10 Shocking facts about food that will change your mind about what you eat

Humans have a history of tampering with the earth’s produce to the point of making food almost inedible to eat. Here are shocking facts about food which will soon make you look at your everyday food from a new perspective.

1 Confectioner’s Glaze is made From Bug’s Feces

As a child and even as an adult, you might still be tempted to pop that shiny red candy in your mouth. Well the material making it shiny is made from Lac bug’s feces, native to India and Thailand. The common term for it is Shellac, which gives candy and apples their tempting colored luster. Incidentally shellac is also used to varnish furniture.

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