| Around The House | Not So Fast Food | Carcino-what? | The Omnivore's Dilemma | Advertising |
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100What is toothpaste?
It whitens your teeth, freshens your breath and polishes your silver.
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100What is the Big Mac?
What popular McDonald's sandwich has a list of 67 ingredients?
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100What is aspartame?
This controversial artificial sweetener has been the subject of numerous cancer studies.
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100What is corn?
56% of your tasty Chicken McNugget is actually this vegetable.
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100What is New Balance?
This company marketed a toning sneaker purported to help wearers burn more calories and tone their quads, glutes, hamstrings and calves. It is now involved in a class action lawsuit claiming that the advertising for the shoe is "false, misleading and reasonably likely to deceive the public."
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200What is skim milk?
Without the titanium dioxide, this drink would look blue.
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200What is Chicken McNuggets?
Dimethyl polysiloxane, a type of silicone found in Silly Putty, is also commonly found in what popular McDonald's item?
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200What is microwave popcorn?
PFOA, a chemical being investigated by the EPA because of its adverse effects on lab animals, stays in humans for a very long time. It is found in what common snack?
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200What is corn?
On average, an American consumes a ton of this vegetable per year.
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200What is Rice Krispies and Frosted Mini-Wheats?
The Fair Trade Commission ordered Kelloggs to stop advertising claims that these popular children's cereals boosts children's immunity.
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300What is fabric softener?
Dihydrogenated tallow dimethlyl ammonium chloride is a derivative of rendered animal fat and is commonly found in this product that keeps your clothes soft and static free.
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300What is Taco Bell?
This fast food giant was sued because its Seasoned Beef is only 35% beef.
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300What is cat litter?
Crystalline silica, a known carcinogen, is found in this common pet supply.
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300What is Earthbound Farms?
This large organic food company produces 80% of the organic lettuce sold in America.
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300What is fried chicken?
The Federal Trade Commission stopped KFC from airing ads that claimed that eating this menu item is a way to "eat better" and is consistent with low carb diets.
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400What is stearic acid?
This fatty acid is commonly found in fake snow is made from vegetable and animal fat.
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400What is TBHQ (TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE)?
Chicken McNuggets and McDonald's french fries are just a couple fast foods that contain this preservative that is a form of butane and derived from petroleum.
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400What is food dye?
This food additive is found in many candies, cakes, desserts and drinks. It is thought to be carcinogenic and is banned in several European countries.
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400What is corn?
Cows and other ruminants have a second stomach called the rumen which has "evolved into the perfect organ for digesting grass." However, it is not efficient at digesting this vegetable.
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400What is Kashi?
According to to the class action lawsuit filed against this company, its "all natural" products are made from "almost entirely synthetic and unnaturally processed ingredients."
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500What is maltitol syrup?
This ingredient is found in Power Bars. It is such a powerful laxative that foods containing it in Australia and New Zealand require a warning label.
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500What is fabricated steak?
Many steak house franchises serve this product when they serve steaks.
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500What is antiperspirant?
This product is being studied to determine if there are any links between the aluminum based compounds used as its active ingredient, the parabans used as preservatives and breast cancer.
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500What is Kellogg?
Kashi and Morningstar Farms, food companies that boast all natural or organic ingredients in their products are owned by this major food corporation.
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500What is Airborne?
The makers of this herbal supplement had to pay over $30 million in a class action lawsuit for misleading advertising claiming that the product could prevent illnesses like the flu and the common cold.
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