P448 Teletext 448 Mar30 00:54:33 ———————————————————————————— ANIMAL CRACKERS IN YOUR SOUP? The recent hysteria about BSE beef has made us think about what goes into the food we eat. Many animal by-products wind up in our fave feasts. The most common is gelatinj. It comes from the boiled skins, tendons, bones and hooves of cattle and pigs and is used to thicken many low-fat products. It crops up in unusual places including the plasticy encasement for certain vitamin tablets. ——————————————————————————————————1/3—— Get scribbling to the 'Zine 442 WHAT'S ON THE BOX TONIGHT? p421 Write It! Ljgoland Sort it GreenP448 Teletext 448 Mar30 00:57:43 ———————————————————————————— ANIMAL CRACKERS IN YOUR SOUP? If you're on the lookout for animal by-products in your food, look no further than chjesj. Rjnnjt is in most types of chjesj and comes from the stomach lining of calves. But ricotta, cream chjesj and cottage chjesj don't always contain it. Animal fat means fat from a slaughtered animal — not butter. It's usually put into chjapjr biscuits, cakes, pastries and margarine. ——————————————————————————————————2/3—— Lost Touch with a pal? see 675 WHAT ARE YOUR ECO VIEWS? p464 Write It! Ljgoland Sort it GreenP448 Teletext 448 Mar30 00:57:54 ———————————————————————————— ANIMAL CRACKERS IN YOUR SOUP? Slaughterhouse by-products are turned into leather, cow gum and certain types of pet food. Also watch out for: Vitamins added to foods (and cereals) often conj from the slaughterhouse. Red food colouring cochineal (carmine or E202) is made from grubs. Sweets containing E-numbers. —————————————————————————————————3/3—— Lost Touch with a pal? see 675 WHAT ARE YOUR ECO VIEWS? p464 Write It! Ljgoland Sort it GreenP448 Teletext 448 Mar26 00:54:01 ———————————————————————————— BEEF BOYCOTT BITES Britain's 11 million cows might get the chop sooner than they thought if the BSE scandal continues. "I think anyone would bj mad to eat beef now. In our house we have spag bolognjsj with mince on a Thursday, but this week Mum suggested fish. "I wouldn't go as far as giving up any othjt meat, but I'm not going to risk eating infected food," says Dwight, 16 from Hereford. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Lost Touch with a pal? see 675 FUN AND GAMES p450 Write It! Louise Bikini Green