We all know that food companies are always looking for ways to make things taste better or to make them more appealing so that we, as consumers, feel compelled to have more than just one. Think about it, when is the last time you opened a bag of potato chips and ate just one chip before putting the bag away? Let’s not even talk about what constitutes a “single” scoop of ice cream either.
What we we may not be aware of is what goes on behind the scenes at the laboratories that cook up these addictive treats.
I would like you to meet HEK 293—cultured human embryonic kidney cells obtained from a healthy aborted baby.
A biotech company named Senomyx uses HEK 293 to create proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems. Yes, that means they are using something that originated from human embryonic kidney cells to see what makes things “taste” better.
There is an entire list of companies that use the research being performed by Senomyx including PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, Solae and Nestlé.
Children of God for Life in Largo, Florida, has put out an action alert on this matter, asking for the boycott of the companies that profit from Senomyx’s research.
Read the entire action alert at: Biotech company using aborted fetal cell lines to test its flavor enhancers.
