Food Facts That Will Make You Skip Lunch [LIST]
Are you ok with beetles in your candy?
Whether you're ok with it or not, I'm pretty sure you've eaten them. Unless you've never had Skittles before... which I find hard to believe.
A list of 31 Cringe-worthy Food Facts is hanging out on Elite Daily's website and a few of them have me questioning what I brought to work for lunch today, and the fact that I'm chewing gum right now.
All 31 are on their website, but here is a few of the ones that make me lose my appetite.
- 2. One 20 oz bottle of Coke has more sugar in it than a large Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll, the equivalent of two full shot glasses of sugar.
- 4. Subway chicken breast strips contain 25 additional ingredients other than chicken.
- 17. Red food coloring found in Skittles and other candies is actually crushed up carmine, a type of beetle.
- 18. Chewing gum is softened by the additive Lanolin, which is an oily secretion found on sheep’s wool.
- 29. Spam is short for “spiced ham.”
But I love this one!
30. The popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old in 1905.