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I did a little research and I got scared.
Wiki describes it as an 'expensive additive' that is based on dried fish and/or seaweed that is added to foods (yuck).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_guanylate
Guanylate can be genetically modified in the process of food manufacture, and when this is done, they don't even have to state what they have done to this 'flavor enhancer'.
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/database/e-numbers/122.guanylate.html
They state that it is not safe for babies to ingest this.
Hell... I think that goes for everybody else.
When I tried to dive deeper as to how this substance is used, I was referred to articles on how this 'additive' is chemically altered yet again.
There are quite a few processed foods that have this ingredient too.
http://www.foodessentials.com/compare/Disodium_Guanylate_Free_Salad_Dressing_-_Ranch/137203/30
I think you have cured me @ssmacd from ever wanting to pick up a bag of Doritos ever again.
Thank you!
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bunnyphuph...
FDA US Government
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodContaminantsAdulteration/default.htm
An FDA Report
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/1996/UCM065072.pdf
FDA Report
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/ucm074443.htm
ew!!!!
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http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm#tvp
Now go ahead and enjoy those yummy snacks. ^_^
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http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm
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But disodium guanylate doesn't seem to be made from bat feces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_guanylate
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Do Doritos contain bat poop?
A friend told me that she saw a show on the Food Network that maintained that the guanylate listed as an ingredient in Doritos was made from bat guano. Wikipedia states its origin as dried fish or seaweed-- and I haven't been able to find anything more authoritative. Can anyone help?
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Thanks to all your answers, I've done a but more research and discovered that guanine, which is used to make guanylate is found in nature in a variety of places --the excrement and dead bodies of birds, bats, and seals, sugar beets, yeast, and fish scales.
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Thanks to all your answers, I've done a but more research and discovered that guanine, which is used to make guanylate is found in nature in a variety of places --the excrement and dead bodies of birds, bats, and seals, sugar beets, yeast, and fish scales.
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| July 10, 2009 01:15 AM |
Wiki describes it as an 'expensive additive' that is based on dried fish and/or seaweed that is added to foods (yuck).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_guanylate
Guanylate can be genetically modified in the process of food manufacture, and when this is done, they don't even have to state what they have done to this 'flavor enhancer'.
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/database/e-numbers/122.guanylate.html
They state that it is not safe for babies to ingest this.
Hell... I think that goes for everybody else.
When I tried to dive deeper as to how this substance is used, I was referred to articles on how this 'additive' is chemically altered yet again.
There are quite a few processed foods that have this ingredient too.
http://www.foodessentials.com/compare/Disodium_Guanylate_Free_Salad_Dressing_-_Ranch/137203/30
I think you have cured me @ssmacd from ever wanting to pick up a bag of Doritos ever again.
Thank you!
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July 10, 2009 01:29 AM
After reading your answer Bunnyphuphu, I don't think I will eating Doritos again! But that's probably for the best!
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July 10, 2009 01:56 AM
It looks like they add even more guanylate in the Japanese version of Doritos!
http://www.pixelfactor.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/doritos-japan.jpg
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July 10, 2009 12:26 AM
ew! unfortunately, government food guidelines do allow a certain amount of rodent .... (shall we say "material") ... in food. FDA US Government
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodContaminantsAdulteration/default.htm
An FDA Report
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/1996/UCM065072.pdf
FDA Report
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/ucm074443.htm
ew!!!!
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July 10, 2009 12:41 AM
I understand that there may be natural contamination- but do you have any information on what guanylate is made from?
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July 10, 2009 01:04 AM
Sounds like your friend may be mistaken. Here it is from the Vegetarian Resource Group. http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm#tvp
Now go ahead and enjoy those yummy snacks. ^_^
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http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm
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July 10, 2009 02:19 PM
I think bat poop is the least of your problems when considering genetically modified foods. I think a spoonful of bat crap would be much less lethal than all the other additives added in processed foods. Msg, aspartame, sulfites, etc.. But disodium guanylate doesn't seem to be made from bat feces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_guanylate
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