From wood pulp to pig rectum do you know whatyou are actually eating? Here are 10 examples of foods that are notwhat they might seem! #10 Prime MeatThe prime cut meats that smaller restaurants and corporations sell are one of the biggestcomplaints that high-end chefs and physicians make.
That’s because ‘prime cut’ suggeststhat it is a single cut of the best meat from the animal.
But this isn’t the case in many restaurants.
Actually, what if I told you they chop upall the leftover meat and glue it back together? Does the word transglutaminase ring a bell? This is the name for the meat glue they useto glue the low quality meat back together to make you think you’re getting a fullpiece.
This is more than a lie, this is disgusting.
Besides the fact that it is using the worsttiny cuts of meat, it’s made from ammonia.
The stuff used in fertilizers and oven cleaners.
They try to fight back by claiming it killsE Coli, which should not be something we should be worried about being on meat anyway.
Justifying making people unknowingly eat ammoniajust so they can pass off scrap meat does not seem ethical in the least.
Be very careful where you eat your steak! See, this is why being a vegetarian seemslike a safer option! Or maybe seafood….
#9 Imitation CrabOr maybe not seafood.
For one, crustaceans feed off the worst possibledebris on the bottom of the ocean.
The only nastier creature is shrimp.
This stuff they eat doesn’t magically disappearwhen they are caught and cooked either.
There’s still…stuff in it that we eat…secondhand.
Nevertheless, it’s expensive to buy freshcrab and shrimp, but you can get crab cakes and other delicacies at the grocery storefor a pretty good price.
Why? It’s usually because it is fake, under theguise of imitation crab meat.
Imitation crab meat is made from the remainsof other fish that are mushed together, and injected into a mold.
They mince and mince random fish, whateverthey can get their hands on, until it turns into the same texture as crab.
It is then created into a paste that is frozenand then shaved into crab-like flakes.
To make it taste like crab, they just addflavor and paint it to look like crab.
So, next time you go for some cheap crab,remember that’s probably, beaten, frozen, shaved, and painted fish remains.
I kind of like imitation crab but not reallya fan of this process.
It still tastes good so if you’re okay with this…then go ahead.
#8 Parmesan CheeseParmesan cheese is delicious! Especially, real authentic parmesan cheese.
But did you know that companies will usuallylie about what’s in “parmesan”? The FDA regulations make it legal to sellfake Parmesan cheese.
This is some scary stuff.
There are two huge deal breakers with parmesan.
One is grated parmesan in the shaker.
Most of the time, cellulose and mold inhibitorchemicals are added so it won’t clump.
Cellulose, not cellulite, that’s just anafter effect.
Cellulose comes from ground up wood pulp andis considered “harmless and organic matter”.
They usually add 2-4% cellulose, but the FDAdoesn’t restrict it.
In fact, some has been proven to carry 20%! That’s a lot of cellulose on your pasta! The saddest part is, this is just allowedin the United States.
Parmesan cheese legally means the kind ofcheese that comes from Parma, Italy.
But in the US, you can call it parmesan whenit’s just dehydrated, grated mozzarella.
This is like the Kobe beef of cheeses.
Most of the time, when you get parmesan, it’snot parmesan.
It’s cellulose and a mixture of cheap cheeses.
#7 Egg SubstituteThis one is a little different.
No one knows what it is, but many believethat it’s a great substitute for people with egg allergies.
But really, it’s still just eggs.
They take mostly egg whites, fresh, frozen,or powdered, and add other ingredients.
But not much.
They actually just contain 99% egg whites! There’s not actually much substituting goingon.
It might be easier for people who don’twant to go to the trouble dealing with egg shells and yolks slipping everywhere, etc.
In reality, it is called egg substitute becauseof that 1% that’s just artificial coloring, salt, onion powder, and who knows what else.
Why? Why would they just flavor egg whites? “Egg substitute” is kind of misleadingand should be for people with egg allergies who need a substitute.
It shouldn’t just be eggs.
Maybe it’s substituting something else? Is it the bottle substituting for the shell? Bottom line is…this isn’t egg substitute,it’s just expensive eggs.
#6 Artificial CalamariThis is said to be an Urban Legend and all legends stem from some element of truth nomatter how small.
This may or may not be true but it is interestingenough to share.
It focuses on imitation calamari.
It began when someone saw a box of "artificialcalamari” at a pig farm.
When asked what it was, someone said thatit was “pig bung…or…pig…rectum”.
If you see a picture of bung, you’ll noticethat it looks very similar to calamari when fried.
It’s not that uncommon and many say it’sreally tasty.
I don’t know about you but if I want calamari,that means I do not want a hog’s bung.
Words spread like wildfire and everyone startedaccusing restaurants of selling bung as calamari.
This would be illegal, and since not muchwas ever officially spoken after that, it wouldn’t surprise me if the silence wasto avoid trouble.
The story is that the reason the man didn’tspeak up was because his girlfriend didn’t want his name being associated with such asubject as a hog’s rear end.
Which doesn’t really matter since we eatall kinds of pig parts anyway.
We really don’t care about bung man, butwhat we do care about is the calamari we’ve been eating and everyone trying to trick usinto eating things we didn’t ask for!! #5 Maple Syrup? Maple Syrup is tasty, and aside from the naturalsugar, it has little ill effects on our body.
