Would you like some hair in your bread?
October 1st 2008 06:01
Well if that bread your eating has L-Cysteine listed as an ingredient that is probably what your eating. L-Cysteine is used as a dough conditioner to increase production and is most often obtained from human hair. It can be also be obtained from duck feathers and boar bristles but it's most cost effective to get it from human hair through hydrolysis. It is also used as a hearty (meaty) flavoring in foods and also in some beauty products and medications. There has been a rumor floating around that the hair is obtained from cadavers but this has never been proven to be true.
Female Cochineal Insect
Crushed Cochineal insect
Ever had a beverage which had carmine or cochineal listed as a natural coloring? If you did then the insect on the left was crushed and added to make your drink pink or red. The picture on the right shows the red coloring of a crushed cochineal.
Lac Beetle
On to confectioner's glaze (Shellac too), that lovely shiny coating found on candy. Well it's not made from bugs, just some of their secretions. The Lac Beetle to be exact.
Jello made from gelatin
Marshmallows made from gelatin
One last thing. You know that wiggly, low calorie, colorful Jello that kids and dieters love so much. Well it's made from gelatin which is a processed form of collagen, collected from an assortment of animal parts...yummy things like tendons, hoofs, bones, organs and skin. Gelatin is also used to make marshmallows and capsules.
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