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37 Not-So-Appetizing Food Facts

September 13, 2023

Enjoy food? We’re here to ruin that for you. Not everything delicious is as delicious when you learn the basics about it. We’re sorry, but we just couldn’t keep these facts to ourselves. If we have to suffer, so must you…

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Street vendors in the Philippines sell Balut, a picnic egg with a duckling inside. The eggs are incubated until the ducklings are almost mature, and then hardboiled. Photo Wikimedia Commons CRACKED.COM http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/travel/how-to-eat-balut/ — The 26 Most Terrifying Foods on Our Planet

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CRACKED.COM There's doodie in your cocoa. The FDA allows 10 mg of mammalian feces per pound of processed cocoa beans. — 13 Bizarre Things We Unknowingly Eat

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JELLY BEANS ARE SHINY BECAUSE OF BUG SECRETIONS. Hard-shelled candies are coated in shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in Thailand and India. CRACKED.COM — 26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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What gives food a vibrant, inviting look? Crude oil. DRINK CHOBAN In most cases, companies make food coloring from petroleum, or crude oil. And a lot of foods use coloring g - from yogurt, to pickles, to wheat bread, and many more. CRACKED.COM — 18 Horrifying Facts About How Your Food Is Made

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Most people think fruitcake is crap. And absolutely all Game Of Thrones fans do. The Maester sh!te that Samwell Tarly is tasked with cleaning out of the Citadel's chamber pots was made from wet fruitcake shaped to look like turds. Over a full day's shooting, they got as gross as you would imagine. CRACKED.COM — 13 Movie Effects That Were Made Of (Spoiled) Food

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Pink salt gets its color from traces of rust or from soil impurities. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — MDPR

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Lemons were the hydroxychloroquine of the 1918 pandemic. LEMON SUCKING NOW HAILED BY SCIENCE AS INFLUENZA CURE CRACKED.COM Lemons became a super-food because jagoff politicians, fearmongering newspapers, and Big Citrus teamed up to hawk them as a fruit foe to the flue virus. This increased the price of lemons, did exactly jack dingus to ward off the flu, and gave people a false sense of security. — 4 Everyday Foods With WTF Dark Histories

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Yartsa gunbu, the fungus-infested caterpillar in this Tibetan soup, reportedly gives athletes an unfair advantage in competitions. adidas It's not fair for the caterpillar, either. The fungus mummifies it from the 17 inside out, then shoots a fungus stalk through its face. CRACKED COM — The 26 Most Terrifying Foods on Our Planet

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Those Honey Nut Cheerios don't actually contain nuts. With General MIN Whole Grain First Ingredient Naturally I Flavored Honey. Nut - Cheerios Can Help Lower Cholesterol' the the - um THE Hotel Natural Plate - - the - E They contained ground almonds until around 2006, but now get their nuttiness from natural almond flavor, which comes from peach and apricot pits. CRACKED.COM — 13 Bizarre Things We Unknowingly Eat

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37 Not-So-Appetizing Food Facts — 26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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Steam is caused by burning chemical chips Milkshake made with solid CRACKED.COM fat and powdered sugar Sesame seeds literally glued on Each fry is held up by a single toothpick There are 5-6 toothpicks in here as well Cardboard insert to Undercooked meat make burger look larger slathered with food dye source: http://www.voutube.com/watch?v=L 5VT3vNto0 — 20 True (Unfortunate) Facts About Food

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Potato chips are treated with sodium bisulfite. You know, the chemical you normally find in - cleaning products. - - ULTRA AJAX NETWORK Check the label, CLUB they call it E222 in the food industry. CRACKED.COM — 18 Horrifying Facts About How Your Food Is Made

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Day of the Dead

You've probably sat in some gross food at some point. But for hours at a time? And on purpose? Actors playing corpses in Day Of The Dead would be attached to bodies stuffed with entrails from a local meat plant, shooting for hours with their noses just inches away. Over the course of shooting, those piles went from disgusting to literally rancid. The true horror of the movie was the smell. CRACKED.COM — 13 Movie Effects That Were Made Of (Spoiled) Food

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Pringles start out as a sticky mess of corn, wheat, rice, and potato flakes. 90 Pringles Inside That slurry is then pressed into shape, then cut up into thin slices - nd then those slices are pressed into molds to curve them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Gizmodo

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We have aspartame because a chemist licked his fingers. EQUAL SWEETENER CRACKED.COM Dr. James Schlatter was so busy working on an ulcer treatment that he didn't have time to wash his hands between experimentation and paperwork. Не licked his finger to turn a page, and noticed it tasted good as hell. That's aspartame, baby! — Culinary Lore

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Pineapples contain bromelain, an enzyme that breaks down protein, which is why you get that rough texture on the roof of your mouth after eating pineapples. Duration of marination: Bromelain is so strong that meat 1 hour marinated using pineapples turns to mush when 6 hours left for a long time, and workers need 16 hours to wear gloves to prevent their hands from 24 hours corroding. IS VIDE EVERYT GRACKED.COM — 13 Bizarre Things We Unknowingly Eat

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YOU HAVE EATEN HAIR. (SORT OF.) L-cysteine is an amino acid used in baking and to make food flavorings. Its main sources are feathers and hair. (Not necessarily human hair, though.) CRACKED.COM — 26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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Your cereal shares an ingredient with jet fuel. JET FUEL ONLY Food companies use the chemical BHT in foods like cereals, to prevent them from losing color, flavor, and aroma. And petroleum companies, who call it fuel additive AO-29, use it in the likes of hydraulic fluids, turbine oils, and jet fuel. CRACKED.COM — 18 Horrifying Facts About How Your Food Is Made

