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26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

By:: Andres Diplotti

July 09, 2019

26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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We all know that the food industry is pretty shady, but we just kind of push that idea to the back of our brains so we can stick burgers in our pie-holes without feeling bad about it.

Well, we're here today to stick something else in that pie-hole. And by "pie-hole" we mean brain. And by "something else" we mean "incredibly disturbing facts that are guaranteed to make you lose your appetite."

26 Entry by chicagonative

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 Thaila

25 Entry by chicagonative

26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

24 Entry by bullamakanka

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 n

23 Entry by hail2daking

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

22 Entry by AM Smiley

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 we

21 Entry by ehsanarbabi

CHICKEN IS MUCH FATTIER TODAY. A study conducted by the London Metropolitan University found that chicken these days has over twice as much fat and a

20 Entry by Douglas A. McDonnell

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19 Entry by ObsidianCrimson

LOW-SUGAR FOODS CAN STILL MAKE YOU FATTER. Many products are advertised as being low-sugar or diet. However, they contain sweeteners such as sacch

18 Entry by pchandler43

YOU'VE BEEN SWALLOWING BEAVER ASS JUICE. Castoreum comes from sacs near a beaver's anus, and it's used as vanilla or raspberry flavoring in food and d

17 Entry by jasonklanderud

CRACKED COM YOUR RASPBERRY YOGURT HAS CRUSHED INSECTS. If you're eating something colored red, chances are it's dyed with carmine, a pigment made by c

16 Entry by phire

MEET HOKI. YOU MAY HAVE EATEN IT WITHOUT KNOWING IT. This ugly fish, also known as blue grenadier, is used by McDonald's in their Filet-O-Fish sandwic

15 Entry by NyttAura

YOUR SODA MAY CONTAIN POOP BACTERIA. A 2009 study by Hollins University found fecal bacteria in nearly half the drink dispensers in fast food joints s

14 Entry by Rohan Ramakrishnan

YOU COULD NEVER EAT THAT DELICIOUS BURGEPJINTHE AD. The meat is undercooked, the lettuce is held in place with pins, and the sesame seeds are glued on

13 Entry by noah123456789

ARE YOU suRE THAT TACO HAS ANY MEAT AT ALL? A lawsuit against Taco Bell alleged that the beef in their tacos was less than 35% actual meat. Taco Bell

12 Entry by bullamakanka

IF YOUR ORANGE IS BRIGHTLY COLORED, MAYBE DON'T LICK THE PEEL. Citrus Red 2 is an artificial dye classified as possibly carcinogenic, SO it's banned i

11 Entry by zoke

YOUR CHOCOLATE MAY CONTAIN A LIL' BIT OF VERMIN. The FDA considers chocolate acceptable if it contains up to 60 insect fragments and one rodent hair p

10 Entry by Ted E.

CRACKEDCON SUBWAY'S SANDWICHES ARE HEALTHY. JUST DON'T USE CONDIMENTS. Advertised nutritional values don't include any condiments, dressing, or cheese

9 Entry by straightedge619

HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A YOGA MAT? Well, maybe you have. We won't judge. Just pointing out that fast food buns sometimes contain azodicarbonamide, which

8 Entry by Mike Bedard

SO LOW-FAT MEANS LOW-CALORIE, RIGHT? NOPE! Yes, they did remove the fat from that low-fat quesadilla and then they replaced it with other stuff to mak

7 Entry by j21

GROUND BEEF IS UP TO 15% SLIME. PINK SLIME. Lean finely textured beef, or pink slime, is made from meat trimmings that have had the fat separated fr

6 Entry by kamiyu910

CRAGKED COM WOULD YOU EAT 22 PACKETS OF SUGAR? You're kinda grossed out just thinking about it, aren't you? But that's how much sugar you get from a 2

5 Entry by Fiftyfifty

CHEAP MEAT IS OFTEN GLUED TOGETHER. Super MAENEHETSL Transglutaminase, also Glve called meat glue, is a substance used to build steaks and the like

4 Entry by Lunachick71

CAN A SALAD BE WORSE THAN A BIG MAC? IT CAN. Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad has more calories, fat, and sodium than a Big Mac meal with French frie

3 Entry by BeardEnvy

HAVE YOU EVER HAD SPAGHETTI? THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE EATEN HORSE. In 2013, DNA analyses revealed that some food products sold in Europe, including Tesco-b

2 Entry by noah123456789

TWINKIE FILLING IS CRISCO. It's creamy. It's yummy. It's mostly vegetable shortening.

1 Entry by killkiddo

JELLO IS MADE FROM BONES. Gelatin, the stuff that puts the jiggle in jello, is derived from collagen, a protein extracted by boiling animal bones and

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