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testu_nagouchi ago

Don't know about the whole fetus thing but this is terrifying.

Senomyx's products work by amplifying the intensity of flavors. Because very small amounts of the additive are used (reportedly less than one part per million) Senomyx's chemical compounds will not appear on labels, but will fall under the broad category of "artificial flavors." For the same reason, the company's chemicals have not undergone the FDA's usual safety approval process for food additives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senomyx

sore_ass_losers ago

Yes, no FDA scrutiny, as poor as it is already.

I'm hoping at least "artificial flavors" is required on the label.

This could get tricky: I notice Cadbury/Kraft is one of Senomyx's clients. Cadbury's chocolate bars have "artificial flavors", but you look in the ingredients and think it's just vanillin. Vanillin's been around for a long time, apparently it's used more than vanilla now in processed foods, so you might think nothing of it. However the well known vanillin artificial flavor is effectively hiding any Senomyx flavor.

(I shouldn't be so complacent about vanillin:

From 1940: On the Toxicity of Vanillin and Ethyl Vanillin for Rabbits and Rats

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jps.3030291001

Well as the first paragraph of this paper states, ordinary vanilla can be toxic.)

GreenDell144 ago

I’m swearing off processed foods. Gonna get me some chickens and grow a garden. I stopped dairy 3 years ago. I feel great!

sore_ass_losers ago

Seems like the way to go. I was non-dairy for a while and lost some pounds.

Processed food is cardboard with salt and sugar, now even the salt and sugar won't be real.

sunajAeon ago

FOR PETE FUCKING SAKES