If you were looking for a way to cut back on your favorite foods, look no further. We all have heard that certain items aren't great for consumption, but we usually assume it's because of the fat or sugar content. Well, guess what? It's way more than that.
Find out the dirty secrets behind your favorite foods.
Bugs
According to FDA regulations, it's totally acceptable for there to be bugs in your food. 10 insects, and 35 fruit fly eggs per 8 oz of raisins is a thing that's totally fine, apparently.
Chicken Nuggets
If you thought hot dogs were bad, wait till you find out about chicken nuggets. Unless the product is labelled as 100% breast meat, odds are you're getting a meat slurry. Yum, right? Chicken nuggets tend to be made up of a liquefied meat product which gets molded into the nugget shape.
Rodent Hair
The FDA strikes again. According to their regulations, rodent hairs are a totally acceptable thing in your food. One 18oz jar of peanut butter could 5 or more rodent hairs. The same goes for cinnamon, with one small shaker potentially containing more than 20 rodent hairs before being considered defective. There are considered "natural contaminants." Personally, I just call it gross.
Continue reading to find out what the outer coating of jellybeans is really made of...if you dare!
Jellybeans
A good jellybean can fix a bad day, and vice versa. But what if I told you the reason jellybeans are shiny is because of bug poop? Yep. The shellac coating on jellybeans is made from the excretions of female lac insects. Okay so it's not really bug POOP, but it's still bug discharge, which is still gross.
Carbon Monoxide, anyone?
You know how the meat at the grocery store always looks wonderfully fresh? Well, sometimes it is. And sometimes it only looks like that because it's been treated with carbon monoxide to keep it from turning color. There's nothing really wrong with that meat, besides the fact that you're being lied to about freshness.
Human Hair
Want to cut back on bread? Read this. It'll help. L-cysteine, a common processing ingredient in bread products, is derived from human hair and duck feathers. Still craving a big ol' slice of bread? Didn't think so.
Continue reading to find out how some of the most popular sweet treats involve beaver anal glands. Yep, you read that right.
Beaver Anal Glands
Ever seen the words "natural flavoring" on a product? That doesn't necessarily mean it's made from the real flavor. For example, strawberry and raspberry flavorings both contain castoreum, which is a secretion from beaver anal glands. It's still a natural product, not made from chemicals, but it's not made from the real fruit. The main use of castoreum is in a substitute vanilla flavor in foods and beverages.
Will any of these make you think twice about your next snack?