Little chocolate donuts
My next exercise as chemistry reference librarian: look up all the dubious compounds contained in the donuts I just ate. (Ironically and idealistically known as Mrs. Freshley's Chocolate Mini-Donuts, purchased out of a vending machine. The good news is that they had an expiration date.) My short-term goal is to use library resources to understand the purpose of each of the mystery ingredients. My long-term goal is to scare myself into never being tempted to eat these things again:
sodium acid pyrophosphate
sodium aluminum phosphate
monocalcium phosphate
dextrins
guar gum
karaya gum
monoglycerides
sodium stearoyl lactylate
xanthan gum
bees wax
cellulose
enzyme [this is frighteningly vague--I'm not quite sure this counts as full disclosure of ingredients, to be honest]
sodium propionate
potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness)
Posted at 04:18PM Oct 30, 2006 by WILSON, JOSHUA in Thought experiments |