Comments on: Exploding Wolfgang Puck Lattes http://www.thehealthblog.com/exploding-wolfgang-puck-lattes/ A blog about proper health and nutrition habits Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelly http://www.thehealthblog.com/exploding-wolfgang-puck-lattes/#comment-74 Kelly Wed, 17 May 2006 17:26:14 +0000 http://thehealthblog.com/index.php/2006/05/05/exploding-wolfgang-puck-lattes/#comment-74 The latte cups self-heat using chemicals. Calcium oxide, to be specific. Calcium oxide is a caustic, corrosive substance commonly used in sewage treatment plants and smokestake scrubbers. Mmmmm. Ok... That sounds oh-so gross, but it actually removes the impurities. It's also incorporated into the glass-making and steel manufacturing industries to purify raw materials. That's not saying one should ever drink the stuff. Calcium oxide is used in soldiers' self-heating MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). The process was developed for the U.S. military in the 1980's. Some camping supply and emergency food stores carry similar products. For example, get a load of this product and its name: <a href="http://www.aa-foods.com/inferno.cfm" rel="nofollow">INFERNO</a>. I'm actually amazed that more companies haven't tried to utilize this technology. I recently heard that Wolfgang Puck's company is planning to sue the packaging company because they [supposedly] changed the cups --apparently for the worse-- without notifying Puck's people. That might just be gossip. Time will tell. The latte cups self-heat using chemicals. Calcium oxide, to be specific. Calcium oxide is a caustic, corrosive substance commonly used in sewage treatment plants and smokestake scrubbers. Mmmmm.

Ok… That sounds oh-so gross, but it actually removes the impurities. It’s also incorporated into the glass-making and steel manufacturing industries to purify raw materials.

That’s not saying one should ever drink the stuff.

Calcium oxide is used in soldiers’ self-heating MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). The process was developed for the U.S. military in the 1980′s. Some camping supply and emergency food stores carry similar products. For example, get a load of this product and its name: INFERNO. I’m actually amazed that more companies haven’t tried to utilize this technology.

I recently heard that Wolfgang Puck’s company is planning to sue the packaging company because they [supposedly] changed the cups –apparently for the worse– without notifying Puck’s people. That might just be gossip. Time will tell.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thehealthblog.com/exploding-wolfgang-puck-lattes/#comment-73 Sarah Sat, 06 May 2006 14:41:16 +0000 http://thehealthblog.com/index.php/2006/05/05/exploding-wolfgang-puck-lattes/#comment-73 Um, that is insane. How on earth does it self heat anyway! Um, that is insane. How on earth does it self heat anyway!

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