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The eight creepiest ingredients found in fast food. Sand, duck feathers, and wood made the list, but hamburgle surprisingly didn't
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Dead for Tax Reasons
2012-02-13 09:18:36 AM
7. Beetle juices
Don't you hate it when that happens?
doglover
2012-02-13 09:47:28 AM
diatomceous earth, commonly used as a pesticide.
BECAUSE IT DEHYDRATES ARTHROPODS WITHOUT POISONING VERTEBRATES YOU SANCTIMONIOUS FARKWIT!
People who knowingly distribute bad information should be whipped. People who unknowingly distribute it should be educated, then whipped also so's they don't forget.
This About That
2012-02-13 09:47:44 AM
You can find worse than that in the old-fashioned slow food.
Bevets
2012-02-13 09:54:00 AM
Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a
known killer
.
Endive Wombat
2012-02-13 10:06:18 AM
This article has a lot of unnecessary mentioning of other uses for some ingredients for the sake of sensationalism.
This reminds me of a flour commercial a while back that advertised that they were organic, blah, blah, blah...but there was one thing that was totally useless for nothing more beyond the "gross/sensational" factor. It was how they went about saying that their flour was not bleached. Ok, fine. So they mention that Benzoyl peroxide is the primary bleaching ingredient in most consumer available flour brands. They also mentioned, and this is the irritating part here, they mentioned that Benzoyl peroxide is also used in acne face wash...I think there was a pimply faced teen and an audible "ewww" voice over for added effect.
Yes Francis, a lot of ingredients in food are also used in totally different applications. Wow.
I am in no way advocating for or praising the food scientists and huge corporations for coming up with some of these bizarre, zombie ingredients, but I am pointing out that sensationalizing something and using a red herring for the sake of the "eww factor" urks the everliving shiat out of me.
This article is endless in its ability to sensationalize any ingrident.
Take Soy Lecithin for example: Used heavily as an emulsifier in chocolate, also a fantastic nonstick spray and it is also used in paint, glue, asphalt, rust protection, etc.
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
I know I am ranting here. So I am going to stop. But I am sure most of you see my point here.
doglover
2012-02-13 10:52:52 AM
Endive Wombat
:
But I am sure most of you see my point here.
tl;dr
Sock Ruh Tease
2012-02-13 11:05:10 AM
Bevets
:
Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
You seem to mean dihydrogen monoxide, which, to explain in words you may understand, God created to hydrate His creatures. God created hydrogen dioxide (aka hydrogen peroxide) for His creatures to use as an antiseptic.
trappedspirit
2012-02-13 11:05:40 AM
Hamburgle is an ingredient now?
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat
2012-02-13 11:06:41 AM
doglover
:
diatomceous earth, commonly used as a pesticide.
BECAUSE IT DEHYDRATES ARTHROPODS WITHOUT POISONING VERTEBRATES YOU SANCTIMONIOUS FARKWIT!
Seriously. I use diatomceous earth
specifically
because it doesn't hurt pets or people.
Egoy3k
2012-02-13 11:07:26 AM
Cellulose they are up in arms about cellulose, not because it's bad for you, nope just because it comes from trees it is therefore icky and bad.
Honestly nothing on that list surprised me or put me off of fast food any more than the crappy quality of food already did.
Rich Cream
2012-02-13 11:08:53 AM
Endive Wombat
:
This article has a lot of unnecessary mentioning of other uses for some ingredients for the sake of sensationalism.
This reminds me of a flour commercial a while back that advertised that they were organic, blah, blah, blah...but there was one thing that was totally useless for nothing more beyond the "gross/sensational" factor. It was how they went about saying that their flour was not bleached. Ok, fine. So they mention that Benzoyl peroxide is the primary bleaching ingredient in most consumer available flour brands. They also mentioned, and this is the irritating part here, they mentioned that Benzoyl peroxide is also used in acne face wash...I think there was a pimply faced teen and an audible "ewww" voice over for added effect.
