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Smarties are bugged

SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
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yum :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I couldn't read whatever it was, you had to register on that place and i couldn't be arsed.

    What was it about?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I am assuming that he is refering to the fact that the red smarties are made with a 'natural' dye that comes from a certain type of bug.

    These are bred and then toasted before being crushed and used as a food dye to produce a range of red to pink colours.

    Strawberry milkshakes at Mc Donalds use it too.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What bug? :eek2:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Its a small fly thing, its old news, it has been used for years, I'm surprised people dont know.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    eurgh your joking rnt u...i thought that was just a myth about the shells being made from bugs...
    ...thankfully i dont drink strawberry milkshakes. Dont think ill be eating red smarties again tho
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nope, completely true.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The same is true for skittles and also some soft sweets.

    I too can't believe people don't know this. The same for the chicken fat they put in McDonald's milkshakes. It feels as if everyone knows.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by the doc horatio
    I too can't believe people don't know this.

    I'm constantly amazed by what some people dont know on here, things I consider common knowledge.

    But then if pressed on football or similar I'd probably display a monumental lack of information.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Cotchineal bug or something. I'm suprised people don't know this. :eek2:
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by Shogun
    I couldn't read whatever it was, you had to register on that place and i couldn't be arsed.

    What was it about?

    WTF? I didn't need to register this morning. :confused:

    Here's another link
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    it's the cochineal beetle is it not? Although I didn't know about the chicken fat in MD's milkshakes... :yuck:
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Like most beers, Guinness uses isinglass – made from the swim bladder of fishes – in the production process.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    God job I don't drink Guiness eh? :yuck: Constitutes an extra food group in Ireland :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by TheKingOfGlasgow
    Although I didn't know about the chicken fat in MD's milkshakes... :yuck:

    I love telling people about that, just as they are slurping up the last drop. (doesn't put me off though:))
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The worst is in my cats food there is something called 'chicken digest' what the hell is that?!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thank fuck I hate Smarties :| :yuck:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by TheKingOfGlasgow
    God job I don't drink Guiness eh? :yuck: Constitutes an extra food group in Ireland :p

    It so is...it's like a fucking meal.

    I personally hate it. But that's one in a Guinness drinking population of millions.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    come on people. this is old news. like, over 20 year old news. my mum used to tell me about the bugs in smarties to stop me eating so many sweets.

    and there was a thread right on this very board about it, so you have no excuse at all.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by kaffrin
    come on people. this is old news.

    I'd heard about the beetles in smarties but I thought it was bollocks, and I'd never heard about the fish bladder thing so I guess not everybodys as clued up as you eh? :p
    Originally posted by kaffrin
    and there was a thread right on this very board about it, so you have no excuse at all.

    :lol:
    I'm not sad enough to have read everything ever posted here.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well my theory is you ate it before you knew what was in it so what difference does it make?

    Mind you, I'm not that keen on processed food. Or Guiness.
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