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The lava on Mustafar was way less hot and way more sticky than you'd expect. During Obi-Wan and Anakin's final duel in Revenge Of The Sith, the lava used during the practical shots was made from methyl cellulose, commonly used to make vegan gelatin. Ironically, it's the sort of thing younglings might have enjoyed as a snack. CRACKED.COM — 13 Movie Effects That Were Made Of (Spoiled) Food

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The eggs you buy at the supermarket just might be fertilized. It's very rare, but it does happen - some people have occasionally managed to get a chicken to hatch from an egg they bought from a store. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Guardian

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Salisbury steak was a fad diet. CRACKED.COM Dr. James Salisbury was a big meat guy -- so big, the idea of a ground meat entree was named after him. Не promoted beef as a digestion enhancer... basically a 19th century juice cleanse. — Smithsonian

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Australian Aborigines enjoy live, raw witchetty grubs, and will serve them to you if you're in the area. Photo nzbrendan.com/ Not tempted? You're not alone. Prince Charles couldn't bring himself to eat one, and he was on a diplomatic visit. CRACKED.COM http://www. telegraph — The 26 Most Terrifying Foods on Our Planet

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CRACKED.COM Make your afternoon tea even better with a little bit of antifreeze. Propylene glycol, which is the ingredient that gives antifreeze its properties, is used as a stabilizer and antioxidant in products such as iced teas, cake mixes and frostings. — 13 Bizarre Things We Unknowingly Eat

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MEAT IS TREATED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE. The stuff that comes out of car exhausts is used in meat packaging to make it look fresh. CRACKED.COM — 26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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GRACKED.COM BREAD OFTEN CONTAINS L-CYSTEINE AS PRESERVATIVE WHICH IS MOSTLY MADE FROM HUMAN HAIR & DUCK FEATHERS — 18 Horrifying Facts About How Your Food Is Made

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The merry old land of Oz had grape-flavored horses. Due to animal rights concerns, The Wizard of Oz folks had to find a new solution besides dye for making The Horse of a Different Color purple. JELL-O. THE DELICIOUS DESSERT JELL-O. MARI DELICATE. DELIGHTPUL DAINTY. Jekk-D - PRICE 10 THE GENESEE LE BOY.N.Y PURE BY FOOD Co PREPARED Then they thought of grape Jell-O. 30 While the effect worked, it did create one problem: The horses discovered their newfound deliciousness and kept licking themselves (and each other) clean. CRACKED.COM — 13 Movie Effects That Were Made Of (Spoiled) Food

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7 Up

7 Up used to have a bipolar disorder medication. Seven-U SEVEN-UP FLAVOR BOTTLES Seven 7up 7up 7up - - - - the 7up SEVEN-UP ! HUNNO INC VENDED INTERNATIONAL HOME adidas GNO 7UP 7UP CRACKED.COM It's common knowledge that Coca Cola used to contain cocaine, but its competitors weren't just using sugar, spice, and everything nice. 7 Up was once steeped in lithium, a chemical used to treat bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and depression. — McGill

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Brownie FIBER one - 70 MINISTRY CALORIES .. - NO 5. 2g ET IBCOL - - The NEW - - LOMITE Your high-fiber snack bar didn't get that way on its own. CRACKED.COM The fiber in many of them comes from inulin, which is made from the root of the chicory plant. While adding fiber to your diet can help fight obesity, it can also lead to increased flatulence. — 13 Bizarre Things We Unknowingly Eat

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RANCH DRESSING IS MADE WITH SUNSCREEN. Titanium dioxide makes ranch dressing white. The same stuff is used in sunscreens to keep your skin white as well. CRACKED.COM — 26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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Alcohol

CRACKED COM Alcohol is made by fermentation, which means at some point your beer, wine or whatever once looked like it had already been consumed and regurgitated. Beer Wine MIX — 20 True (Unfortunate) Facts About Food

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Lovin' that chocolate drizzle on your McDonald's Hot Fudge Sundae? Turns out, the creamy delight contains glycerin, a wetting solvent commonly found in soap and um, embalming fluid. CRACKED.COM — 18 Horrifying Facts About How Your Food Is Made

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Alien

What are android innards made of? Apparently the same ingredients as a romantic dinner. When Ash is revealed to be a robot after getting his head lopped off in Alien, the effects crew concocted a disgusting mixture of milk, caviar, and pasta to represent android guts (enough to gross out even the most dedicated Olive Garden fanatic). CRACKED.COM — 13 Movie Effects That Were Made Of (Spoiled) Food

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On average, there are 8 insect parts in a chocolate bar. HERSHE HERSHEY'S ERSHEY'S Dove It's theorized that that might be why some HERSHEY'S people suffer allergic reactions to Dov SHEY'S ele chocolate - they're actually just reacting to the roach guts. Dove D GODI CRACKED.COM Dove Dove NOW YOU KNOW home Cado — ABCNews

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Graham Crackers

Graham crackers are supposed to suppress your naughty thoughts. CUIT COMPANY GRAHAM AS AN EVERYDAY TEN CENTS ARTICLE OF FOOD THESE GOODS ARE UNEQUALED NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ER - CRACKERS IN SEAL CRACKED.COM 19-century minister Sylvester Graham invented his special grain biscuit because anything tastier might give you impure thoughts. Somewhere along the way, someone put cinnamon and sugar on top, and mankind hasn't stopped porkin' since. — NY Post

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A popular delicacy in Dongyang, China is urine-soaked eggs. Tong zi dan, or boy eggs are boiled in urine collected from local schoolboys, then Photo Getty Creative peeled, then simmered in more urine. http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2011/03/boy-urine-soaked-eggs-listed- GRACKED.COM as-local-specialty-intangible-cultural-heritage/ — The 26 Most Terrifying Foods on Our Planet

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