J. Clarke wrote:
> On 3/25/2010 1:03 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:30:01 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> Better link included:
>>>>
>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> I was eating some Easter candy, reading the ingredients (bad
>>>>> move), and came across a few ingredients I've never heard of
>>>>> before. This was one of them:
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yzg7mrx
>>>>
>>>> Not only is it a cured polyurethane composition containing epoxy
>>>> resin, but it's also an Easter candy as well!
>>>
>>> All it is is an inert white pigment.
>>
>> Uhh, I'm pretty sure they're vegetarian!
>
> It's just refined titanium ore, in other words clean dirt. The stuff
> when ground up into a fine dust is very, very, very white.

There's an additive that makes buttercream whiter that contains the same
stuff.

Factory-made candy will almost always contain "fake" ingredients.