Charcocaps for bloating??

Squids make ink. I wonder if it is edible? Squids are edible. ROFL

I'm guessing the "edible black ink" is used as a colorant, not an active ingredient. After all, what color should charcoal be? If by making it medicinal it comes out gray, then people might think something's wrong with it and won't use it, so the manufacturers color it up a bit. A lot of our food is colored because of our preconceived notions about what colors things should be, not because it has or needs color. I get some spicy crab dip a lot that is tinted pinky-orange. When I made some from the same ingredient list at home (minus the food coloring), it came out kind of gray (because of the dark crab meat). So either people think that's not an appealing dip color, or they want the pinky-orange color to make it look spicy. You don't imagine gray dip to have cajun spices in it, do you? Cajun spices make food red... or so we think.

Since you bought them, go ahead and try them. If they relieve your gas, then you know they work, regardless of what color they may or may not make your poop. Would you be more willing to try them if instead of "edible black ink" it said "Black #35"? All food dyes boil down to the same thing, really.

Yeah, I agree with you on the "edible black ink" thing. Come to think of it, I wonder what DO they make food coloring from? I know Kool-Aid tropical punch will turn your poop red, lol.

hey CathyA,

i would probably be carefull with those charcoal biscuits because burnt food is known to be cancerous. I'm sure the odd one or two to help with bloating every now and then would be fine but i wouldn't have thought they would be a good long term option

just my opinion...

I don't know what that charcoal is made out of, but grill charcoal is baked wood. They heat it at high temps and bake all of the moisutre and impurities out of it, so I don't think you can really call it "burnt".

Hi Foggie,
I'm thinking of returning them, so I don't want to open the package of them, but I can see them in their bubble wrap, and they are bright pink, but I don't see any writing. Why do you ask?

Oh.....I didn't think of it being for printing on the capsule!  I think I'll call them.  Thanks.

Thanks Canyonbabe,
The writing must be on the other side of the capsule, in the package, and I couldn't see it.

Better than charcoal colored. LOL, I was surprised also but I hated to think about swallowing something the color of charcoal. I still haven't used them.

Canyon & Cathy,
Have you tried the charcoal?
I'm just curious to see how/if they work.

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7Lil......no, I haven't tried them yet! I'm a real scaredy-cat to try new things! But they're sitting here! Plus, fortunately, I haven't had really bad bloating lately (knock on wood!)

hi i tired charcol tablets and they did nothing, and yes they looks funny, i broke one in half and loads of grey charchol i guess came out! they did me no harm but did me no help either. but there is no harm in tyring!!they are yummy really!!

Yummy?
Mine are capsules. I can't imagine that they'd ever make a chewable charcoal tab! lol! Can you imagine what your teeth and mouth would look like???
I can remember one time, when I was working in the ER, and had to give a "charcoal slurry" to a little kid who'd eaten some pills. Needless to say, both of us were black when it was done!
I've heard of taking charcoal for gas before. It's supposed to absorb it. But like I said, I'm a wuss when it comes to trying something new!