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Mercnbeth -> FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 10:50:11 AM)
This is from the on-line "Business Week". When I received this via email I was sure it was another internet legend in the making. However there is was on the Business Week site. I hope nobody has recently enjoyed a nice healthy Yoplait strawberry yogurt recently before reading this. If so, before you go any further you may want to cover you screen and keyboard with plastic. Go ahead....... ..........I'll wait....... ...................................okay - Ready??? quote: An Insider's Guide to Food Labels By Pallavi Gogoi Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word. When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods. You won't find "crushed bugs" on the list of ingredients for any of these foods, however. Companies have a bit of latitude in describing exactly what they put in our food. Many larger companies, such as General Mills, the manufacturer of Yoplait and Pepsi, the maker of Tropicana, identify the dye in their products as either carmine, or cochineal extract. Still, many companies simply list "artificial color" on their ingredients list without giving any details. Have a strong stomach and care to read more??? Here's the link to the entire story. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/aug2006/db20060807_789872.htm?chan=search Barf bags are in the seat pocket in front of you..

sub4hire -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 10:56:21 AM)
This is news? Where do we think lipstick comes from? Or many of the other things we use on a daily basis? I know there aer hundreds. Though lipstick comes to mind at the moment.

MistressLorelei -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 11:01:34 AM)
That's quite disgusting. Chemicals, and the way food is processed, grown or raised is a huge problem. Even our home grown produce lacks the amount of nutrients it used to (and should) have, plus it's loaded with harmful chemicals. I do buy organic, I do check labels, I don't eat the common sugar-loaded yoplait type yogurts, but I would have never imagined crushed bugs. Ewwww. As long as consumers keep buying the food that manufacturers are making in harmful ways, and keep electing government that doesn't care... companies will keep doing it.

Arpig -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 11:11:34 AM)
What the hell do you think yoghurt is?? It's rotten milk, it is made with bacterial cultures.....and blue cheese? guess what...its fungus that makes the blue.... The crushed bugs have been used in foods and cosmetics for generations, it isn't anything new at all. And yes I was aware of it.

MasterRenegade77 -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 11:25:56 AM)
Thinks I needs to study to become one of those guru's that don't need to eat...

Mercnbeth -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 11:42:59 AM)
quote: This is news? Business Week thought it was. I provide it to inform.

sub4hire -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 11:52:41 AM)
I know, but in reality it isn't news. Nothing new about it, other than maybe they are trying to educate a new generation. People really don't want to know what is in most of the food they eat. Including organic food.

Kedikat -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 11:58:54 AM)
Breaking in with politics. Luckily the left wingers who demand silly PC things like accurate lists of ingredients in our food, haven't managed to win. Lest we all go off our feed. [:'(]

LaTigresse -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:01:51 PM)
YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!

MistressLorelei -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:06:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Arpig What the hell do you think yoghurt is?? It's rotten milk, it is made with bacterial cultures.....and blue cheese? guess what...its fungus that makes the blue.... The crushed bugs have been used in foods and cosmetics for generations, it isn't anything new at all. And yes I was aware of it. I do think there is a difference between yogurt cultures which are shown to be a healthy probiotic, than to be made to consume bugs which are not listed as an ingredient. Most people know what yogurt is before they consume it... but most people, I would think would decline to eat bugs. I don't eat beef or poultry... or insects, nor do I want to.

RedRedWine -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:07:33 PM)
Bugs... Well, more protein for me!

captiveplatypus -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:14:44 PM)
well it's news to those who didn't know. :p Meh, it hasn't killed me yet, it must be ok to digest. The trick is to just not think about it. Plus the FDA must have approved it.

LaTigresse -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:20:00 PM)
I know the FDA allows so many PPM of stuff like bug parts, mouse droppings etc in our food, I was trying to find the guidelines and I cannot.

MsReginasslave -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:22:00 PM)
Grow up people. We all die of something. Organic food is more healthy but it doesn't take a college degree to know that you shouldn't try to subsist on a diet of "Happy Meals" from McDonalds. We live on a very precarious line of supply, Houston ran out of gad and food in two days before Hurricane Rita. The whole damn town just ran out of everything!! We're all swinging on a thread my friend, and a very thin thread it is!!

captiveplatypus -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:24:26 PM)
Yay! Swinging! [:D]

stef -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 12:32:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LaTigresse I know the FDA allows so many PPM of stuff like bug parts, mouse droppings etc in our food, I was trying to find the guidelines and I cannot. Mmmmmmmmmmmm, insect and rodent filth! Food Defect Action Levels ~stef

MmakeMme -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 2:42:08 PM)
I'd rather eat bugs than the other unpronouncable and less-than-appetizing ingredients found in most chemically enhanced prepackaged foods.

sharainks -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 3:41:24 PM)
Bugs, how about pus content from milking cows with mastitis? Catch this link http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct_2002/milk1002.htm If you want the full scoop go to www.notmilk.com

MistressLorelei -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 3:46:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MmakeMme I'd rather eat bugs than the other unpronouncable and less-than-appetizing ingredients found in most chemically enhanced prepackaged foods. Apparently you are... I did a bit of research, and the bugs are used for lots of food and cosmetics which the manufacturers want to be red. Red 40 is bug-free, but more expensive to use, so the bugs are used (like 70,000 per pound of dye) instead... and the companies get by with stating 'all natural coloring' in their ingredient list... cause bugs are all natural. Vegetarians who wish to consume things which didn't once walk the earth, apparently were given no choice in the matter. My feeling is that the consumers should have been made aware when they read the ingredients section.

UtopianRanger -> RE: FOOD WARNING - A Break from Politics (8/9/2006 4:03:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LaTigresse YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!! I don't particularly care for insects because they give me a dirty feeling {when they are crawling around}..... But I've tried them {worms} when I was in Panama during jungle warfare training - So the fact that they are part of what gives our food color doesn't really bother me. - R

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