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TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned in Canada and EU. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety And Inspection Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned...

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Original Title: TIL in December 2018, lean finely textured beef(pink slime) was reclassified as "ground beef" by the Food Safety And Inspection Service of the United States Department Of Agriculture. It is banned in Canada and the EU.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Just don't ever look up what candies are made of. Some of the most delicious tasting foods are made from some of the most vile things.

Don't even get me started on imitation vanilla...

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Imitation vinilla hasn't been made that way for decades. You almost certainly never eaten anything with it in it.

    Less than 250 lbs of the stuff was consumed in the US in 1987 and it's only gone down from there.

    It's actually significantly more expensive than sythensized alternatives like vanillin since there is basically no commercial beaver trapping anymore.

    Decades before this was something I could scare the girls in food class with, it was already not true.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Is it bugs? I bet it's bugs.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The vast majority is synthesized. Often from a wood byproduct.

    They were probably referring to the old "it's made from beaver anuses" joke. Where in reality castoreum is extracted from an organ under skin near the tail. And is still used in very small amounts in some applications.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Every time we have this clarification, I imagine a scientist in a lab coat holding a beaver up by the tail, and pointing out the spot near the anus, which is not the anus.

    But to anyone standing near by, they're still just effectively pointing out the beaver's anus.

    I get that the myth is wrong, but the reality isn't enough better to be comforting.

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