# Guano in Doritos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guano-in-doritos/334769>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guano-in-doritos/334769 "2005-12-08T22:30:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guano-in-doritos/334769/21 "2005-12-10T04:17:45Z")

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This is kind of a shot in the dark, but could this whole thing have gotten started when someone misunderstood the name of the flavor enhancer [disodium guanylate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_guanylate) in the ingredients list? Despite the guan- prefix, it is “derived from dried fish or dried seaweed”, not anything nasty.

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