The Quiz: Which food item is used in the production of dynamite?
Rice
Potato
Coconut
Peanuts
For those of you with allergies to peanuts, stay away from dynamite! One of the world’s favorite snack foods is also an ingredient in the production of dynamite. Peanuts, like all plant products, contain oil. The oil is extracted from peanuts, and it is used in the process of making glycerol. Glycerol is one of the main ingredients in nitroglycerin. Dynamite is basically a mix of nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth or other organic materials such as clay or sawdust. Despite a lengthy process, peanuts are indeed one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The correct answer to this quiz is Peanuts.