Read this if you never want to eat pop-tarts again.

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  • FloridaAimee
    FloridaAimee Posts: 295 Member
    Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".

    ^^^This^^^
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    Not sure I see your point. You listed some pretty good survival foods in your post, OP. if its just taste you're concerned with, I'd say that's just kind of a western-centric way of thinking.

    Pass the pig hide please :)
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    I remember in elementary school, I was eating jello and some kid was like "did you know jello is made out of HORSE HOOFS!?!" Much like you, I was disgusted and swore off the stuff.

    Later on I found out gelatin was also in marshmallows. Then I was like, screw this, I'm not giving up that *kitten*. Back to jello eating I go.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I was watching The Doctors last night and they said that fake raspberry flavoring is made from beaver anal gland excretion. Yum!

    I'll still eat pop-tarts. I eat hot dogs. Just because it seems nasty being in a pop-tart doesn't mean I wouldn't eat it in other stuff.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I remember in elementary school, I was eating jello and some kid was like "did you know jello is made out of HORSE HOOFS!?!" Much like you, I was disgusted and swore off the stuff.

    Later on I found out gelatin was also in marshmallows. Then I was like, screw this, I'm not giving up that *kitten*. Back to jello eating I go.

    I knew a vegetarian who had to give up Lucky Charms when he found out gelatin was in marshmallows. =(
  • ninjakitty81
    ninjakitty81 Posts: 24
    I was watching The Doctors last night and they said that fake raspberry flavoring is made from beaver anal gland excretion. Yum!

    I'll still eat pop-tarts. I eat hot dogs. Just because it seems nasty being in a pop-tart doesn't mean I wouldn't eat it in other stuff.


    Castoreum yum! Nothing like a little anal leakage to make your dinner appetizing lol
  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
    Yeah I know what gelatine is. I'm okay with it.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    Everyone know pop tarts are crappy junk food, but I learned something today that will encourage me to never eat another poptart should I encounter one. I knew jello was made from nasty stuff. Come to find out its a lot more then jello.

    The back story: I'm from Iowa originally, and Iowa is known for two things, hogs and corn. Where there is hogs there is meat processing plants. My best friend just began working for one of these pig processing plant and he told me about something.

    Companies go to every extent to use every part of the pig. This is where pop-tarts come in, the filling in pop-tarts contains gelatin, not so scary right? What if i told you that was pork gelatin? Yummy your pop-tart filling is made with gelatin that is derived from the hide of a pig. Yum. Other things that gelatin comes from skin, boiled crushed horn, hoof and bones, connective tissues, organs and some intestines of animals such as domesticated cattle, chicken, horses hooves, and pigs.

    Products gelatin is use in?
    Gelatin desserts, (like jello) trifles, aspic, marshmallows, and confectioneries such as Peeps and gummy bears. Gelatin may be used as a stabilizer, thickener, or texturizer in foods such as ice cream, jams, yogurt, cream cheese, and margarine; it is used, as well, in fat-reduced foods to simulate the mouthfeel of fat and to create volume without adding calories

    Bits and pieces of what I wrote came from a web search, and were not written by me.


    Who knew I could get pork while eating a pop tart?

    I knew where gelatin came from when I was in Jr. High already. You honestly didn't know where gelatin came from? There is much scarier stuff in our food than that. Careful what you read, you may never be able to eat again? Know where mushrooms come from? Know how they make sugar?
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    It took you 22 years to discover what gelatin was derived from? Pass the Pop Tarts! And the Jello!
  • cmje94066
    cmje94066 Posts: 24 Member
    I grew up eating the strangest things.....that doesn't bother me not one bit compared to some of the things I've eatin'.
  • gshoemaker06
    gshoemaker06 Posts: 264 Member
    This isn't new. If this grosses anybody out then just be a vegetarian. I am so I don't worry about this crap.
  • amyhoss
    amyhoss Posts: 414 Member
    eh... doesn't bother me in the least.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I stopped eating poptarts the day I vomited them up 10 hours later and they looked EXACTLY the same as when I ate them. That's what did it for me. lol

    You should chew your food better...:laugh:
  • sewerchick93
    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,438 Member

    By the way, the gelatin in pop-tarts is used in the frosting, not in the filling. Which is why the mini pop-tart stick things are certified kosher but the full-sized ones aren't.
    there is such a thing as kosher gelatin. I worked at a gelatin manufacturing plant and we would occassionally make kosher gelatin.
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".

    ^^ This. There's nothing wrong with eating pig hoof parts or whatever, as long as it's not against your personal religion, so I'm good. Ppl used to (and in some parts of the world still do) eat EVERY part of an animal. Waste not, I say! (Ever heard of moose-nose jelly? It's delicious.) At least it's all naturally-occuring, and therefore less likely to cause cancer. Shrug.

