speaking of chemicals

How many of you like Pinkberry?

You can be honest. I’m not going to judge.

However, I am going to tell you what’s in it. You see, about a year ago they were taken to court because they wouldn’t release their ingredient list and many people thought they should not be labeled yogurt. As yogurt, has to have actual yogurt cultures to qualify, as such. Pinkberry lost the case and listed their ingredients.

Have you ever looked at the ingredients? I have! Most everything seems fine… if you like ingesting maltodextrin and lactoglycerides. But there is one ingredient that stood out to me: propylene glycol.

I love me a good dose of anti-freeze in my desserts. Yummy! Want to know what else propylene glycol is used for:

* As a moisturizer in medicines, cosmetics, food, toothpaste, mouth wash, and tobacco products
* In electronic cigarettes to make the produced vapor better resemble cigarette smoke
* As a medical and sexual lubricant (A.K.A. “personal lubricant”)
* As an emulsification agent in Angostura and orange bitters
* As a solvent for food colors and flavorings
* As a humectant food additive, labeled as E number E1520
* As a carrier in fragrance oils
* As a solvent used in mixing photographic chemicals, such as film developers
* In smoke machines to make artificial smoke for use in firefighters’ training and theatrical productions
* In hand sanitizers, antibacterial lotions, and saline solutions
* In cryonics
* As a working fluid in hydraulic presses
* As a coolant in liquid cooling systems
* To regulate humidity in a cigar humidor
* As the killing and preserving agent in pitfall traps, usually used to capture ground beetles
* To treat livestock ketosis
* As the main ingredient in deodorant sticks.

I really hope this gives you second thought before you go get your frozen “treat”.