Mmmm, Tasty Chemicals

[Tyrant]

A new book 'deconstructs' a Twinkie and analyzes all 39 ingredients. Industrial-strength junk food, anyone?

Even so, it can be unsettling to learn just how closely the basic ingredients in processed foods resemble industrial materials. Corn dextrin, a common thickener, is also the glue on postage stamps and envelopes. Ferrous sulfate, the iron supplement in enriched flour and vitamin pills, is used as a disinfectant and weedkiller. Is this cause for concern? Ettlinger says no, though you wouldn't want a diet that consists solely of Twinkies. Ultimately, all food, natural and otherwise, is composed of chemical compounds—and normal ingredients like salt have industrial applications, too. Still, it gives you pause when he describes calcium sulfate, a dough conditioner, as "food-grade plaster of Paris."

 

[bad dog]

Tum's antacids is flavored marble. Living with a diabetic we read food labels. Few people do read the damn label.

One thing is we never eat at Mc Donalds, that shit is 100% broken dick bull.

 

[Sarek]

^Oh, like eating out of garbage cans is any better.

 

[Dr Dave]

Mmmm Twinkies...

 

[Acrimonious]

A new book 'deconstructs' a Twinkie and analyzes all 39 ingredients. Industrial-strength junk food, anyone?

Those things don't have a shelf-life, they have a half-life.

 

[Cranky Bastard]

Twinkies taste like runny cold cat shit.

 

[Dr Dave]

Those things don't have a shelf-life, they have a half-life.

Word

 

[Alex Buchet]

Twinkies taste like runny cold cat shit.

And what does runny cold cat shit taste like?

 

[starguard]

And what does runny cold cat shit taste like?

My neighbors said that it taste like chicken :shock:

 

[Dr Dave]

I must remember to buy more twinkies at some point.