You May Be Eating Crickets and Not Know

[RR Fan Dan]

 

[khryslerkid]

"For golden bleached raisins, the FDA allows an average of 10 or more whole insects or their equivalent, plus 35 Drosophila eggs per 8 ounces."

The list goes on. Better off not knowing

 

[Budnicks]

Gross on both accounts...

 

[RR Fan Dan]

"For golden bleached raisins, the FDA allows an average of 10 or more whole insects or their equivalent, plus 35 Drosophila eggs per 8 ounces."

The list goes on. Better off not knowing

Sounds like you know. You’re right, I don’t want to know. I can understand some incidentals, but intentionally making it a food ingredient is wrong.

 

[DeltaV]

Lookup cricket flour!

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Lookup cricket flour!

I knew about that

 

[Photon440]

Lookup cricket flour!

That stuff isn't cheap, either. It won't be used as a low cost filler in foods, that's for sure.

 

[Don Frelier]

And I've been worried about drinking antifreeze.
What a waste of time

 

[DeltaV]

That stuff isn't cheap, either. It won't be used as a low cost filler in foods, that's for sure.

The health enthusiasts eat it up...they eat expensive stuff.

Trend setters.

 

[kiwigtx]

Maybe the OP has a point.

I asked my wife what was for dinner tonight, and all I got was crickets.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Maybe the OP has a point.

I asked my wife what was for dinner tonight, and all I got was crickets.

 

[Davefinan]

I’ll know it’s true when I hear my food singing “ Peggy sue “

 

[MarPar]

 

[68BabyBlue]

"For golden bleached raisins, the FDA allows an average of 10 or more whole insects or their equivalent, plus 35 Drosophila eggs per 8 ounces."

The list goes on. Better off not knowing

I worked in bulk food transport for 20 years. A railroad car full of flour typically carries at least a bushel of bug parts.

Big corporate bakeries have extensive sifting to get the junk out before it reaches production. Smaller operators don’t.

 

[cr8crshr]

Well, they are 100% protein!!! I bet no one here has ever eaten it but I have had bugs a lot!!! Had to overcome food aversion when I was going through Aircrew Survival School back during my service days so yes they were part of the menu. That being said...I will not continue to indulge at present as I most likely will never have to endure having to as I advance in age...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[Nutso]

The amount of rat poop allowed in food is pretty astonishing too.

Fennel seeds, ginger and mace (a spice that's similar to nutmeg) can all contain up to an average of 3 milligrams of mammal poop per pound. For sesame seeds, the limit is a smidge higher: up to an average of 5 mg per pound. Cocoa beans can contain up to 10 mg of poop per pound.

For other foods in the handbook, the listing gets more specific. Wheat, for example, can contain up to an average of 9 rodent poop pellets per kilogram (or about 4 pellets/pound). And popcorn, which the FDA also permits rodents to gnaw on a bit, can contain up to 1 poop pellet in a subsample.

 

[QuickBpBp]

When I was growing grapes mechanical harvested fruit had many insects and small other critters including baby birds, snakes and mice. Most make it out of the de-stemmer before going into the press. Just part of the process. I always rescued the Praying Mantis I saw and washed off the sticky juice off in fresh water so it could fly again...

 

[Dako]

Insects are a significant part of the diet in many regions of Central and South America. North America is the exception.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Insects are a significant part of the diet in many regions of Central and South America. North America is the exception.

They also eat people and dogs in other countries, doesn’t mean I am going to. From an article I read.

Insects have an exoskeleton (meaning their bones are on the outside of their bodies). One important element of those exoskeletons is chitin. Not only is chitin toxic to humans but it can also make your immune system go haywire and cause inflammation.

According to a study done in 2018, humans can’t synthesize chitin. Consuming the proteins in chitin over a long period of time can cause tissue damage and deficiencies in vitamins A and E. People need vitamin A for a healthy immune system. Vitamin E is crucial to eliminating the free radicals that damage the cells in your body.

 

[Nutso]

Folks in Southeast Asia eat grubs which are rich in protein. I’m not planning on eating any grubs myself but some coworkers that live over there have gotten used to eating them (usually mashed up and not recognizable). I equate it with chitlins, lutefisk, durian fruit, or tripe aka gross.