canned mushrooms.
Oh and fruit juice contains an average of five fruit flies per serving.
Oh, and here is an extra fact to gross you out, frozen or canned spinach usually has
caterpillar larvae in it.
Number 3 brings us over to Castoreum.
And again, this is just another fancy term for anal gland secretions and urine from a
beaver.
This disgusting ingredient is commonly found in vanilla ice cream and raspberry flavored
foods.
I’m glad that I am actually a chocolate ice cream lover instead of vanilla.
How the hell did we decide that it would be a good idea to add anal juice to vanilla ice
cream.
What has the world come to?
I’m sure there is something less disgusting that we can substitute this ingredient with.
It is 2018 after all.
Rennet oozes into number 2.
This lovely ingredient is actually calf stomach.
This ingredient is used because of the enzymes that are produced in the calf stomach.
These enzymes are used to make cheese because the enzyme curdles the casein in the milk.
Rennet is also used to separate milk into solid curds.
Yum, not.
Finally in at number 1 Gelatin.
This is a protein that is obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments and bones with water.
Gelatin is usually gathered from cows or pigs and it can be found in fruit gummies, Jell-O,
candies, marshmallows, cakes, ice cream and yogurts.
So basically, everything good in the world has this disgusting ingredient.
Well there you guys have it…