Yes Francis, a lot of ingredients in food are also used in totally different applications. Wow.
I am in no way advocating for or praising the food scientists and huge corporations for coming up with some of these bizarre, zombie ingredients, but I am pointing out that sensationalizing something and using a red herring for the sake of the "eww factor" urks the everliving shiat out of me.
This article is endless in its ability to sensationalize any ingrident.
Take Soy Lecithin for example: Used heavily as an emulsifier in chocolate, also a fantastic nonstick spray and it is also used in paint, glue, asphalt, rust protection, etc.
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
I know I am ranting here. So I am going to stop. But I am sure most of you see my point here.
Edited for FARK.
Molavian
2012-02-13 11:09:29 AM
Endive Wombat
:
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
Good thing I only drink Mountain Dew. All you suckers can die from drinking your poo juice.
luthia
2012-02-13 11:10:17 AM
Endive Wombat
:
This article has a lot of unnecessary mentioning of other uses for some ingredients for the sake of sensationalism.
This reminds me of a flour commercial a while back that advertised that they were organic, blah, blah, blah...but there was one thing that was totally useless for nothing more beyond the "gross/sensational" factor. It was how they went about saying that their flour was not bleached. Ok, fine. So they mention that Benzoyl peroxide is the primary bleaching ingredient in most consumer available flour brands. They also mentioned, and this is the irritating part here, they mentioned that Benzoyl peroxide is also used in acne face wash...I think there was a pimply faced teen and an audible "ewww" voice over for added effect.
Yes Francis, a lot of ingredients in food are also used in totally different applications. Wow.
I am in no way advocating for or praising the food scientists and huge corporations for coming up with some of these bizarre, zombie ingredients, but I am pointing out that sensationalizing something and using a red herring for the sake of the "eww factor" urks the everliving shiat out of me.
This article is endless in its ability to sensationalize any ingrident.
Take Soy Lecithin for example: Used heavily as an emulsifier in chocolate, also a fantastic nonstick spray and it is also used in paint, glue, asphalt, rust protection, etc.
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
I know I am ranting here. So I am going to stop. But I am sure most of you see my point here.
Damn you and your rant speed, what am I supposed to do now? Punch a pillow?
/jerk.
Honest Bender
2012-02-13 11:10:28 AM
8. Meat paste-goop (mechanically separated meat)
Why do people get their panties in a twist over this one? It's not significantly different than, say, ground meat. It's just more processed. Big whoop. Still tastes like delicious animal. And you can form it into such neat shapes!
BurnShrike
2012-02-13 11:10:41 AM
Bevets
:
Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
Oh Bevets, please leave the science to people who understand these matters. Go back to maintaining your collection of out-of-context quotes to show your dedication to God.
machoprogrammer
2012-02-13 11:11:00 AM
trappedspirit
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Hamburgle is an ingredient now?
Poor guy... I mean, so what, he stole a few burgers. Doesn't mean they should turn him into food.
Hamburgler wasn't even that big. How much food could you make from him?
Jake Havechek
2012-02-13 11:11:01 AM
Water? Like in the toilet?
Brawndo's got electrolytes!
Incog_Neeto
2012-02-13 11:11:32 AM
News flash, cheap restaurants use the cheapest ingredients they can get, more at 11
Fabric_Man
2012-02-13 11:12:00 AM
That's not all: Some of this food is cooked with FIRE! Fire is the same hot stuff that can cause severe burns for children!
Won't somebody think of the children?!
chopit
2012-02-13 11:13:59 AM
Sock Ruh Tease
:
Bevets: Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
You seem to mean dihydrogen monoxide, which, to explain in words you may understand, God created to hydrate His creatures. God created hydrogen dioxide (aka hydrogen peroxide) for His creatures to use as an antiseptic.
No, hydrogen peroxide is dihydrogen dioxide, H
2
O
2
.
