andyt andyt:
A lot of baked goods have ground up pig hairs to give the product a nicer texture. So it might take some effort to make them kosher/halal. Seems like a win win for everybody.
As usual, that's only half the facts. They don't contain ground up pig hairs, they contain L-Cysteine which comes from hydrolyzing human hair or poultry feathers, although a synthetically produced version is now available as well.
andyt andyt:
If I can't tell it has no gluten in it, i don't care.
Many brands of bread and pasta are now gluten free. Bread is harder to tell until you toast it. It don't toast right and the butter or margarine doesn't spread or melt properly. Gluten free pasta is just mushy and gross.
andyt andyt:
Ice Cream: Beaver Anal Glands (not sure if that's kosher/halal
Not all manufacturers use them in the "flavouring" and there's only two flavours they are used for, vanilla and raspberry. Just avoid ice cream with castoreum in it.
andyt andyt:
Beer: Fish Bladders (definitely Kosher, may not work for Muslims tho)
Wendy's Chili: Sand
Cheese: Sawdust
Bread: Duck Feathers and Human Hair (maybe I was wrong about the pig hair)
Potato Chips: Cleaning Agents
Chocolate: Rat Hairs (Wish I didn't know that one)
That's nothing new about the rat hairs. Only they aren't used intentionally, it just means there's an "acceptable" amount permitted.
andyt andyt:
But there were more surprises ahead. Did you know that pig hairs are used as “dough improvers”? The hairs? Hair in bread?!? (Guess I was right)
Again, it's L-Cysteine which is produced by hydrolysis of human hair or poultry feathers. There's no hair in the product, just that particular amino acid from the hair, or feathers as the case may be.