SLACKER CRACKER.Cruelty to animals cruelty to animals n. the crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline. It can include neglect that is so monstrous (withholding food and water) that the animal has suffered, died or . That's what Keebler ought to be charged with. Animal crackers Animal crackers are a popular children's snack, in which the crackers are shaped like zoo animals. Animal Crackers may also refer to:
So how could 15 cute little Keebler Frosted Animal Crackers end up with more sat fat than a McDonald's Quarter Pounder and more sugar than a Hershey's Chocolate Bar? Check the back of the bag. The second ingredient (sugar is first) is "partially hydrogenated soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been and/or cottonseed cottonseed seed of the cotton plant. Made into cake after oil extraction and used as feed for livestock. cottonseed cake or meal contains gossypol and causes hepatitis and degeneration of cardiac muscle. and/or palm oils." 'Nuf said. A single-serve, two-ounce bag delivers 290 calories, nine grams of saturated fat, and 28 grams (seven teaspoons) of tooth-decaying sugar. That's twice the sugar--and six times the sat fat--you'd get in the same-size box of Ernie's Animal Crackers, which is Keebler's frost-free version. If Keebler wanted to be honest about its Frosted Animal Crackers, it would replace those lions and elephants and hippos and bears with sharks and rattlesnakes and scorpions and black widows. Keebler: (877) 453-5837. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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