I wonder how accurate that (long) list is.
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I recall this was posted/discussed in the past, I think about Pepsi, who “stopped a trial partnership involving the use of Senomyx ingredients in drinks such as Mug Root Beer ahead of what was widely expected to be a U.S. nationwide rollout in late 2016.” [Reuters]
“PepsiCo’s commercial relationship with Senomyx has ended and we do not use any Senomyx ingredients in our products. As always, PepsiCo absolutely does not conduct or fund research that utilizes any human tissue or cell lines derived from embryos or fetuses.” [December 2, 2019]
https://twitter.com/pepsico/status/1201623872187097088?lang=en
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I read (see the June 2019 excerpt below) that Senomyx used cloned fetal cells called HEK-293 in research and development, but the cells themselves were not in the flavor enhancer they sold. Senomyx was acquired by Swiss company Firmenich in 2018...
“When we asked them for comment [2019] Campbell’s, KraftHeinz and the Coca-Cola Company said they did not use products made by Senomyx or any flavourings developed using HEK-293 cells in any of their products.”
“HEK-293 is the name given to a specific line of cells used in various scientific applications.”
“It is not in itself a flavouring, but one of its applications is to help mimic taste-receptor cells in the development of new flavourings.”
“The original cells were taken from the kidney of an aborted baby in 1973. HEK 293 cells used nowadays are clones of those original cells, but are not themselves the cells of aborted babies.”
“Senomyx, a biotechnology company, has patents appearing to relate to using HEK-293 cells in developing flavourings. HEK-293 is not in the flavouring itself.”
“So the video [being fact-checked] is incorrect in saying that Senomyx themselves ‘graft kidney cells from human aborted foetuses’ and incorrect to say these cells are put into products.”
https://fullfact.org/online/HEK-293-cells/
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Your research briefing is impressive! ...and appreciated. It is bad enough to think I am being seduced into unknowingly becoming a cannibal; it is worse to think that I am being unknowingly seduced into spiritual destruction!
So it’s not in the food but it is somewhere in the process that develops and tests the flavoring additives.
I don’t think that makes it any more palatable.