8 Everyday Foods You Didn't Know Were Filled With Gross Ingredients

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2/9 Phosphoric acid, which is found in soda, is also used in 'acid baths' to remove rust from metal materials. Yummy.
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3/9 High-fructose corn syrup is basically in everything that tastes good and is easy to buy. This includes ice cream, fast food, cereal, juices, bread, candy, condiments, and more. It is used as a replacement for sugar, but researchers are learning that it's actually much worse to ingest corn syrup than it is sugar.
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4/9 Carrageenan is a common ingredient found in beer that is actually extracted from seaweed. It's also used in some sexual lubricants because it prevents the transmission of STDs.
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5/9 Polydimethylsiloxane is an ingredient found in a lot of fast food items. However, it's also a common component of silly puddy and breast implants.
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6/9 Sorbitol is a healthy sugar alcohol found in gum and toothpaste, but it can act as a laxative if you ingest too much of it.
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7/9 Carmine (or cochineal) is what's used to dye yogurt and fruit drinks red. The gross part is that it's mostly made out of crushed beetles.
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8/9 Xanthan gum, used as a thickening agent for salad dressings (as well as many other sauces) is made out of a bacteria similar to the one produced when vegetables rot.
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9/9 Gelatin, which is found in products like Jell-O and gummy bears, is comprised mostly of goat bones. Yuck.
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We often rely on purchasing processed items that are super easy to eat. The cost of that convenience is products that are potentially unhealthy. Mass produced and processed food items are full of preservatives and other chemicals, which wreak havoc on our bodies.

Each of these extremely common foods contain ingredients that are downright disturbing.

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