With all engineered foods such as Doritos, there are a lot of chemicals in the ingredients lists that are artificial. How do food scientists know which chemicals are edible and how they taste?
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1. Doritos aren’t “engineered”
2. Everything on earth that has a physical form is a chemical or made up of chemicals. Air? Chemicals. An organic apple? Chemicals.
3. Here are the list of the ingredients in Doritos (Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, And/or Sunflower Oil), Maltodextrin (Made From Corn), Salt, Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Monosodium Glutamate, Buttermilk, Romano Cheese (Part-skim Cow’s Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey Protein Concentrate, Onion Powder, Corn Flour, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Tomato Powder, Lactose, Spices, Artificial Color (Yellow 6, Yellow 5, And Red 40), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Skim Milk, Red And Green Bell Pepper Powder, Disodium Inosinate, And Disodium Guanylate.
The only artificial parts are some colors and flavors, a tiny part of the overall product.
As for how we know if they are edible, it’s the same way we know if anything is edible, they have been tested extensively. First in a lab, then in animals, then in people.
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