Bevets is still an idiot, though.
Russ1642
2012-02-13 11:14:37 AM
Silicon dioxide is a very common ingredient in foods, not just fast food.
suid
2012-02-13 11:14:49 AM
Rich Cream
:
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
pastorkius
2012-02-13 11:14:58 AM
doglover
:
diatomceous earth, commonly used as a pesticide.
BECAUSE IT DEHYDRATES ARTHROPODS WITHOUT POISONING VERTEBRATES YOU SANCTIMONIOUS FARKWIT!
People who knowingly distribute bad information should be whipped. People who unknowingly distribute it should be educated, then whipped also so's they don't forget.
I like that they highlight ammonium sulfate too as a yeast nutrient. I'm surprised they didn't add urea, which can be added to beer, wine, and hard ciders as a yeast nutrient. Urea is a component of urine, so when you have a beer you're basically drinking pee!
brigid_fitch
2012-02-13 11:15:11 AM
doglover
:
diatomceous earth, commonly used as a pesticide.
BECAUSE IT DEHYDRATES ARTHROPODS WITHOUT POISONING VERTEBRATES YOU SANCTIMONIOUS FARKWIT!
People who knowingly distribute bad information should be whipped. People who unknowingly distribute it should be educated, then whipped also so's they don't forget.
Seriously this! I used this over the summer to get rid of bedbugs. My entire bedroom was covered in plastic & diatomaceous earth for weeks until we were sure they were dead. I sprinkle it around the outside of the house & in front of the door leading from the garage to the mudroom. No more bugs are getting past me & I don't have to worry about poisoning my pets.
bhcompy
2012-02-13 11:15:12 AM
Endive Wombat
:
This article has a lot of unnecessary mentioning of other uses for some ingredients for the sake of sensationalism.
This reminds me of a flour commercial a while back that advertised that they were organic, blah, blah, blah...but there was one thing that was totally useless for nothing more beyond the "gross/sensational" factor. It was how they went about saying that their flour was not bleached. Ok, fine. So they mention that Benzoyl peroxide is the primary bleaching ingredient in most consumer available flour brands. They also mentioned, and this is the irritating part here, they mentioned that Benzoyl peroxide is also used in acne face wash...I think there was a pimply faced teen and an audible "ewww" voice over for added effect.
Yes Francis, a lot of ingredients in food are also used in totally different applications. Wow.
I am in no way advocating for or praising the food scientists and huge corporations for coming up with some of these bizarre, zombie ingredients, but I am pointing out that sensationalizing something and using a red herring for the sake of the "eww factor" urks the everliving shiat out of me.
This article is endless in its ability to sensationalize any ingrident.
Take Soy Lecithin for example: Used heavily as an emulsifier in chocolate, also a fantastic nonstick spray and it is also used in paint, glue, asphalt, rust protection, etc.
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
I know I am ranting here. So I am going to stop. But I am sure most of you see my point here.
Sulfuryl fluoride:
-Vikane: Structural fumigant for wood destroying pests. All food must be bagged in special bags or thrown out as poisoned
-Profume: Fumigant for nuts, fruits, and grains for various pests. We eat food fumigated by this every day
Difference? It's marketed under a different name. Same chemical, same application, registered under a different name to the EPA for different uses so people don't ask questions.
Super Chronic
2012-02-13 11:16:24 AM
Fabric_Man
:
That's not all: Some of this food is cooked with FIRE! Fire is the same hot stuff that can cause severe burns for children!
Won't somebody think of the children?!
Not to mention, most of it includes at least trace amounts of DHMO, which is found in cancerous tumors, is a major component of acid rain, and causes severe skin damage with prolonged exposure in its solid form.
Russ1642
2012-02-13 11:17:03 AM
Bevets
:
Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
When making fun of people you might want to maybe look up the formula for water and not make yourself look like an idiot. Others have pointed it out already but I just wanted to pile on.
meat0918
2012-02-13 11:17:24 AM
FEAR!!!!! SCARY!!!! OMG!!!!!
