2. Human Hair
L-cysteine is an amino acid that is commonly used in baked goods
because it adds elasticity and helps soften dough. It is also commonly
used in hair perm solutions. You can find it in bagels, doughnuts,
bread, cookies, and frankly, a hell of a lot of yummy things. The
cheapest way to produce it (and therefore the most common source at
present) is by a special chemical process using human hair - most of
which is sourced (and prepared) in China. Because of this, it has led
to some debate over whether eating products containing l-cysteine is a
type of cannibalism. In China it was also used in the production of soy
source: “When asking [the soy manufacturer] how the amino acid syrup
(or powder) was generated, [he] replied that the powder was generated
from human hair. Because the human hair was gathered from salon [sic],
barbershop [sic] and hospitals around the country, it was unhygienic
and mixed with condom [sic], used hospital cottons, used menstrual
cycle pad [sic], used syringe [sic], etc.”
You are what you eat
Which includes "beaver ass," "coal tar" and "varnish."