I don't eat any animals or animal products, so the first part of your post about HEKs was alarming to me.
Not to cast doubt on your claim that we are ingesting human kidney cells (which act upon our brain's pleasure center to make us enjoy the food more), but have you got a link or two?
I tried to substantiate the claim myself, but quickly found this article debunking it.
In 2011, claims were made that Senomyx used HEK293 cells, grown in the lab, to test flavour ingredients. I can't find any claim that they actually use human cells in the ingredients themselves.
In any case, the claims were proven false. No human (or other animal) tissue is found in, or used in the production of, these products.
And it certainly isn't leading to cannibalism, or an increase in abortions.
And I'm no lawyer, but I believe if those companies you mentioned feel your post could harm their business in any way, they would be entitled to damages. :(
Please respond if you have sources to back up these claims! As a vegan, this issue is important to me, which is why I read your post and looked into the details.
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Please see my reply to @richq11 above. Thank you again!
Right on, guess we were both researching HEK293 today! Hahah.
And there may very well be other reasons to avoid the companies in question. My issue was the same as yours - it doesn't appear that we are in any way eating human babies. Once you understand that it is merely a cultured cell line from a single fetus 40 years ago, not a sneaky food additive, everything changes. Disinfo is one thing, but stating it authoritarily as documented proof is another.
And no personal disrespect meant to anyone involved. These things happen (but do need to be cleared up imo).
One qualification of your comment:
The cultured cell line was only used to assay additives, and not as an additive itself.
Thanks!
Is that different from what I said?
https://www.naturalnews.com/032043_human_fetal_cells_artificial_flavors.html