Jesus people.
The only ones you might want to be concerned about are the silly putty, the TBHQ, and the ammonium sulfate.
The rest are "All natural"!
And article write, MSP is not to blame for processed meat. You're putting the cart before the horse.
Processed meats are to blame for MSP. Humans have a long history of not wasting animal bits and turning them into sausages and stuff. MSP makes the job easier and cheaper.
Now, pass the hot dogs.
Rich Cream
2012-02-13 11:17:44 AM
Fabric_Man
:
That's not all: Some of this food is cooked with FIRE! Fire is the same hot stuff that can cause severe burns for children!
Won't somebody think of the children?!
That reminds me of when Stroh's first came out with their "fire-brewed" sales angle. I was sitting in a bar and I says "how do they brew other beers? Nuclear radiation?" Of course the guy next to me is drinking a Stroh's and then he starts looking thoughtfully at his bottle.
/sigh
bikerbob59
2012-02-13 11:18:22 AM
Soylent green noticeably absent.
DubyaHater
2012-02-13 11:18:43 AM
/One of the best movies of all time.
meat0918
2012-02-13 11:19:08 AM
Sock Ruh Tease
:
Bevets: Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
You seem to mean dihydrogen monoxide, which, to explain in words you may understand, God created to hydrate His creatures. God created hydrogen dioxide (aka hydrogen peroxide) for His creatures to use as an antiseptic.
He made a funny. It's progress.
brigid_fitch
2012-02-13 11:19:31 AM
Dead for Tax Reasons
:
7. Beetle juices
Don't you hate it when that happens?
That & the wood pulp were the only ones I was aware of. Anyone who bakes from scratch knows that confectioner's glaze is made of beetle carapace. I only recently learned that packaged shredded cheese uses the wood pulp to keep the shreds from squishing together & forming a giant lump o' cheese during shipment. I'll shred my own, thanks.
Super Chronic
2012-02-13 11:20:20 AM
Super Chronic
:
Fabric_Man: That's not all: Some of this food is cooked with FIRE! Fire is the same hot stuff that can cause severe burns for children!
Won't somebody think of the children?!
Not to mention, most of it includes at least trace amounts of DHMO, which is found in cancerous tumors, is a major component of acid rain, and causes severe skin damage with prolonged exposure in its solid form.
Or I could have just read the thread without doing a specific word search for "DHMO." But, see, that would have taken effort.
Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher
2012-02-13 11:20:30 AM
I find it hard to take crap like this article seriously when they have statements like this regarding sand:
"but just know that the ingredient keeping that chili meat nice and non-caking is the also the primary component of diatomceous earth, commonly used as a pesticide."
It is a farking pesticide because it acts to cut up bugs on a microscopic scale. Diatomaceous earth gets in their joints and essentially slices them open and dries them out, killing them. It is fantastic against things like fleas because it is a non-toxic method for controlling them. There is food-grade diatomaceous earth that is safe for mammals to eat. Hell, they put it in livestock food sometimes to control bugs, and there are people that eat it as well. Nothing like a nice fear-mongering article with gotcha words like "pesticide" to scare people into thinking "poison". Unless you have a carapace, diatomaceous earth is harmless and there is no chemical agent in (food-grade) diatomaceous earth that is going to adversely affect mammals. I guess you could try ingesting a couple of cups of the stuff and see some problems, but this website makes it sound like they're putting rat poison laced with Roundup coated with arsenic in our food.
meat0918
2012-02-13 11:21:50 AM
meat0918
:
Sock Ruh Tease: Bevets: Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
You seem to mean dihydrogen monoxide, which, to explain in words you may understand, God created to hydrate His creatures. God created hydrogen dioxide (aka hydrogen peroxide) for His creatures to use as an antiseptic.
He
tried to make
made
a funny. It's progress.
