Bamboo Fibre

[Barsel]

I was thinking of buying some sausages from the Finest range at Tesco until I looked at the ingredients and saw that they all contain bamboo fibre!
I've never seen that before in a list of ingredients, and wondered why it's used in food, so I looked it up and found this.

Due to its versatile properties, bamboo fibres are used mainly in textile industry for making attires, towels, and bathrobes. Due to its antibacterial nature, it is used for making bandages, masks, nurse wears, and sanitary napkins.

It's put me off buying them now. Would it put you off?

[Barsel]

barry, so that's why semolina pudding tastes like wallpaper paste.:-)

[pastafreak]

I just checked the Tesco sausages and they have alginate casings now. I often use the meat from sausages in meatballs or meatloaf. Last time I did this with Tesco sausages, I couldn't get the damn skin off. I'm glad it's natural but it's rather tough to chew according to many.

[barry1010]

Years since I had it, Barsel, but as I remember, my mother put that much sugar in it just tasted like very sweet lumpy milk :D
Tapioca is also used for many different non-food things such as 'plastic' bags, aprons and gloves and starch for ironing.