C. Booth
Last Updated on January 7, 2021
There is a high chance that you are eating one (or multiple) of these products as you are reading this, and for that, we apologize and we hope this would be your last time eating them because once you know what they are made of, you will truly feel disgusted…
Since we became responsible for the food we put in our bodies, we kind of didn’t care that much about the ingredients as much as we cared about how delicious they are as if our taste buds are blinding us from seeing the scary truth behind that tastiness.
The majority of the products you buy in the supermarket say it is extracted from “natural” items, but the disgusting part are the other things that are added to make them so delicious, and also, so disgusting!
If you are still not ready to give up some of your favorite snacks, then this article may not make you very happy. However, remember that the health of your body matters more than the 2 minutes of pleasure these products give you… It is up to you!
#1 – Marshmallow
Nothing is better than a night when you get to hang out with your family and friends around a bonfire to talk about life while roasting marshmallows on a wooden stick. But as you bite into these delicious snacks, do you think of what they really contain?
There are a lot of confectionery industries that rather not tell their secrets because they know they will be losing tons of their money and end up closing their factories!
Marshmallows were made years ago based on a flower that is called “marshmallow”, but recently, a lot of things have been added including gelatin. The latter is basically the remains of skin and bones of pigs and cows that were left over by the meat industry.
#2 – Ice cream
Who doesn’t love ice cream?
We can all admit that, whether it is summer or winter, we can binge eat ice creams any day and anytime. Perhaps, this is why we forgot about an article that was published in Time Magazine in 2013 that compared the smell of Vanilla ice cream to the buttocks of a beaver.
We know ice creams are made of cream, milk, sugar, and eggs (sometimes). But the ingredient that they don’t share with the public is Castoreum, a compound that beavers actually use to mark their territory. Perfumes and other beauty products also have the same ingredient for the benefit of smell… Are you sure you still want to eat it?
#3 – Beer
The beer production has been around for over 700 years, and you could be one of the 40% Americans who prefer beer over any other alcoholic beverage.
But maybe from now on, your nights out with your friends won’t be the same because ordering your usual beers will not be an option anymore after knowing a disturbing ingredient that manufacturers actually add to beers.
Isinglass, a product that comes from the skin of fish that makes the liquid color clearer!
So next time you drink it, just remember the fish and the horrible smell they leave behind, maybe it will save your body from the side effects of beers and all the hangovers!
#4 – Skittles
Yes, it is sad knowing that these colorful and delicious candies are not the best for us. We can’t say that we are shocked, but we somehow all silently hoped it won’t be included in this list…
If your favorite skittle candy is red, then brace yourself because the ingredient in it is a little disturbing: they are made of Carmine, which is a product extracted from insects. They crush them to get this bright color as a result!
It is disturbing to think of, but that’s actually what our favorite candies are made of. Same as gelatin, yogurt, and other sweet products!
#5 – Jelly beans
Have you ever wondered how they manage to make jelly beans look so sweet when they are actually made only of glucose and sugar?
Shellac is the product they add for that reason, which also can be found in other shiny materials, including lipsticks, hairspray, and the product we use to clean cars.
This ingredient comes from a series of producing a substance from a cell or an organism’s organ, and in this case, it is a specific type of bugs that live in the forests of Thailand and India.
These innocent insects live only for 6 months: They eat, reproduce, feed, die, and then become this product – reincarnation in its worst forms!
#6 – Canned mushrooms
Adding mushrooms to your seafood spaghetti or pizza can actually be the reason why we love these meals so much, but if you opt for the canned mushrooms instead, then you are adding something wrong to your food.
If you are having food in hand, then we advise you to put it down for this next part.
The majority of canned foods include worms in them, and the companies for food quality don’t ban it as long as you have an adequate amount. So you can actually find 20 of these crawlers in every 100 grams of the canned mushrooms!
#7 – Pringles
Sorry to burst your bubble but do you know that potato chips of Pringles are not actually potato chips?
The popular Pringles chips are made of a combination of different products, including corn and artificial flavors. The next step would be throwing all this mix into a fryer, and as soon as they have crunchy consistency, different flavors will be added in the form of powder, and that’s not all!
They also add a chemical substance called “Acrylamide” that was proven to cause many health issues, including cancer. This entire process eliminates any chance of having any nutritional content from nature produce, like vegetables.
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