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I don't understand why she and her husband don't just pick better beer? Craft brewers don't put nasty crap in their beers. Better yet, you can make your own and know exactly what goes into it.
And by the way, I know for sure some euro beers use "fish bladder" (isinglass) as a clarifying agent, that has been around for a looong time.
It has been and it is filtered out before bottling. It is even used by some home brewers.
If you were to use a red dye to make a cake, then removed the red dye for what-ever reason prior to packaging that cake, you would not have to list it as an ingredient as it would be a part of the process and not a part of the finished product.
Out of the beers that use the "crazy" stuff most of it is used in the process of production and likely will not be included on any labeling.
I read a good article in Forbes about the Food Babe (Vani Hari), here's a quote:
As Gorski notes, “companies live and die by public perception. It’s far easier to give a blackmailer like Hari what she wants than to try to resist or to counter her propaganda by educating the public. And, make no mistake, blackmail is exactly what Vani Hari is about.”
It has been and it is filtered out before bottling. It is even used by some home brewers.
If you were to use a red dye to make a cake, then removed the red dye for what-ever reason prior to packaging that cake, you would not have to list it as an ingredient as it would be a part of the process and not a part of the finished product.
Out of the beers that use the "crazy" stuff most of it is used in the process of production and likely will not be included on any labeling.
Its impossible to remove all of the isinglass, so no good if your a veggie or vegan. That said I'm not sure how would want this in a pint???
Food blogger Vani Hari's husband's favorite drink is beer and, just in time for his birthday this week, she is launching an online petition to ask the two biggest producers of American beer to list all their ingredients and brewing methods.
Hari claims some beers contain additives like high-fructose corn syrup, stabilizers and artificial flavoring, which have been linked to obesity, allergies, hyperactivity and gastrointestinal problems. She also alleges that big brewers use unappetizing things like propylene glycol – a foaming ingredient found in airplane deicing liquid – and even use fish swim bladders during brewing for clarity.
Well, I just had a beer. Guess what? The main ingredient, by volume and mass, was an anti-freeze ingredient: water.
That's right - there's an anti-freeze ingredient coming right out of your tap. Don't drink that stuff! It must be toxic if it's anti-freeze ingredient, right?
Actually, no. There are many substances which are toxic, yet contain various ingredients which in and of themselves are benign.
The dramatic "Beer contains anti-freeze ingredients!" claims is just drama meant to push copy/bandwidth. Now, in general it is possible that a specific anti-freeze ingredient found in beer is not good for you. But this headline is ignoring that nuance and instead going for the money-generating alarmism.
Aircraft de-icing liquid? Yep. That contains water, too. Unless you get into the specifics of the issue with propylene glycol, this is just nonsense meant to push uninformed buttons, and nothing more.
Just be honest and address the specifics, and forego the ridiculous scare tactics.
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