[davemac.439]

Anybody who assumed that a Pot Noodle contained any Nutritional value, Or that Walkers Prawn Cocktail Crisps (Potato Chips) contained any prawns is seriously deluded!!

[Vaquero]

“I had bugs for lunch” Willie Scott

[FLAMING DEATH]

meh. Carmine has always meant “crushed insects” and people have been eating it for years.

Unless you have a carmine allergy, I don’t see the problem. Humans are omnivores.

I love a nice bug every now and then.

[DemforBush]

Heh, I love stories like this. I don’t know anyone with any sense who really expects an instant noodle snack to have real meat. I knew about the soy protien/yeast extract thing since I was 8 or 9, which was many moons ago.

As for the insect dye...that’s probably cochineal. Peruvians have been dyeing fabrics with it for centuries. As a food colorant, it’s no more dangerous than any other food dye. It’s very stable and holds up well to temperature changes.

Or it could be squashed cockroaches. I never claimed to be a food scientist, LOL. :-)

[dangus]

>> One popular product even achieves its meaty appearance by colouring their food with crushed insects.<<

I presume the article is referring to red dye #40?

[jiggyboy]

A lot of people in Humbolt County are going to be disappointed in the “Pot Noodles”.

[surroundedbyblue]

Frankenfoods.

I read somewhere awhile back that Pringles are only 40% potato. Imagine a potato chip that has actual potato as less than half its content

[RegulatorCountry]

I’ve had a lurking suspicion that what’s called beef in canned and frozen foods hasn’t been for several years now. Fast food, too. Once hamburger was ground chuck, then it was adulterated with organ meats, then a sort of rendered sludge to eke every last penny out of it. Down to sludge? Sludge is sludge. Who’s to say what it actually is any longer if it’s unidentifiable? Same with reconstituted chicken shapes. If I buy a sandwich from a fast food outlet it’s going to be identifiable as a chicken breast. I no longer trust it otherwise. It’s gradually getting down to the point, and back to the point actually, that you’ll know where your food came from personally, in order to know what you’re actually eating.

[fella]

Didn't the Germans under their famous “Leader” have a word for fake stuff? Ersatz?

[TalBlack]

I recall one of the cable shows revealing that the white powder on ‘Juicy Fruit’ type gum is marble dust. Who knew? I’d thought it was sugar.