Would You Eat Food Made From Animal Feed?
SodaHead Food
2012/07/30 02:58:00
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Health advocates are always looking for special ingredients to make meals more nutritious. But will they be able to convince Americans to eat food made from animal feed? Yes, you read that right: animal feed.
Apparently, the stuff left over from turning corn into fuel ethanol makes a very healthy flour substitute. It’s protein-packed and full of fiber. Sounds great, right? There are just a few catches. It smells “like a saloon.” On it’s own it “tastes like coarse sawdust.” And people just can’t get over the fact that it’s most often fed to cows and pigs.
Padu Krishnan, a food scientist and professor at South Dakota State University, admits that dried distillers’ grain (or DDG) faces a “barrier of perception.” But he’s doing his best to convince people to give it a try. For nearly 20 years he’s been refining recipes and slipping small amounts of DDG into cookies, pizza dough, and bread, which he then feeds to students, friends, and family members. And according to his test subjects, when combined with other ingredients, you can hardly taste it.
Still, Jacquelynn O'Palka, chair of the department of nutrition and dietetics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, believes that DDG won’t go mainstream without the help of a celebrity. "You clearly would need to get a Hollywood star or a sports figure, someone really wonderful, to wolf down DDG cookies," she said.
So, what about you SodaHeads? Would you eat food made from animal feed?
Apparently, the stuff left over from turning corn into fuel ethanol makes a very healthy flour substitute. It’s protein-packed and full of fiber. Sounds great, right? There are just a few catches. It smells “like a saloon.” On it’s own it “tastes like coarse sawdust.” And people just can’t get over the fact that it’s most often fed to cows and pigs.
Padu Krishnan, a food scientist and professor at South Dakota State University, admits that dried distillers’ grain (or DDG) faces a “barrier of perception.” But he’s doing his best to convince people to give it a try. For nearly 20 years he’s been refining recipes and slipping small amounts of DDG into cookies, pizza dough, and bread, which he then feeds to students, friends, and family members. And according to his test subjects, when combined with other ingredients, you can hardly taste it.
Still, Jacquelynn O'Palka, chair of the department of nutrition and dietetics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, believes that DDG won’t go mainstream without the help of a celebrity. "You clearly would need to get a Hollywood star or a sports figure, someone really wonderful, to wolf down DDG cookies," she said.
So, what about you SodaHeads? Would you eat food made from animal feed?
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Top Opinion
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Christopher Kirchen 2012/07/30 12:47:06Yes
+6I don't know why not; the feed in your picture there is just grain, and bread and other things are made with all sorts of grains.
It's not "animal food"... we are all animals and eat similar food. All food is food. If something is healthy for humans, why are we turning our noses up at it?
EDIT: To all you naysayers, READ THE DAMN ARTICLE. It is obvious that a lot of you did not bother.
You'd know if you read the article.
I'd prefer grass/grain to animal parts -- if some parts weren't fit for human consumption in the first place (I don't know what that standard is), then the standard shouldn't be lowered.
I realize food companies have to list ingredients, but I'm sure they'll come up with a way to make DDG look ok. And if small amounts don't taste bad, fine.