15 Food Companies That Serve You 'Wood'

another reason my parents were right..the food in this nation ruins these people from the inside out.

100 billion termites couldn't be wrong. Dig in, my brothers....

These 15 companies might actually be doing you a favor. Dietary fiber is an essential part of human nutrition. It consists mainly of cellulose, a large carbohydrate polymer that is indigestible because humans do not have the required enzymes to disassemble it.

There are many health benefits of a high-fiber diet. Dietary fiber helps reduce the chance of gastrointestinal problems such as constipation and diarrhea by increasing the weight and size of stool and softening it. Insoluble fiber, found in whole-wheat flour, nuts and vegetables, especially stimulates peristalsis -- the rhythmic muscular contractions of the intestines which move digesta along the digestive tract. Soluble fiber, found in oats, peas, beans, and many fruits, dissolves in water in the intestinal tract to produce a gel which slows the movement of food through the intestines. This may help lower blood glucose levels because it can slow the absorption of sugar. Additionally, fiber, perhaps especially that from whole grains, is thought to possibly help lessen insulin spikes, and therefore reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. The link between increased fiber consumption and a decreased risk of colorectal cancer is still uncertain but probable.

Since fiber is indigestible I would have to assume that fiber from wood pulp would provide the same benefits as fiber from other sources. If you incorporate your wood pulp into a dessert you can flavor it with vanillin, which can also be extracted from sawdust, and sweeten it with maple syrup.

Be a tree hugger, they are an edible resource!

I don't consider myself a foodie or anything close, but I am extremely disappointed in what is offered to the American consumer. In general, I am a purist. Potato chips should be plain, and deep fried. Not all food needs chipotle peppers in it. Simple recipes are the best. The only exception is that I really enjoyed some of the gas station microwave cheeseburgers. BUT, if they want to add any sort of crap to my food, they should tell me. I don't mind eating soy protein in my beef patty if they tell me, and it taste good. If wood fiber is needed to keep my grated cheese from clumping, just add tree to the ingredients. Unfortunately, we have gutted the FDA so badly over the last few decades, that I no longer trust their judgement. I guess the current thinking in Washington is that we should eat sh*t and die. I had hoped to see much stronger consumer protections, but it isn't happening.

How much wood can a wood chuck chuck if the wood chuck eats at taco hell?

Yikes! The stuff we know today about the "stuff" we eat is so scary. I feel so guilty about what I fed my daughter. I had no idea I was doing so wrong by her!

be surprise wood won't make you fat
now what else in our food to make us fat
China put other things in our baby food but that's OK ?

The joking aside, what this really means is that you get less real food for you money, while corporations get to extend the amount of real food they need to purchase in order to make their products.

Good article!

and don't forget sausage casings - usually plastic, and sometimes with laminate on the interior linings

ew...

FYI, when I was a teenager in the 80s and worked for Burger King, one of the ingredients listed on the chicken patties was edible plastic filler. Comparatively, wood does not sound so bad. :D

Word for the day: Roughage. Yum!

ugh - so if wood pulp in my system wasn't bad enough, now I have to think about caulk? A durable one, at that?

Cellulose helps to balance out the lard. ( together they make a durable caulk )