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Jones Soda launches dirt, sweat tasting Seattle Seahawks themed sodas. No thanks. [BusinessWeek]

Cereal Straws? What? Are They Kidding?

Cereal Straws? What? Are They Kidding?

We thought Kellogg was going to stop marketing unhealthy crap to kids? Oh well, the big bright picture of Toucan Sam on the front of Kellogg’s new “Cereal Straws” must mean that they are super healthy! Wow!

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

It is a symptom of our curious existence that while processed vegetables and fruits give us the constant convenience of food that has been cleaned and prepared, the truth remains that mechanization and automation of the processing is imperfect, and the price we pay for never having to pull a bean from a garden is that, occasionally, there will be a decapitated snakehead on our dinnerplate.

Move To Japan So You Can Drink Ice Cucumber Pepsi

Move To Japan So You Can Drink Ice Cucumber Pepsi

Yes, you read that correctly.

Dirty Birds: Chicken is Full of Bacteria

Dirty Birds: Chicken is Full of Bacteria

A particularly disgusting survey by Consumer Reports claims that their “analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought nationwide revealed that 83 percent harbored campylobacter or salmonella, the leading bacterial causes of foodborne disease.” Ew! Cheaper birds weren’t more likely to have bacteria, “Overall, chickens labeled as organic or raised without antibiotics and costing $3 to $5 per pound were more likely to harbor salmonella than were conventionally produced broilers that cost more like $1 per pound.” Birds also harbored antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. “Twenty percent of campylobacter samples were resistant to ciprofloxacin (Cipro)” So that’s awesome news.

Kraft: Fake Guacamole Lawsuit

If Kraft could make peanut butter with no peanuts in it, you can bet they would. The LA TImes is reporting that a California woman is suing Kraft because their “Guacamole” doesn’t have enough avocado.