Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by kaikai 576 days ago
Unfortunately mineral oil is derived from petroleum. I don’t care if someone says it’s food grade, I wouldn’t want to eat it.
1 comments

Paraffin wax (chocolate), polyethylene glycol (toothpaste), vanillin (vanilla flavoring), benzaldehyde (almond flavoring), and the plastic coating on medicine pills are all derived from petroleum.

You've likely been eating or using food grade petroleum products your whole life.