8 shocking hidden secrets in common foods you eat daily

Wondering how meat looks so red and fresh every time? Well, the credit goes to carbon monoxide added on top to give the meat the perfect colour.

The color of food makes a lot of difference and you will be shocked to know that many of the food colours are made of crushed bugs. Cochineal insects are used to make the red colour that we relish in form of red velvet cakes.

This might sound bizarre, but titanium dioxide is one of the important ingredients of your favourite sun block cream that is also used to increase the shelf life of dressings. This ingredient blocks the natural light from destroying the content, but implicitly degrades other ingredients.

If you don’t know, gelatine is made from the connective tissue of pig and is often used in jellies, cakes, and cupcakes for the perfect taste and texture.

Isinglass is an ingredient that is derived from the dried swim bladders of fish and is used for filtering beer and wine.

According to an investigation conducted in 2016, there are many cheese brands that use cellulose in many pre-shredded packaged cheese to help prevent clumping.