[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Stuff I'm not sure I wanted to know ...

[William Leed wle...@aol.com [FairfieldLife]]

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From: Logan McK. Cheek III <lm...@cornell.edu>
To: Peterson Christen Ashby <cashb...@gmail.com>; Cheek Alexander R. W. 
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Subject: Stuff I'm not sure I wanted to know ...


... And now that I know, I'm not sure what to do with it. 
 
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     Natural Flavors Come From A Beaver’s Butt     
     
          
     
Why do food companies list “Natural Flavors” as an ingredient? Probably because 
it sounds more appetizing than “Flavor Extracted From A Beaver’s Ass.”    
     
     
     
For some unknown reason, the largest food flavoring company in the world 
recently revealed a number of revolting secrets to CBS News. Among other 
things, the story confirmed that “natural flavors come from nature, but not 
necessarily from what the label implies. For example, strawberry and vanilla 
flavor can come from the gland in a beaver’s backside.”    
     
     
     
That gland is filled with Castoreum, described on Wikipedia as the “yellowish 
secretion of the castor sac in combination with the beaver’s urine.” According 
to a study published in the International Journal of Toxicology, the substance 
has been “used extensively in perfumery and has been added to food as a flavor 
ingredient for at least 80 years.”    
     
     
     
The bottom line is, natural flavor can come from anything in nature, no matter 
how grotesque. Artificial flavor, meanwhile, refers to a chemical additive that 
is 100 percent man-made, from scratch. These food flavors are designed from the 
ground up to be irresistible, addicting, and short-lived, to ensure that once 
we pop, we can’t stop.    
     
     
     
You can watch the stunning report from 60 minutes and learn a whole lot more 
about the food flavor industry below.    
     
     
     
     
http://www.honeycolony.com/article/natural-flavor-comes-from-a-beavers-butt/    
       
     
          
   
  
 
  
 
 
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