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Originally Posted by Jens
Last night, I opened a bag of nacho chips (I won't say the brand) and the chips were somewhat blackened. And there was a fairly big lump of charcoal in the bag. Can anyone guess what this might be? I'm guessing that the charcoal was used for cooking, and somehow got into the bag?
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Can you say for sure that it was charcoal?
I seriously doubt that charcoal would be used in making nacho chips. Even in smoked food, it is done chemically nowadays.
My guess is that it was just a clump of whatever flavor coating they use that was overcooked (blackened) that made it in.