    But I refuse to eat Pop tarts for a different reason altogether: those b*tches are like 200 calories EACH! And who ever eats just ONE?? They're not even filling. Blegh.
  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".
    Yup.
    But I refuse to eat Pop tarts for a different reason altogether: those b*tches are like 200 calories EACH! And who ever eats just ONE?? They're not even filling. Blegh.
    Yup again! And why do they put 2 in a wrapper?? My kids used to beg for them, I would relent once in a while, but otherwise don't normally even buy them.
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    not to shocking. thats what gelatin is
  • bellygoaway
    bellygoaway Posts: 441 Member
    Just remember, without pork, there would be no bacon!

    Yeah pork!!!
  • stillme4you
    stillme4you Posts: 33
    I've known that for awhile...but there's nothing quite like a toasted marshmellow. I don't care how it's made. LOL Now head-cheese...that's a different story...
  • leserpent
    leserpent Posts: 27 Member
    I'm not sure I get what the freak-out is about. I mean, that's why real meat-based soups will turn into jelly when refrigerated. Because boiling the meat causes the gelatin in the cartilage to dissolve into the liquid.

    By the way, the gelatin in pop-tarts is used in the frosting, not in the filling. Which is why the mini pop-tart stick things are certified kosher but the full-sized ones aren't.

    You forgot to include fish bones in your list of gelatin sources, by the way. :)

    I thought it was bovine bones. gelatin is also used in hard and soft capsules (softgels... like omega-3 capsules).
  • Mindful_Trent
    Mindful_Trent Posts: 3,954 Member
    Doesn't bother me- I eat meat and I prefer if companies DO USE as much as the animal instead of just certain parts and throwing the rest out. I'd rather have an animal product than some chemical "gel".

    Ditto. People have been eating bugs and miscellaneous animal parts since we've existed as a species.
  • Quasita
    Quasita Posts: 1,530 Member
    Here I thought new information was going to be shared. They have since found ways of synthesizing gelatin in order to make these things without animal byproducts. Many of our every day items, from clothing to paints to toiletries and more, contain animal products. If you buy store brand, it's pretty much a guarantee.

    Reading this felt like I was reading someone writing "Did you know that glue comes from horse hooves? And that's why they say "send him to the glue factory"???" It's like... Um... DUH.

    Personally, I think if a person chooses to eat meat and use animal products, they should strive to utilize the entirety of the slaughtered animal if at all possible, and do so with respect.

    Besides, I think poptarts are more "scary" due to fat and sugar contents.
  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    bacon poptarts? Now we're on to something!!
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    Most companies are getting away from tendon derived gelatin in favor of a vegetable based form of it. why dont you look up how much rat hair is allowed in peanut butter. thats why we have immune systems.
  • marlynej
    marlynej Posts: 21 Member
    never did eat pop tarts but do eat liver of all sorts and love the bone marrow on crackers when I cook my soup bones.
  • NicLiving
    NicLiving Posts: 261 Member
    This thread makes me hungry for bacon and pork chops...

    me too :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Mmmm bacon (in my Homer Simpson voice)!!!

    Say what you want about pork, but I'm not giving up my pop-tarts...nope not for all the pigs in Iowa :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • BoxingAli
    BoxingAli Posts: 117 Member
    This thread makes me hungry for bacon and pork chops...

    LOL! ^^^This!
  • Quasita
    Quasita Posts: 1,530 Member
    I was watching The Doctors last night and they said that fake raspberry flavoring is made from beaver anal gland excretion. Yum!

    I'll still eat pop-tarts. I eat hot dogs. Just because it seems nasty being in a pop-tart doesn't mean I wouldn't eat it in other stuff.

    Musk perfumes use the pheremones from musk deer to create the scent... People wear musk scents all the time without thinking about it... but that's why they smell "earthy" or "woodsy" to most people.
  • Crystal_Pistol
    Crystal_Pistol Posts: 750 Member
    This is one of those "WTF" topics for me. Gelatin panic? Seriously? :noway:

    The 5th graders at my elementary school tried to tell us this info when I was a kid to make us afraid to eat things. I have eaten all things gelatin before and since then. As a matter of fact, I bought some suger free jello cups in bulk from a warehouse club. This post actually only reminded me how delicious pop tarts are and that I should buy some because I haven't eaten any in a while.
  • Crystal_Pistol
    Crystal_Pistol Posts: 750 Member
    bacon poptarts? Now we're on to something!!

    Yes please!

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