Nasty food additives

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2004-03-23 06:14am

It's on the news today that the chicken nuggets sold in McDonald's contains dimethylpolysiloxane. Dimethylpolysiloxane is better known as silicon, which is used to stop the nasty little bastards from frothing during deep frying. It's also the stuff they make breast implants from. Hmm hmm, plastic and chicken! Actually, silicon is not that uncommon in processed foods. So anyway, what's the nastiest food additive? And why?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-23 06:32am

Nothing wrong with additives, I say.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-03-23 08:15am

Artificial colours.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-03-23 08:21am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Nothing wrong with additives, I say.

Only if the additive multiply our lifespan by ten.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-03-23 09:16pm

Monosodium Glutamate.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-03-24 01:29am

Slartibartfast wrote:Monosodium Glutamate.

One salt, one sugar. Yum.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-03-24 01:59am

Read The Fast Food Nation if you are really curious but fair warning: this book will make you think twice about walking into a fast food restaurant.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-03-24 02:14am

The Kernel wrote:Read The Fast Food Nation if you are really curious but fair warning: this book will make you think twice about walking into a fast food restaurant.

Why? Scare the pants off of me, Kernel.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-03-24 02:20am

Stofsk wrote:
The Kernel wrote:Read The Fast Food Nation if you are really curious but fair warning: this book will make you think twice about walking into a fast food restaurant.
Why? Scare the pants off of me, Kernel.

That doesn't sound like a very appealing prospect...

Anyways, you got me, I haven't actually read it yet. My sister did, and she told me a few of the worst stories (like the "breeding" of the KFC chickens and what not) but I don't remember the details all that well. Still, it was enough to keep me out of fast food restaurants.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2004-03-24 02:37am

I read Fast Food Nation for Econ last semester. Apparently, chickens are fed cattle meat and cattle are fed chicken meat. Fun stuff.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-03-24 02:44am

Bah, nothing beats a good fried rat in a KFC bucket. A freind of mine got one a few years ago.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-24 02:46am

Anything regarding KFC breeding freak variants of chickens is complete and utter bullshit.

I really don't see what the big hoopla is over additives, though. Especially preservatives...

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-03-24 05:33am

I would say Sawdust in all of the bread products, nothing like having your colon torn up....

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2004-03-24 06:07am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:I would say Sawdust in all of the bread products, nothing like having your colon torn up....

What bread products?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-03-24 06:25am

the buns on the hot dogs, and the hamburgers.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2004-03-24 06:32am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:the buns on the hot dogs, and the hamburgers.

This is too unbelievable without a source. Do you have one? I mean, I didn't believe McDonald's adds plastic to their chicken nuggets until I saw the list of ingredients with my own eyes.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-03-24 06:47am

Actually the FDA allows up to 1% rat in pure beef, allows up to 5% sawdust filler in white or wheat bread, the bargin bread brands list it as Cellulose in the incrediants. I learned this watching 60min when I was a kid.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-03-24 04:09pm

Potassium bromide as an additive to bread. It makes it swell more. It can also kill you or turn you into an Horrible Mutant Killing Machine!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-03-24 04:22pm

Weren't people putting all sorts of nasty non-food crap into food before the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in the early 20th century?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-03-24 04:46pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Weren't people putting all sorts of nasty non-food crap into food before the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in the early 20th century?

one of the original ingredients in early coca cola was actually cocaine, iirc.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-24 05:51pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Actually the FDA allows up to 1% rat in pure beef, allows up to 5% sawdust filler in white or wheat bread, the bargin bread brands list it as Cellulose in the incrediants. I learned this watching 60min when I was a kid.

Please forgive my inability to accept that, based on the source.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-03-24 05:59pm

Darth_Zod wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Weren't people putting all sorts of nasty non-food crap into food before the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in the early 20th century?
one of the original ingredients in early coca cola was actually cocaine, iirc.

The pure food and drug act didn't so much ban additives in food as ban meat that was hosting advanced bacterial civilizations from going to market. It also banned most patent medicine.

Coca Cola started out as wine spiked with cocaine. That stopped when the city of Atlanta banned alcohol. So they switched to kola nut extract, cocaine, and water. By the time the Pure Food and Drug Act passed, Coca Cola had long since eliminated the cocaine, and the drink was being sold as a beverge, not medicine.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2004-03-24 06:36pm

you'll note I dont eat meat except seafood.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-03-24 06:57pm

Enforcer Talen wrote:you'll note I dont eat meat except seafood.

Hows your murcury levels.

There's bacteria in everything, it's impossible to keep contaminates out of food, enjoy