FTFM
Russ1642
2012-02-13 11:22:37 AM
brigid_fitch
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Dead for Tax Reasons: 7. Beetle juices
Don't you hate it when that happens?
That & the wood pulp were the only ones I was aware of. Anyone who bakes from scratch knows that confectioner's glaze is made of beetle carapace. I only recently learned that packaged shredded cheese uses the wood pulp to keep the shreds from squishing together & forming a giant lump o' cheese during shipment. I'll shred my own, thanks.
But wood pulp is added to lots of foods. Cellulose is great for all kinds of things. Don't get caught up in the source of things because all of your water has been through the ass of a fish at some point.
SwingDancer
2012-02-13 11:22:43 AM
Bevets
:
Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a known killer.
Your thinking Dihydrogen Monoxide but as you have shown before science is not your strong suit.
Langdon Alger
2012-02-13 11:28:24 AM
Ear-Bending Cellmate: ...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand.
H.I.: You ate what?
Ear-Bending Cellmate: We ate sand.
[pause]
H.I.: You ate SAND?
Ear-Bending Cellmate: That's right!
anuran
2012-02-13 11:28:37 AM
And to think, I could have a pound of steak for the price of a McTurdbomb
Ivo Shandor
2012-02-13 11:29:23 AM
doglover
:
BECAUSE IT DEHYDRATES ARTHROPODS WITHOUT POISONING VERTEBRATES YOU SANCTIMONIOUS FARKWIT!
Not only that, it's "organic" (in the sense that it's the shells of formerly-living organisms, not that it contains carbon).
Dear author: I have some great tips if you want to do a follow-up article. My sources indicate that many of the fresh vegetables harvested in America contain traces of "dihydroxyacetone phosphate" and "nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide". Just look at all those scary syllables! What's more, government scientists KNOW THIS and let farmers sell the stuff anyway.
Bevets
2012-02-13 11:30:09 AM
Bevets
:
Hydrogen Dioxide is a common ingredient used in many fast food restaurants and is a
known killer
.
Russ1642
:
When making fun of people you might want to maybe look up the formula for water and not make yourself look like an idiot. Others have pointed it out already but I just wanted to pile on.
Dihydrogen Monoxide
. Brain fart. I left a helpful link in the original post for people who may have been confused.
Russ1642
2012-02-13 11:30:50 AM
This is why Natural pesticides and fertilizers suck. As soon as they are found to be useful everyone is all "OMG, there's pesticides in my food!!!"
Fark Me Runnin
2012-02-13 11:31:27 AM
/not fat
rudemix
2012-02-13 11:31:31 AM
This article was stupider than that Cracked Best Accident Note Ever, and that article was farking stupid!
kemosabe
2012-02-13 11:31:44 AM
If I eat the same thing 2 days in a row, then I've had enough and don't want to eat it again for awhile.
How can someone eat the same thing for 31 years? *shivers*
kemosabe
2012-02-13 11:32:24 AM
Dammit, wrong thread. fark me!
JWideman
2012-02-13 11:32:39 AM
FTFA: But if you were to add up all of the chemical ingredients consumed during a life of a fast-food fueled western diet, what would that look like? Would it look like an epidemic of obesity, diabetes or cancer?
No. It's that sort of thinking that killed millions of people due to doctors not washing their hands.
Brother Head
2012-02-13 11:38:08 AM
Endive Wombat
:
How about water? It is used in soup, bread, pasta, beer and can also be found IN POO FILLED SEWERS!!!!
I know I am ranting here. So I am going to stop. But I am sure most of you see my point here.
That's it. No more water for me. Only BEER from this point forward.
8)
Endive Wombat
2012-02-13 11:38:35 AM
kemosabe
:
If I eat the same thing 2 days in a row, then I've had enough and don't want to eat it again for awhile.
How can someone eat the same thing for 31 years? *shivers*
One thread up buddy.
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