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The concern should not be with "naturalness" but rather with toxicology. There are plenty of substances found in nature that will have you on the floor, and ma
by jlgreco 14y ago
The concern should not be with "naturalness" but rather with toxicology. There are plenty of substances found in nature that will have you on the floor, and many substances which are not that are perfectly safe. "Is it found in nature" is a really bad heuristic for assessing toxicology, I'm actually having trouble thinking of a worse way to do it.
- mattmaroon 14y agoThis comment is silly and representative of why HN sucks these days. The natural ingredients of sriracha are peppers, sugar, garlic, vinegar, and salt. I'm fairly confident of their non-toxicity. Any heurestics other than not eating the two ingredients I mentioned were entirely of your own imagining. I am reasonably certain that Potassium Sorbate is bad for me, and 100% certain it isn't beneficial.
- jlgreco 14y agoIf your concern is with those particular substances, for reasons other than the fact that they are not natural, that is fine, but that was not my take-away from "Anyone know of a respectable all-natural version?". Apologies if I misunderstood your concern, but I don't think my misunderstanding was particularly unreasonable.
- mattmaroon 14y agoI am concerned generally with all non-natural substances, such as preservatives, artificial flavors and colors, etc. You didn't misread that part, and I don't think that's a bad heuristic. It's a very different thing to say that all non-natural substances are possibly unhealthy (and that it's practically impossible to determine which are and which aren't) than to say that all natural substances are healthy. Sadly one could simply remove the preservatives from sriracha as long as refrigeration isn't a concern.