This is what you just put in your mouth : from egg nog to beef jerky, the surprising secrets of what's inside everyday products / Patrick Di Justo.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 255 pages : illustrations ;; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0804139881
- 9780804139885
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 664.07 D575 | Available | 33111007963859 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on his popular Wired magazine column What's Inside, Patrick Di Justo takes a hard and incredibly funny look at the shocking, disgusting, and often dumbfounding ingredients found in everyday products, from Cool Whip and Tide Pods to Spam and Play-Doh.
What do a cup of coffee and cockroach pheromone have in common? How is Fix-A-Flat like sugarless gum? Is a Slim Jim meat stick really alive? If I Can't Believe It's Not Butter isn't butter, what is it? All of these pressing questions and more are answered in This Is What You Just Put In Your Mouth? Patrick shares the madcap stories of his extensive research, including tracking down a reclusive condiment heir, partnering with a cop to get his hands on heroin, and getting tight-lipped snack-food execs to talk. Along the way, he schools us on product histories, label decoding, and the highfalutin chemistry concepts behind everything from Midol to Hostess fruit pies.
Packed with facts you're going to want to share immediately, this is infotainment at its best--and most fun!--it will leave you giving your shampoo the side-eye and Doritos a double take, and make you the know-it-all in line at the grocery store.
Introduction -- This is what you put in your mouth. A.1. steak sauce ; Purina Alpo Chop House beef tenderloin flavor in gourmet gravy ; Beano ; Chocolate cherry cordials ; Cigarettes ; Coffee ; Cool Whip ; Doritos Late Night All Nighter Cheeseburger Chips ; Easy Cheese aerosol spread ; Enfamil baby formula ; Enzyte ; Hostess lemon fruit pie ; Hot Pockets pepperoni pizza ; I Can't Believe It's Not Butter ; FreshBurst Listerine ; Midol ; Orbit White gum ; PowerBar Protein Plus ; Red Bull ; Red wine ; Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale ; Slim Jim ; Southern Comfort egg nog ; Spam with bacon ; Tap water ; Vita Coco coconut water -- This is what you don't put in your mouth. Axe deodorant ; Colored-flame artificial logs ; Bausch & Lomb Renu contact lens cleaner solution ; CoverGirl LashBlast Luxe mascara ; Diamond Strike Anywhere matches ; April Fresh Downy fabric softener ; Febreze ; Fix-A-Flat; A flu shot ; Gasoline ; Head & Shoulders shampoo ; Heroin ; Just For Men hair color ; K-Y Yours+Mine couples lubricants ; Neutrogena Healthy Skin face lotion SPF 15 ; Noxzema ; Play-Doh ; Preparation H ; Lemon Scent Raid ; Sta-Green tree and shrub planting mix ; Tide pods ; Titleist golf balls ; Triple Paste diaper cream.
"Based on his popular Wired magazine column What's Inside, Patrick Di Justo takes a cold, hard ... look at the shocking, disgusting, and often dumbfounding ingredients found in everyday products, from Cool Whip and Tide Pods to Spam and Play-Doh. He also shares the madcap stories of his extensive research, including tracking down a reclusive condiment heir, partnering with a cop to get his hands on heroin, and getting tight-lipped snack-food execs to talk"--Page 4 of cover.
What do a cup of coffee and cockroach pheromone have in common? Di Justo takes a cold, hard, and incredibly funny look at the shocking, disgusting, and often dumbfounding ingredients found in everyday products, from Cool Whip and Tide Pods to Spam and Play-Doh. He schools us on product histories, label decoding, and the highfalutin chemistry concepts behind everything from Midol to Hostess fruit pies.