Can you get Mad Cow Disease from Gummy Bears?!


Question: Can you get Mad Cow Disease from Gummy Bears!?
I used to be a fan of Jello until I read how it was made - boiling cow bones until they dissolve!. I can't even eat Jello anymore considering the beef industry practice of trying to kill the beef eaters!.

I realize that Gummy Bears are made from Gelatin!. The same stuff Jello is made up of!.

Can I get Mad Cow from Gummy Bears!? I'm guessing YES, so I'll have to drop that as a snack too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
The answer is - YES!.

You can acquire Mad Cow Disease from eating Gummy Bears!.

Gummy Bears were originally created in Germany in 1922!. Since then, they have used animal derived gelatin which is made by boiling cow bones to extract the core elements!.

Since boiling / cooking does not destroy the Mad Cow Disease proteins - it is possible to get Mad Cow from eating anything created by animal by-products - this includes gelatin!.

So, if you are concerned with your health, you should avoid eating Jello and Gummy Bears or any food/candies made with gelatin since the source is not strictly controlled!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I researched and here you go!

Due to Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow disease", and its link to new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), there has been much concern about using gelatin derived from possibly infected animal parts!.[10] One study released in 2004, however, demonstrated that the gelatin production process destroys most of the BSE prions that may be present in the raw material!.[11] However, more detailed recent studies regarding the safety of gelatin in respect to mad cow disease have prompted the U!.S!. Food and Drug Administration to re-issue a warning and stricter guidelines for the sourcing and processing of gelatin to reduce the potential risk posed by Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy from 1997!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Gelatin is actually made from an extract of a specific species of seaweed!. You may be thinking of headcheese, which is made from the natural gelatin of pork bones!. However, commercially available gelatin such as that in Gummy Bears is created from said extract of seaweed!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no!. mad cow disease parasite leaves in the blood and tissue!. bones should be unaffected first off!. second, in preparation it's heated so much, i doubt it!. just get gummy bears only manufactured in usa, chances even lower then!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, gelatin is made from boiling the heck out of the bones, so wouldn't that kill all the parasites!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, you can I was just diagnosed today!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

well if they feed the gummy bears ground up chunks of dead gummy bears then maybe you could get mad gummy bears diseaseWww@FoodAQ@Com

yeah, don't believe evrything you read on-lineWww@FoodAQ@Com

No their made from horse hooves!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Eat M&M's they will make you grow big and strong!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

if you're eating gummy bears with cow parts in them, maybe!. but the last time i checked, no theres notWww@FoodAQ@Com

since there has never been a proven link between eating beef and bse, then NO!!! Plus bse is in the brain tissue!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think its too late for u, sorry, if u had to ask that u must already have it! OCD perhaps!?!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

i don't think so!. since it is first boiled then pasteurized!. there's too much heat for the disease to live!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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