Original air date:
10.3.07
This week's mystery product features a mixture of ingredients found in antifreeze, lubricant and detergent. Chances are you've eaten it and asked for seconds.
Check out the video to see Chris Hardwick break down what's inside….your fridge.







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10.3.07 5:54 PM PDT
miod
thats interesting
10.3.07 7:23 PM PDT
Erbious
Remember that fuss about dental paste and anti-freeze from China?
10.3.07 9:27 PM PDT
Tom Schrock
So, what are we to think of the claim Kraft makes on its "CoolWhip Lite" label of including no trans fat in its product? (You can probably tell I am a guilty Coolwhip addict, ready to give it up if it turns out to be dangerous to my family's health.)
Is there a place on the internet where one can read the unvarnished truth about CoolWhip?
We enjoyed your program's first installment.
10.4.07 11:15 AM PDT
Radek
I'm sorry, but table sugar is sucrose, not glucose!
10.6.07 10:19 AM PDT
soulfulady
A haunting revelation. Ignorance isn't bliss; its destructive - but who knew? All in all, it becomes clear why we are having a health crisis in America.
The moral of the story? Don't be so quick to pop something that promises to be tasty in your mouth. What do taste buds know anyway? Read the label, and know the difference between food and fable!
10.7.07 8:25 PM PDT
solardomeco@gmail.com
I guess we could use it to stop the squeaking door hinges or just as a lubricant! Sounds like fun stuff to me. Maybe they should try a different marketing approach when nobody buys it anymore for eating! CoolWhip Lube. Does it attract or kill ants when its warmed up?
10.17.07 12:24 PM PDT
Sandy
the perfect dip for twinkies
10.19.07 10:16 AM PDT
breadon
im 13 and im trying too do my homework and it is not telling me about the chemicals in the dessert topping cool whip
10.22.07 12:11 PM PDT
lil wayne
i am so mad because yall did not have nothing for my cousin breandon
10.25.07 12:32 PM PDT
Sharon D. Long
Okay! I'm done using CoolWhip. Plain is better than that stuff.
10.30.07 4:27 PM PDT
Tim
Yeh, table sugar is sucrose, a disaccharide, while glucose is a monosaccharide. I am surprised a reputable science article messed up on something so basic.
10.31.07 2:14 PM PDT
Scott Wingerter
The amount of chemicals in foods we take for granted is amazing. Who would have guess - sugar, detergents, oils, water... The ethylene oxide threw me or a loop. (Amazing the difference between a precursor [digestible], and the final product [toxic].)
To quote Bugs Bunny, "Gruesome, ain't it?"
I'll share this with all the science geeks I know - in the meantime, keep up the good work.
11.8.07 5:27 AM PST
Wayne
Thanks Sandy for keeping things "Lite". I was LOL.
11.13.07 5:31 AM PST
marsha
I'm going to keep eating it.
11.28.07 7:13 PM PST
JackTC
It still tastes OK but we may switch to the real stuff.
11.29.07 12:55 AM PST
JOY
I red the label yrs ago and will not consum.....
BUT WHEN I gav a cake receipe 2 family & frends using fruit & WHIPPPPPED CREAM ...they all used...dah... cool whip.
Its the "QUIK & EASY" fix...what "GLUT-IN-NESS AMERICAN" cares about COST when they hav 2 spend 15 min s whippin up that cream???
11.30.07 12:32 PM PST
john trask
Credit where credit is do. Many of you are probably too young to remember this but the comdedian and film maker Albert Brooks did a routine based upon the ingredients in Cool Whip nearly thirty years ago.
see link: http://movies.nytimes.com/person/83146/Albert-Brooks/biography
1.11.08 9:57 AM PST
Tiara
i lOVE cHRIS!!
3.4.08 6:57 AM PST
sara
hey there. what are three chemicals in the desert topping coolwhip?
3.4.08 6:57 AM PST
joey
im not big into cool whip but this makes me want to try it
4.25.08 6:49 AM PDT
Sam
what chemicals are in the dessert topping cool whip?
10.7.08 6:12 AM PDT
Homsar
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10.7.08 6:13 AM PDT
Homsar
AaAaAaAaAaAah'm a song from the sixties!
10.7.08 6:21 AM PDT
Homsar
AaAaAaAaAaAaAa Here comes the Yogurt Patrol!
10.7.08 6:33 AM PDT
me
why do foods taste good but they are made of crap
10.7.08 6:33 AM PDT
me
why do foods taste good but they are made of crap
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