Episode Details

Does edible glitter show up in poop? The internet's favorite glitter question gets a straight answer — with actual chemistry and a mostly straight face. At the doses anyone actually uses — a pinch is 0.1 grams — you almost certainly won't notice anything. Per the safety data sheet, the mica-based pigment doesn't dissolve in water and resists both acid and alkali, so digestion has nothing to grab onto: what goes in passes through, unchanged, mixed into everything else you ate. And here's the honest part most answers skip: nobody has published a sparkle-visibility study. Anyone who tells you definitively what happens is making it up. In this episode (an Ask the Table short): - The chemistry of "passes through": insoluble, acid-resistant, stable - Dana's winning round: there is no data, and honest shows say so - The question under the question: WHAT did you swallow? Edible glitter is FDA-listed pigment with ingredients on the label; craft glitter was never food - The real-world reason this matters: the 2018–2019 Rhode Island and Missouri investigations into cakes decorated with non-edible luster dusts containing copper, lead, and other metals - When it's a professional's call: a kid plus a large amount of any glitter means poison control, not a podcast Who should skip it: anyone hoping for a visible souvenir, and anyone who won't read a label first. The MONÉGASQUE Magic Rainbow 10 g drink glitter is on Amazon with its full ingredient list printed on the jar — about $15; check the listing for current pricing. Full transcript on the episode page. New questions answered every week at The Monégasque Table.