Food and drink — what they are made of
8 food and drink objects, broken down.
| Object | Made of |
|---|---|
| Marshmallow | Sugar syrup whipped full of air and held there by gelatin, which comes from animal collagen. |
| Chewing gum | A base of synthetic rubber, wax and resin that you never swallow, carrying sweetener and flavour that you do. |
| Chocolate | Ground cocoa solids and cocoa butter with sugar, plus a trace of lecithin — the fat does the rest. |
| Gelatin | Collagen from animal skin and bone, broken down with acid or alkali and dried. There is no plant version. |
| Cheese | Milk protein clotted by an enzyme, drained of whey and salted — four ingredients and a lot of time. |
| Bread | Flour, water, yeast and salt — plus, in most factory loaves, enzymes, emulsifiers and a mould inhibitor. |
| Potato chips (crisps) | Thin potato slices fried in vegetable oil, seasoned with a maltodextrin-carried flavour powder, packed in nitrogen. |
| Tofu | Soy milk curdled with a mineral salt and pressed — cheese-making, with soybeans instead of milk. |
- Marshmallow Sugar syrup whipped full of air and held there by gelatin, which comes from animal collagen.
- Chewing gum A base of synthetic rubber, wax and resin that you never swallow, carrying sweetener and flavour that you do.
- Chocolate Ground cocoa solids and cocoa butter with sugar, plus a trace of lecithin — the fat does the rest.
- Gelatin Collagen from animal skin and bone, broken down with acid or alkali and dried. There is no plant version.
- Cheese Milk protein clotted by an enzyme, drained of whey and salted — four ingredients and a lot of time.
- Bread Flour, water, yeast and salt — plus, in most factory loaves, enzymes, emulsifiers and a mould inhibitor.
- Potato chips (crisps) Thin potato slices fried in vegetable oil, seasoned with a maltodextrin-carried flavour powder, packed in nitrogen.
- Tofu Soy milk curdled with a mineral salt and pressed — cheese-making, with soybeans instead of milk.