so so gross

maura5880
maura5880 Posts: 346 Member
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
Ok, I have no idea if this is common knowledge, but it certainly wasn't to me!

On tonight's episode of Bones, they were testing some chocolate & lab tech said there was nothing unusual in the chocolate, just the "usual" like spider parts. :noway: Omg, so I almost threw up. This led me to the FDA website, where I learned there are bug parts, mammal excrements, & other nauseating things in most foods. The FDA allows a certain amount.

This makes me not want to eat any food!
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  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    The FDA "allows" a certain amount because it's impossible to inspect every single cheerio in the country for a stray bug part.
  • Misdy
    Misdy Posts: 81 Member
    Mmmm bugs. Eat or be eaten! :wink:
  • CaoimheAine
    CaoimheAine Posts: 195
    I'm so sick today and this makes me want to through up ahhh :sad:
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    The FDA "allows" a certain amount because it's impossible to inspect every single cheerio in the country for a stray bug part.

    yup, it's really not that gross.
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    First of all, I love bones!
    Second of all, here are some more scary food facts...
    http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/20-scariest-food-facts

    Gross... enjoy!
  • maura5880
    maura5880 Posts: 346 Member
    I'm so sick today and this makes me want to through up ahhh :sad:

    Sorry! I was just curious to know if I was like the only person out there who wasn't aware of this.. And yes, I almost threw up too!
  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
    Why oh why did I click on this O.O
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    just a little extra protein!
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Cheese mites! Yum!

    C'mon people, seriously? Everything causes cancer. Everything has spider thorax's in. So, you're going to eat...nothing?


    You ate it fine before you knew...nothing has changed!
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    If I can't detect it, I don't really mind.
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    Our food comes from the earth, guess what also lives on the earth? Bugs. Do you really think it's possible to remove every last trace of bugs from our crops?
  • leafstucker16
    leafstucker16 Posts: 136 Member
    Ok, I have no idea if this is common knowledge, but it certainly wasn't to me!

    On tonight's episode of Bones, they were testing some chocolate & lab tech said there was nothing unusual in the chocolate, just the "usual" like spider parts. :noway: Omg, so I almost threw up. This led me to the FDA website, where I learned there are bug parts, mammal excrements, & other nauseating things in most foods. The FDA allows a certain amount.

    This makes me not want to eat any food!

    Just log it as protein ;)
  • rudegyal_b
    rudegyal_b Posts: 593 Member
    isnt red food coloring made of crushed bugs?
  • maura5880
    maura5880 Posts: 346 Member
    Cheese mites! Yum!

    C'mon people, seriously? Everything causes cancer. Everything has spider thorax's in. So, you're going to eat...nothing?


    You ate it fine before you knew...nothing has changed!

    True, I just found it nauseating to actually read it on the FDA website.
  • catwrangler
    catwrangler Posts: 918 Member
    This is why my friend will never eat ketchup again, she used to work in a ketchup factory :wink:
  • maura5880
    maura5880 Posts: 346 Member
    isnt red food coloring made of crushed bugs?

    I'm pretty sure it is :/
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    wood all up in your food

    http://www.cracked.com/article_19433_the-6-most-horrifying-lies-food-industry-feeding-you.html
  • questionablemethods
    questionablemethods Posts: 2,174 Member
    Meh. We have 10 times as many bacterial cells in our bodies than human cells--a couple of spider parts doesn't seem like a big deal.
  • keekee1804
    keekee1804 Posts: 102 Member
    Yes definitely gross!

    I'm sure no one is going to starve themselves and "eat...nothing" BUT surely not pretty picture we want to have in our minds the next time we are eating one of our favorite foods! Lol

    :)
  • bill_i_am
    bill_i_am Posts: 180 Member
    First of all, I love bones!
    Second of all, here are some more scary food facts...
    http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/20-scariest-food-facts

    Gross... enjoy!

    wow, that's nasty! thanks for posting
  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
    We eat SO many pieces of things and even particles of things that we don't want to know about on a daily basis. Our immune system that time and evolution has gifted us fights all of this off to the point where we'll never notice. That's why I never care about food touched by a friend, etc etc..
  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
    We eat SO many pieces of things and even particles of things that we don't want to know about on a daily basis. Our immune system that time and evolution has gifted us fights all of this off to the point where we'll never notice. That's why I never care about food touched by a friend, etc etc..
  • SetecAstronomy
    SetecAstronomy Posts: 470 Member
    The easiest way around this issue is very simple: If you're going to inadvertently eat bugs, you should at least dip the item in chocolate.

    Problem solved.

    Oh wait, wasn't there mention of bugs in chocolate...? It's a vicious circle...Gooshie, get me out of here!
  • shamrock75
    shamrock75 Posts: 25 Member
    Wish there was a "like" button on here sometimes!!!!!

    The easiest way around this issue is very simple: If you're going to inadvertently eat bugs, you should at least dip the item in chocolate.

    Problem solved.

    Oh wait, wasn't there mention of bugs in chocolate...? It's a vicious circle...Gooshie, get me out of here!
    Just log it as protein ;)
  • calliope_music
    calliope_music Posts: 1,242 Member
    i read somewhere (or heard it, or maybe it was an urban legend) that a human ingests on average 8 bugs a year while sleeping.


    maybe it's not true, but ick!
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    Ok, I have no idea if this is common knowledge, but it certainly wasn't to me!

    On tonight's episode of Bones, they were testing some chocolate & lab tech said there was nothing unusual in the chocolate, just the "usual" like spider parts. :noway: Omg, so I almost threw up. This led me to the FDA website, where I learned there are bug parts, mammal excrements, & other nauseating things in most foods. The FDA allows a certain amount.

    This makes me not want to eat any food!

    Who cares you've been eating it for years.. Open the yapper and keep on tossing it in. If it hasn't hurt you yet I wouldn't worry about it. Even organic foods have it. Just keep on having your body digest it with acid and the like and don't think about it.

    It's probably honestly not even the grossest thing most people have put in their mouths if they think about it.
  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
    Ewww it's like the early 1900s in this thread. Reminds me of Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle'. Gotta love some severed body parts in your meat! WHO'S HUNGRY??!

    The company I buy my makeup from refuses to offer red eyeshadow because they don't want to use crushed beetles. I've watched lots of documentaries on the food industry and can't believe I've never realized that wonderful little factoid about ketchup! Yikes!
  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
    thank you so much for reminding me about this. meaning i read this before and it's still gross lol
  • Seesaa
    Seesaa Posts: 451
    you know you swallow like 1 and half spiders in your sleep a year? lol
    Just sayin.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    Mmmm bugs. Eat or be eaten! :wink:
    :laugh: :smokin:
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