Gummy candies

_xXJennXx_
_xXJennXx_ Posts: 3,290 Member
edited February 8 in Chit-Chat
Don't think I want to eat those ever again.......
http://humannhealth.com/gummi-candies-what-are-they-made-of/1099/

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  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    I hope you are ready to stop eating a ton of stuff, because gelatin is widely used in many things. Marshmallows, Pop tarts, any cereal with frosting (frosted flakes), Frozen vegetables, a lot of icing or frosting, cream cheese, sour cream, the list goes on.
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    My daughter went vegan and gave up everything with Gelatin.
  • _xXJennXx_
    _xXJennXx_ Posts: 3,290 Member
    Much better if I don't know about it.
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    I'm not going to stop drinking artificially raspberry flavored drinks because they're made from beaver butt.
  • Brown523
    Brown523 Posts: 112 Member
    Beaver butt is natural - I didn't watch the video but Im pretty sure gelatin is horse hooves, no? Also a natural product.....right? LOL
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Beaver butt is natural - I didn't watch the video but Im pretty sure gelatin is horse hooves, no? Also a natural product.....right? LOL

    Lol, yes. But doesn't it make you wonder.. How in the world did someone find out about a beaver's butt tasting like that??? haha.
  • htimpaired
    htimpaired Posts: 1,404 Member
    "•The presence of gelatin may also bring harm to the human body by bringing with it diseases that may affect the body dangerously."

    This is a very vague statement. I have eaten things with gelatin in them for years, and I'm pretty sure my gummy bears haven't passed along any diseases. Common sense people...they're supposed to be a treat, not a staple of your diet.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    Much better if I don't know about it.

    Sadly, that is the way to go here in the US, ignorance is bliss.

    Other countries tend to take food and the well being of their citizens more seriously, like they ban certain stuff. Here in the US if you contribute enough to a congressman they will be happy to legalize it for you as long as it doesn't directly kill people.
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    Much better if I don't know about it.

    Sadly, that is the way to go here in the US, ignorance is bliss.

    Other countries tend to take food and the well being of their citizens more seriously, like they ban certain stuff. Here in the US if you contribute enough to a congressman they will be happy to legalize it for you as long as it doesn't directly kill people.
    Good for other countries. Our country thinks you're smart enough to figure out what you want to put in your body and what you don't want to. They don't decide it for you.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    Much better if I don't know about it.

    Sadly, that is the way to go here in the US, ignorance is bliss.

    Other countries tend to take food and the well being of their citizens more seriously, like they ban certain stuff. Here in the US if you contribute enough to a congressman they will be happy to legalize it for you as long as it doesn't directly kill people.
    Good for other countries. Our country thinks you're smart enough to figure out what you want to put in your body and what you don't want to. They don't decide it for you.

    YES, that is why we have warning labels on everything!!!! /sarcasm
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    mmmm...Gummy Bears!
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    Much better if I don't know about it.

    Sadly, that is the way to go here in the US, ignorance is bliss.

    Other countries tend to take food and the well being of their citizens more seriously, like they ban certain stuff. Here in the US if you contribute enough to a congressman they will be happy to legalize it for you as long as it doesn't directly kill people.
    Good for other countries. Our country thinks you're smart enough to figure out what you want to put in your body and what you don't want to. They don't decide it for you.

    ha. thinking we're smart enough. joke's on us.
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Great. Now I want gummy candies. Just the topic name did that.

    ~chuckles~

    But that aside, obviously if you're vegan or vegetarian, don't eat them. But otherwise? I'd rather as much of an animal be used as is possible, so I'm good with the origins of gelatin.
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    Great. Now I want gummy candies. Just the topic name did that.

    ~chuckles~

    But that aside, obviously if you're vegan or vegetarian, don't eat them. But otherwise? I'd rather as much of an animal be used as is possible, so I'm good with the origins of gelatin.

    I am with you, if you are going to kill an animal to eat it or whatever, we should use the whole thing. I have problems with killing an animal just for their tusks or hide, that isn't right.

    However, I will point out that my daughter went vegan because of what we do to our animals in the US. The hormones and the antibiotics in our food are the biggest problem in this country. While I don't have much problem with gelatin, I do try very hard to eat grain fed beef and antibiotic free chicken. I am certainly no perfect when it comes to that, but I try to better.

    Oh and when my daughter went vegan it solved most of her stomach issues.
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  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    BARBARIC!! do you know how many jello's had to die for one shot??? :laugh: :laugh:
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  • HiKaren
    HiKaren Posts: 1,306 Member
    Thank you for the help......
    Next time I want some gummies (And the hubs has a bag in the pantry currently)
    Im going to think first.......
    Beaver Butt....
    I heard of that before.. Butttt totally forgot...

    Beaver Butt, Beaver Butt, Beaver Butt....
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    BARBARIC!! do you know how many jello's had to die for one shot??? :laugh: :laugh:

    After two or three, I don't care. ????

    :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    "•The presence of gelatin may also bring harm to the human body by bringing with it diseases that may affect the body dangerously."

    This is a very vague statement. I have eaten things with gelatin in them for years, and I'm pretty sure my gummy bears haven't passed along any diseases. Common sense people...they're supposed to be a treat, not a staple of your diet.

    you can get STDs from some gummy candies... gummy lighthouses for example.

    http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/11/gummi-lighthouses-when-candy-design-goes-terribly-hilariously-wrong/
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I love the sour tape. :D
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