Wait... WHAT?

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~juliaGENOCIDE Sep 16, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

My mom needs to stop ruining food for me. First jell-o, now ice cream. There's nothing left to have for desert!

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For years, various food companies have been using "castoreum" to flavor ice cream and other foods. The problem? Castoreum is a fancy word for a compound from the crushed anal "sacs" of beavers.

Not only is this stuff disgusting and inhumane, it's kept totally secret. Under FDA rules, companies don't need to include castoreum on the ingredients list -- they can just call it "natural flavoring".

Seriously, mother, stop showing me this shit. I didn't need to know that.

Now I shall ruin ice cream for everyone else.

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Devious Comments

!Jak-the-Lombax Sep 17, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

...Ewwww.

~KittyTheNekoAlien Sep 17, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

DAFUQ. I didn't even know beavers were farmed for anything, but why their rectums and why are we putting it in ice cream!? I hope it's not in all ice cream at least...