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Aug 9, '11, 10:28 pm
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Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
flavor enhancer HEK 293
over 5000 sites found on Google.
If there is truth in what some say we are eating, then we may have a lot of boycotting to do.
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Aug 9, '11, 10:30 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
It is a fact that this is being done. It is gravely evil that this is being done as well. I hope and pray that the people involved in this sort of research and such would repent of their ways and turn to God.
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Aug 9, '11, 10:35 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
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Originally Posted by kepha1
flavor enhancer HEK 293
over 5000 sites found on Google.
If there is truth in what some say we are eating, then we may have a lot of boycotting to do.
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It's not actually in the product, they were used in research
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Aug 9, '11, 10:38 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
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Originally Posted by Dakota Roberts
It's not actually in the product, they were used in research
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Even so, we should not support such testing and research. Personally, I would like to boycott any companies that do this kind of research. Unfortunately, I don't know which companies do this so I can't effectively boycott them when I don't know who they are.
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Aug 9, '11, 10:44 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
I was drinking Pepsi when I read about this, I promptly dumped the rest of the glass and bottle out. I hope Coca Cola doesn't do this
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Aug 9, '11, 10:46 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
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I was drinking Pepsi when I read about this, I promptly dumped the rest of the glass and bottle out. I hope Coca Cola doesn't do this
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Oh no. Pepsi is the company doing this. I hope not! My favorite soda is Diet Mountain Dew which is a Pepsi product and I just bought a 12 pack. I wouldn't be committing a mortal or venial sin by drinking the rest of my 12 pack, would I?
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Aug 9, '11, 10:49 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
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Oh no. Pepsi is the company doing this. I hope not! My favorite soda is Diet Mountain Dew which is a Pepsi product and I just bought a 12 pack. I wouldn't be committing a mortal or venial sin by drinking the rest of my 12 pack, would I?
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Mountain Dew is so not worth Hell, if you haven't opened it try to return it or just dump it out.
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Aug 9, '11, 11:59 pm
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
Boycotts are effective, but only if the company is made very aware of them. I would recommend that anyone that finds the idea of using dead babies to research additives in your soda should head on over to Pepsi.com and leave them a message (follow the Contact Us link). Personally I mentioned the fact that I now am repulsed and physically ill when I see their products at the thought of the dead babies used to research it. Pepsi takes great pride in their Brand name and Brand recognition. We need to make them understand what will happen to that brand name if they continue to associate with Semomyx.
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Aug 10, '11, 1:49 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
All I can say is...Wow!
Is this really how low we've gotten as a society?
For a second I thought "the government should make a law" but then remembered that the government is in full favor of abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Rude Awakening.
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Aug 10, '11, 2:19 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
I looked at the link provided and I noticed that it also mentioned that Nestle used this cell line too, are they the owners of Pepsi? They own so much...
If there is a boycott of Pepsi, please also boycott Nestle, the company have been the focus of a boycott for years as they market baby milk to mothers in the third world, giving them the idea that it is what western mothers use to have plump healthy babies. The family often do not have the facilities to sterilise the feeding equipment and the milk is prepared with unclean water, this practice leads to the death of many of the babies fed this way, they are 25 times more likely to die. Also as a result of the expense, the baby is often underfed and there is less to spend on food for other children. To promote something that you know will lead to the deaths of some of the babies it is used on, simply for profit, is to my mind every bit as disgusting as using cells from aborted babies to test flavorings.
I hope that people reading this will take part in this boycott and encourage others to do so too, see http://info.babymilkaction.org/
I hope that if Nestle is boycotted over both these issues they will quickly stop both practices.
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Aug 10, '11, 4:21 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
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Originally Posted by Dakota Roberts
It's not actually in the product, they were used in research
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Yes, a cell line which decades ago was cultured from embryonic kidney cells has been used by Senomyx to test new flavors. However, that cell line is not used in the manufacture of flavors. So, in answer to the title of this thread, there are no fetal cells in flavor enhancers.
Senomyx sells its flavors to many companies, one of which is PepsiCo. PepsiCo owns a great number of brands, so if someone wants to boycott, there are plenty of products to avoid. For example:
Doritos, Tostitos, Lays Potato Chips, and other Frito-Lay products
Rice-a-Roni, Quaker Oats, Cap'n Crunch and other Quaker products
Gatorade, Propel, Tropicana and Dole juices
Ocean Spray, Lipton, SoBe and other Pepsi products
http://www.pepsico.com/Brands.html
However, which products those flavors are in I don't think has been confirmed.
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Aug 10, '11, 4:23 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
This is all a bit 'Soylent Green', and really quite repulsive.
But it's a sure bet if Pepsi is at it, then a lot of other 'food manufacturers' are at it too.
We need to find out all the companies at this and compile a list for people to reference. 
off to message pepsi
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Aug 10, '11, 4:32 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim1701
This is all a bit 'Soylent Green', and really quite repulsive.
But it's a sure bet if Pepsi is at it, then a lot of other 'food manufacturers' are at it too.
We need to find out all the companies at this and compile a list for people to reference.
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I agree!
My family and I have been boycotting Pepsi for over 3 months now.
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Aug 10, '11, 4:35 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
List of Pepsi Brands from their website,
AMP Energy
AMPenergy.com
Aquafina
aquafina.com
Dole
dolejuice.com
Gatorade
gatorade.com
Izze
izze.com
Lipton Brisk
drinkbrisk.com
Lipton Iced Tea
liptont.com
Mountain Dew
mountaindew.com
Mug Root Beer
mugrootbeer.com
Naked Juice
nakedjuice.com
No Fear
nofear.com
Ocean Spray
oceanspray.com
Pepsi
pepsiusa.com
Propel
propelzero.com
Sierra Mist
sierramist.com
SoBe
SoBe.com
Starbucks Coffee Drinks
starbuckscoffeeonthego.com
Tropicana
tropicana.com
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Aug 10, '11, 4:39 am
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Re: Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Enhancers, fact or conspiracy theory?
Oh, c**p!! I just bought 2 gallons of Tropicana.
Well, I had been meaning to switch over to generic. I guess that does it. I've switched.
Fortunately, that was the only thing (other than Gatorade when ill) that I use. Thank you for the list.
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