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Sunday 14 June 2015

6 weird facts about your favorite food item

Learn some info about some strange but true regular food, you might not know.

Typically, many people prefer to read various facts about the foods that are ideal to enjoy when you are in the mood diet.

What's wrong read some info about some strange but true common foods, especially candy is your favorite that you might not know.

All meals are included in the category declared safe to eat, but these facts can cause you to think before eating them.

Jellybean

Jellybean have good taste and come in different flavors. Did you know that the surface layer is made of a substance called Shellac?

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Shellac also known as Confectioner's glaze, made from waste produced by the female Lac beetle native to India and Thailand. In other words, it is made from the excrement of insects.

Donut

Have you ever seen a foreign feathers during touched a donut or bagel? Do not be surprised that the sheets do not necessarily belong to man, it is likely to come from insects.

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Site Health Canada have developed guidelines for general food hygiene, which outlines how many microbiological impurities may be present externally before it is considered as a food safety issue.

Gelatin

Gelatin is used widely in the manufacture of various desserts such as jelly powder, marshmallows and assorted cakes. Gelatin melts into a liquid when heated and harden when cooled.

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Gelatin is made from animal skin collagen and bone. You can see if the gelatin boiling animal bones to make soup.

Candy

Wax Carnauba wax is usually contained in the car is also used in the manufacture of candy-flavored, gummy bears and chewing gum. Carnauba Wax is produced from the leaves of the Carnauba palm native to Brazil.

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It is also often used for pharmaceutical products as a coating on a pill to help patients with swallowing tablets.

corn

Did you know that corn is the main ingredient in breakfast cereals, breads, potato chips, chicken nuggets and fries?

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According to Michael Pollan in his book The Omnivore's Dilemma, an average of more than a quarter of goods sold in retail stores actually contain ingredients derived from corn. Do not believe? Check the food label.

Natural food coloring

Check the list of ingredients in your strawberry yogurt, certainly the materials 'original color' listed. What is a natural dye it? It is the Carmine red food coloring made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects from South America or Mexico.

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Cochineal extract has been used for thousands of years as a fabric dye, but it is now used in food or an ingredient in cosmetic dyes.

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