These 12 facts about food will spoil your appetite (not for the faint-hearted)

10/19/2018

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Culture Story: These 12 facts about food will spoil your appetite (not for the faint-hearted)

We all need to eat. We all LOVE to eat. But do you know enough about the food you eat every day? Get ready, because some of these incredible facts about food will shock you!

#1

Culture Story: Dairy can cause acne — shutterstock

Many studies agree with that, but the researchers are still looking for the underlying cause. Some scientists say that dairy products throw our hormones off balance, others believe that dairy food disrupts insulin level.

#2

Culture Story: You can try these ice cream flavors in Japan: squid ink, raw horse meat, soy sauce, cow tongue. — shutterstock shutterstock

Some of these are just flavored, some have bits of stuff in them. These bizarre flavors are served in the "food amusement park" in Tokyo, but some of them can also be found in local stores.

#3

Culture Story: Castoreum extract used in food is made from an anal secretion of beavers — shutterstock

This substance smells like vanilla and is absolutely non-toxic. It is used to enhance raspberry or strawberry flavorings. Castoreum also used to be a popular medicine - in the 19th century, the beaver population was almost wiped out in Sweden because of it.

#4

Culture Story: A red food coloring, carmine, is made of boiled cochineal bugs — shutterstock

It can be found in Skittles, ice cream and strawberry yogurts.

#5

Culture Story: Casu marzu, a Sardinian sheep milk cheese, contains live insect — shutterstock

The thing is that the acid from the insects' digestive system is an important component in making the cheese soft. Typically, a block of such cheese contains thousands of maggots.

#6

Culture Story: L-cysteine, an amino acid used in commercial bread production, is synthesized from duck feathers and human hair — shutterstock

Do you know what's in your bread?

#7

Culture Story: Fish milt, a prized delicacy in many food cultures, is actually the seminal fluid of fish — shutterstock

Have you ever tried fish milt? They say it's really delicious.

#8

Culture Story: Titanium dioxide serves as a whitener in many foods — shutterstock

This oxide is used in making paints, paper, toothpaste, plastics... and can be also found in candies, dressings, dairy, icing, toppings. It is the most commonly used inorganic pigment in foods. As of today, there is no evidence that the small amount of titanium dioxide we consume can be dangerous for our health.

#9

Culture Story: One hamburger can contain meat from 100 different cows — shutterstock

Or even more! In hamburger production, different kinds of tissue of different animals are combined.

#10

Culture Story: A large amount of nutmeg can cause hallucinations — shutterstock

Consuming large amounts of nutmeg can also cause one to have potentially deadly irregular cardiac rhythms.

#11

Culture Story: In the 19th century, ketchup was sold as medicine — shutterstock

Tomatoes were considered poisonous, and tomato ketchup was advertised as a medicine that cured people of diarrhea,indigestion, jaundice, and rheumatism.

#12

Culture Story: The average fast food visitor eats 12 hairs in a year — shutterstock

Was this information new for you? Which fact surprised you the most? Do you have any other little-known facts about food to share with us?

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35 Comments

Lucy Oakley

Well if that doesn’t turn us all anorexic I don’t know what will

Eve

i'm not sure I would ever consider fast food to be healthy but I do enjoy a burger and fries on occasion...I don't think any of these "facts" will change my eating habits.

Caroline Weis

No pictures on any of the 12, just the explanations, and I waited for five minutes.

Ilias Tsiabardas

I was better off without knowing about those things🤨🤔

Jose Piña

wow thank you for sharing very interesting facts

Oscar BaAye

I second Margaret Myburgh sentiments - I prefer my own cooking many others do also

Margaret Myburgh

And you'all thought you were eating healthy stuff!! That's why I believe in preparing and cooking all my own food and I eat mainly plants!

Raymond Cardona

Oh yuck just what I didn't want to hear. Bonnie

Carol Bruyere

I now am aware of what I will NOT be eating. Thanks for the education.

dcboyden

Possibly ate the maggot infused cheese without knowing it. I'm just fine.

Ilias Tsiabardas

All most Nothing Surprise me anymore , but I never touch the cheese with the muggots ,yacking😤

Peggy Layton

I think I have eaten most of those things ( not the maggotyt ones )and I am still here at nearly 95 and very lively.I have always tried most eatables and my mother used to say “ Peggy you will end up being poisoned “ sorry mum darling for once you were wrong x🙏

Yvonne C. Wood

Really yuck

debbie

Yuck to much information lol

Dane Kiddie

Really cannot see what wrong with most of the info above. It does not say which countries permit some of those "negative" ingredients. Possibly not used in any Western country. But Why freak out at the mention of a maggot or a few hairs = in a few years the earth will be surviving on diets of insects etc etc . Nothing listed is going to kill you or harm you, unless you eat it daily.