You'll Never Eat These Foods Again After Knowing How They Are Made

20 . Bread

What does Burger King, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts all have in common? They all use L-cysteine as a food additive. This amino acid extends the shelf life of products like bread. It is usually found in cow horns, chicken and duck feathers. Unfortunately, most of the L-cysteine that is used in food does not come from either of those ingredients.

It comes from China, where it’s harvested from human hair found in barbershops and hair salons. Buy freshly baked bread from your baker and as if you needed more reasons to steer clear of fast food restaurants, this may do it.

19.  Ice Cream

You might have heard a rumor over the years that certain artificial flavorings such as vanilla, raspberry and strawberry are made from the anal secretions of a beaver ( or beaver’s butt, which is a fun ::immature giggle:: lol)

A beaver’s tushy, apparently, smells good. Like, really good, according to Joanne Crawford, a wildlife ecologist who told National Geographic that she loves putting her nose down there and breathing it all in. “People think I’m nuts,” she said. “I tell them, ‘Oh, but it’s beavers; it smells really good.’”

Still concerned eating beaver behind? Due to its FDA label, in some cases, some manufacturers don’t have to list castoreum on the ingredient list and may instead refer to it as “natural flavoring.” EWEEE.. that makes you think twice before eating ice cream. That is why I make my own .. HEALTHY and out of bananas :

18. Cheese

Oh yes! And there are tons. .This might make you think twice before taking your coupons to the grocery store to get a sale on candies or Mac and Cheese…. Why?

We know that processed foods contain different types of dyes to change their colors to something that is “more alluring” to our eyes.

Tartrazine is a dye derived from coal tar. This is what we also know as yellow #5, has been linked to hyperactivity in children. Coal tar is often used for pavement sealcoats, medicated shampoos and now as an ingredient in our food. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, mixtures that contain more than 5% crude coal are considered a group 1 carcinogens.

17.  Processed Foods

If you eat processed foods (such as yogurt, skittles…etc…) then you should know that you are eating crushed, boiled or dried beetle, eggs or wings of beetles produce beetle juice, which is then used as food coloring.

It’s also known as food coloring as Carmine. Purple, pink, orange and red food coloring can all be derived from this insect. This insect-based food coloring has known to produce allergic reactions in some people. But hey, look on the bright side, bugs are low in carbs and gluten-free.

instead of buying el cheapo food coloring (now you know where it comes from!) you can buy vegetable food coloring that is better for you. I use Watkins Assorted Food Coloring, Red/Yellow/Green/Blue,There are no artificial dyes!

16. Peanut Butter

If you see boxed macaroni and cheese or peanut butter on sale or a coupon to get it super cheap to put into your stockpile, you might want to avoid those coupons and sales. Why? Because mac and cheese may contain one rodent hair per 50 grams, while the FDA says peanut butter may contain an average of one rodent hair per 100 grams.

15.  Fennel Seeds and Ginger

Did you know that Fennel seeds, ginger and mace (a spice that’s similar to nutmeg) can all contain up to an average of 3 milligrams of mammal poop per pound. Cocoa beans can contain up to 10 mg of poop per pound.

Wheat can contain up to an average of 9 rodent poop pellets per kilogram (or about 4 pellets/pound). And popcorn can contain up to 1 poop pellet in a sample.

14. Marshmallows

You might wonder why vegetarians and vegans avoid marshmallows. They’re not a meat product or a dairy product, but they do have a pretty gross connection to animals. Marshmallows are made from gelatin, an animal protein also found in ice cream and Jell-O.

That doesn’t sound too bad, until you look at how gelatin is actually made…by boiling the hides and bones of animals. Yup, that’s right; you’ve been topping off your hot chocolate with cow bones for years.

13. Chewing Gum

Chewing gum comes in a lot of delicious flavors but a lot of them have one thing in common: they’re made out of sheep. To be more specific, many chewing gums are made out of a secretion made from the skin glands of sheep. The substance, called lanolin, is the stuff that makes chewing gum chewy and is also found in many skin products. Chewing gums that don’t use lanolin are often made out of synthetic rubbers instead.

12. Canned mushrooms

Canned mushrooms? More like a can of worms…or maggots. FDA guidelines are meant to keep food safe, but they do allow traces of some pretty nasty stuff. Maggots and mites are particularly drawn to mushrooms, it seems, leading the FDA to rule on just how large a portion of these creepy creatures can be served up with canned or dried mushrooms.

The FDA is totally cool with maggots in your canned mushrooms, so long as they don’t exceed “an average of 20 or more maggots of any size per 100 g of drained mushrooms and the proportionate liquid…” To give you a sense of what that means, one cup of canned mushrooms is the equivalent 156 g, meaning that 30 or more maggots might be in every cup of canned mushrooms! Mites can be present in even larger numbers, not to exceed “an average of 75 or more mites per 100 g of drained mushrooms and the proportionate liquid…”

Believe it or not, it gets even nastier; up to 10 percent of those mushrooms can be decomposed. Yuck.

11. Sugar

Do you enjoy a spoonful of white sugar in your coffee and drink the beverage from a bone China cup? Double whammy! Bone ash is used to make your sugar whiter than snow. This cheap component is a result from drying, burning and grinding animal bones. Think again if you want a vegetarian cup of tea. Oddly, bone meal (ground bones) are an often used ingredient in vegetarian multivitamin tablets.

10. Citrus-flavored sodas

Everyone knows that soda isn’t exactly the most healthy drink to consume, but citrus-flavored sodas are packed with more than just sugar. Many citrus-flavored drinks, like Mountain Dew, include a synthetic chemical that has been patented as a flame retardant. Brominated vegetable oil, commonly referred to as BVO, has been banned from foods in