However, what if you found out that most maplesyrup you buy is not maple syrup at all? Maple Syrup is good.
But what are you buying? The main ingredients in maple syrup are water,high fructose corn syrup, caramel coloring and other chemicals.
You are usually not eating fresh Canadiansyrup from the tree.
Now it has all kinds of ingredients that arefar from natural and blended with all kinds of artificial flavors like butter and bacon.
This is a product where you should definitelycheck the label…they aren’t legally allowed to lie there.
Actually, they are in some cases, but I thinkwe’re clear as far as maple syrup goes.
High fructose corn syrup is just awful andadding chemicals to food is beyond me.
But this is our world, people.
You have to look hard to find companies whoare willing to stick the maple syrup gathering-thing in the trees and wait patiently! They whip up a batch of their own “fakesyrup” and it’s good enough.
#4 Chocolate CandyOne of the worst ones ever.
Fake chocolate.
This is unconstitutional by every means! But companies are faking us out by givingus “cocoa,” “chocolaty” substance, “chocolate-flavored” candy and other…evenworse substitutes for chocolate.
Now, you may not know the difference betweencocoa and chocolate, but the FDA knows the difference.
They have 15 different subcategories under“Cacao Products”.
But they only have eight different types of“chocolate” products.
So what the heck are they talking about? Cocoa butter is actually a form of chocolateliquor.
It is the fatty part of the cacao bean, andit’s also what “white chocolate” is made out of.
But there is no cocoa powder or cocoa solidsin it.
But to legally qualify as “chocolate”under the FDA, the product must contain cocoa and cocoa butter.
Milk chocolate is a chocolate made with liquor,dairy, and sugar.
If you want to know if something is real chocolate,then it must say “chocolate liquor,” “cocoa” and “cocoa butter.
” Others will just have vegetable oil and cocoa.
Real chocolate uses cocoa butter as its oilso that’s how you know you are eating the real thing.
But the real obvious red flag that you areeating something that is trying to be something else, is “chocolate-flavored.
” #3 Olive OilOlive oil is a lucrative industry.
But unfortunately, it’s full of scam artists.
Up to 90% of the olive oils on the marketare fake, tampered with, oxidized, omega-6 vegetable oils that use sunflower oil or peanutoil! There are even some Italian imports that arefake! Which is a shame considering all of the pureolive oil in Italy, which many times actually comes from Spain, and then is rebottled asItalian, so you don’t even know what you’re getting anymore.
Olive oil doesn’t have a long shelf-lifeand it’s a lot more expensive to make and harvest than peanut oil.
So, substitutes are often used to save money.
This is especially true when imports are shippedas the boat ride can cut the shelf life in half.
An unknown danger from these fake olive oilsis allergies.
People with sunflower oil or peanut allergieswould never think that their olive oil would kill them! These fake olive oils can be found in restaurantsand grocery stores labeled “olive oil”.
It’s hard to spot the real stuff, but legendsays, if you get just one taste of the real stuff, you’ll never be able to taste anotherdrop of the fake stuff without cringing.
This is a product worth splurging on to getthe real thing.
#2 FishThe most common fraud as far as fish is concerned is the blatant lie that the fish is wild andfreshly caught when it was definitely farmed.
Which is ok if you are supporting sustainability.
But another is just the lie as to what kindof fish you’re being sold.
Red snapper is one of the most expensive fishyou can buy.
It tastes great and is caught in the wild.
But, most of the time, the red snapper youorder…isn’t red snapper.
Most likely, it’s tilapia, imported fora cheap save.
Studies show that 9 out of 10 times, red snappersellers are lying.
There’s only one way to avoid this…buylocally.
Now, this isn’t easy, but it isn’t likelythat the restaurant has real red snapper if you can’t get it locally anyway.
Shrimp has a similar problems.
Shrimp are often poorly farmed, cleaned, andjust gross most of the time.
They are farmed in wastelands full of chemicalsand dumps.
Shrimp farming is also one of the most common,under the table, slave labor industries around the world.
If you want to get delicious, fresh shrimp,you have to go to the Golden Isles off the Georgia coast! In 2015, the FDA found illegal antibioticsand elevated levels of toxins in the shrimp we consume.
Now, this doesn’t mean never eat shrimpagain, just remember that not all of it is clean.
#1 American CheeseLet’s focus on American cheese.
Why US, why? Are they trying to kill us slowly?? This cheese may harden up quick but does itever get moldy? Nope! That’s because it isn’t cheese! It’s known as “pasteurized processed cheese,”“pasteurized process cheese product” or “pasteurized process cheese food.
” Regular cheese is created by “heating milk,stirring in enzymes and cultures, separating the curds from the whey, and salting and knittingthe curds into a block or wheel to age.
” But American cheese is made by mixing togetherrandom leftover cheeses.
These are pasteurized and emulsified to makeit all smooth and slimy.
Also, it isn’t naturally a block.
It isn’t even sliced sometimes.
It’s molded.
Sure, it tastes great on burgers, but theprocess it goes through is less than appetizing.
It isn’t even legally cheese.
In fact, it has over 20 ingredients whichyou know CAN’T be good for you! It may be cheaper, but for most part, it isless satisfying than a sliver of real cheese by a long shot.
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