Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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and all the cheeze-its spill onto the floorboard

You really can do better and should start to read the ingredients of the food you feed your family.

Ingredients in cheeze-its.

NRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS, SKIM MILK CHEESE (SKIM MILK, WHEY PROTEIN, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO EXTRACT FOR COLOR), SALT, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, YEAST, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN FOR COLOR, SOY LECITHIN.

TBHQ is a form of butane (i.e. lighter fluid) the FDA allows processors to use sparingly in our food: It can comprise no more than 0.02 percent of the oil in a nugget. Which is probably just as well, considering that ingesting a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill.
http://scienceblogs.com/moleculeoftheday/2007/03/tbhq_mixed_feelings.php


Oleoresin (chemical compound) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Used in Pepper Spray
Gum naval stores are derived from the oleoresin, a fluid commonly called crude turpentine, that exudes from incisions made in the living trees. ...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/427493/oleoresin