Gold is a precious metal of the most beautiful in the world. In addition to the material well-loved women's jewelry, gold material is also used in certain parts of the element to electronics. But do you know that gold is a decorating material for food and beverages with the code E number E175.
Gold is very popular as an additive in alcoholic drinks such as the traditional liqueur from Germany and Poland called Goldwasser (Goldwater) containing thousands of tiny gold layer. Gold does not react chemically in the body, thus gold just passing through and had no effect on the body and have no nutritional value.
2. Virus
In August 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA = Food and Drug Administration) approved the use of bacteriophage-bacteriophage in food preparation (particularly in meat products ready to eat). A bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria. The rationale of using these viruses in foods because of their usefulness to eat any bacteria that would cause food poisoning.
Each year 2,500 people in the U.S. due to illness listeriosis - and as a result, millions of Americans now regularly eating viruses were added intentionally to stop the development of bacteria that caused thousands of people to fall ill. The FDA said that the virus entered the food does not require labeling. And the really scary, they said: " Throughout accordance with existing regulations, we conclude that the use of viruses are safe. "
3. Borax
Borax (Borax) is material to put out the fire, drug repellent insects, hair care for horses, a mix of glass and detergent ingredients, and various other products. In the United States this material is prohibited to use as a mixing of food, but not so in some other countries.
Borax is often used as a preservative in caviar (fish eggs), and in some Asian countries can be found in the noodles, beef meatballs , and rice. Borax is coded E number E285 has the effect of serious poisoning in humans (particularly the testes).
4. Liquid Asphalt
First, amaranth flower is used as a coloring food (with a specific red color), but scientific tests have found that this material can cause cancer. Then the proposed replacement material called Allura Red AC (numbered E number E129). Allura Red AC is made from coal tar (liquid that is the result byproduct of the distillation of coal into coal gas or coke).
Flammable liquid asphalt and is often used in shampoos designed to kill head lice. This material is also used to make tylenol . Indeed, Allura Red AC is not caused a cancer, but it can cause nausea and other side effects. However, this material has been approved by the FDA and is commonly found in candy and soft drinks.
5. Pemis
This material is typically used as a polishing furniture from wood. This material is also called lacquer (shellack) and used in the production of confectionery to give the impression of a sweet sparkle.
Food was ascertained using this material is flower sugar Chacha from Delfi (colorful chocolate candy) mentioned that the composition Cl.19140 Tartrazine Lake, Red Lake Cl.16035 Alura, Yellow FCF Lake Cl.15985, Blue Diamond Lake Cl.42090. In addition it is also a kind of natural lacquer produced by secretions of the female beetle in which the material is used to make lacquer pupal larvae.
6. Chinch
Color cochineal and carmine are two red dye for food derived from bedbugs, precisely cochineal bug (a type of bug that lives in the U.S. family Dactylopiidae). Red dye is produced by drying and cooking squash the whole body of bedbugs, while the color carmine (deep red) is another form of cochineal powder.
Bedbugs are usually killed by immersing them in boiling water - after a while dissolved in water to a certain level of red color - whether it be as a young orange or red. Chinch 155,000 needed to make 1 kg of material. Cochineal has been used for hundreds of years and is also used as a fabric dye which is very popular.
7. Cigarette
Yep you are right ... cigarettes are objects that are familiar and used nearly 1.2 million people in the world is. There are those who suggest, if you do not smoke, then eat it smoking it!
Well, the way is by dropping a cigarette or cigar into a bottle of vodka or brandy , and let the nicotine and tar from cigarettes is contaminating drinks with the color red and the flavor and aroma of cigarettes are distinctive. Mixed drinks are often called "nicotine tea". You want to try it yourself?
