When we go into the supermarket or any place else for whip cream, we expect for the cream to bring some type of food flavoring adventure, right? It does bring that wonderful zest to the food. But what happens when it is bringing in a little too much excitement? The unexpected.
Apparently, the whip cream that has been making news is making people drunk. The majority of the population that is using this stuff are individuals under twenty-one. Recently, there has been some least expected drinks and foods to make the news. First, it was the Four Loko drink; now it is something that most people would not imagine that would spark up some controversy--the whip cream. Guess what the Four Loko and the Whipped Lightning have in common--alcohol.
This is not just any ordinary whipped cream that we would get from our local grocery stores. Instead, it is the type of whip cream that will cause an instant hangover. The disturbing part about it is that underage people and adults alike are becoming intoxicated as a result from eating whip cream.
In the Boston Herald report, it stated that these whip cream canisters are thirty proof and have a variety of flavors, such as chocolate, raspberry and cherry. Thirty proof whip cream? It people were to have a thirty proof Jack Daniels bottle in the car, then he/she would be charged with driving under the influence and/or public intoxication. But no one would be arrested for having a can a whip cream in his/her possession, even with alcohol. It can easily go undetected and unnoticeable. We would not have given it a thought.
But according to Dr. Anita Barry, director for the Boston Health Department, she stated, "They [drinkers] can get a significant amount of alcohol in one shot." This means that if someone decides to put Whipped Lightning on a pumpkin pie, then this individual can become tipsy after one big squirt.
Recently, I checked out the Whipped Lightning website. According to the website, it is described as "one-of-a-kind alcoholic beverage that's sure to excite your inner Whipalogist. Why not practice a little Whipalogy today?" This website is easily accessible to everyone, including people under the age of twenty-one, the legal drinking age in the United States. Does anyone knows what this mean? An underage person can get access to this website, order and purchase any type of Whipahol products that he/she choose without asking for a birthday. This also gives these kids the opportunity to lie about his/her age. It seems that this website is promoting adolescent alcoholism due to the website's easy access.
I downloaded an image of one of its products, the Amaretto Whipahol. On the bottle, it asks, "Are you a Whipaholic?" According the bottle, the ingredients that it contain are grain neutral spirits, amaretto liqueur, cream and artificial and certified colors. It was pretty shocking!
The Whipped Lightning is available in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey. Some states require special ordering: Utah, Wyoming, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
The going price for these whipped cream canisters are in the twelve dollar range. This stuff is pretty expensive to be eating one's way to inebriation!
Now that the alcohol-fueled whip cream are making headlines, how do we know that the whip cream that are sold in our local supermarkets contain some alcohol? We do not know. There is only one way to find out!
Sources:
http://www.whippedlightning.com
http://www.whippedlightning.com/where.jsp
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/11/29/whip-alcohol-laced-whipped-cream-raising-concerns/
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