It's a liquefied mixture of cement and other additives and they've been doing this since the 1980s.

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The world's biggest food companies are stuffing ostensibly beneficial bacteria, omega-3 fatty acids and other additives into packaged foods.

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Another company's nuggets (this time with sodium phosphate and other additives) dissolved in the same way when I later tested them.

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Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal, Democrats of Illinois and Connecticut, also want to determine the consequences of combining caffeine and other common additives, like taurine and guarana.

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