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I've been reading that peanut butter contains bug and rodent fragments. Wtf???
Anyone know if this is true...?

All ground/processed food contains pieces of bugs and rodents, because they get into things and then get processed with the food.

Naturally the producers try to prevent this as much as they can, but it's not always possible.

We're talking about very small amounts of accidental contamination though. Mostly beetles, larvae, and rodent feces and hair.

We're talking about very small amounts of accidental contamination though. Mostly beetles, larvae, and rodent feces and hair.

I read that there are 30 insect parts per 100 grams.

Update- Parts could be really small though. But still, ick.

EquALLity wrote: I read that there are 30 insect parts per 100 grams.

Update- Parts could be really small though. But still, ick.

It is ground up very fine, it is a paste; they wouldn't even likely be visible except under a microscope.

Not sure where you got 30 though.

It is ground up very fine, it is a paste; they wouldn't even likely be visible except under a microscope.

Eh, ok. But that still adds up.

Not sure where you got 30 though.

I actually got it from an Instagram post on some vegan account, but after looking into it just now I found this-
http://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulat ... .htm#CHPTO
Crushed oregano has on average 300 fragments per 10 grams?
So for one gram, 30 fragments?

8 oz. of golden raisins have 10 whole insects and 35 bug eggs?
What the fffffffffffffff

Here's a picture of the bug that lays those eggs. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... sASPyYHIDQ

EquALLity wrote: 8 oz. of golden raisins have 10 whole insects and 35 bug eggs?
What the fffffffffffffff

..How old are you that you're just now learning that bugs are on and in everything?

Your body is also covered in bugs. The air is filled with little creepy crawly things.

Even bugs have bugs on them.

Note the mites crawling around on this ant's head:
http://emlab.umaine-biology.org/wp-cont ... 03/ant.jpg

..How old are you that you're just now learning that bugs are on and in everything?

Your body is also covered in bugs. The air is filled with little creepy crawly things.

Even bugs have bugs on them.

Note the mites crawling around on this ant's head:
http://emlab.umaine-biology.org/wp-cont ... 03/ant.jpg

How shocking!!1 I don't like the idea of eating 10 entire bugs by eating some golden raisins (which I don't eat anyway, but that wasn't the point).
I could have gotten over peanut butter I guess. There are just microscopic parts in there.
But you fixate on the disgust at eating 10 bugs? How is that shocking at all?
Also, the "What the ffffffffff" part was also just a humorous way of expressing that I thought the bugs in there were gross.

I'm not *just* learning that bugs are everywhere. I know that there are tiny bugs on rugs and in your eyes etc., but they are so small and insignificant. I'm also not EATING them. If I am by breathing in bugs through the air or something, breathing is unavoidable.

And you list these things as if I'm supposed to go, "Oh my god! Ew ew ew ew ew bugssssssss!"
Because I'm just a flailing seven-year-old, right?

EquALLity wrote: But you fixate on the disgust at eating 10 bugs? How is that shocking at all?

I don't know what you're talking about. You can be shocked if you want I suppose.

EquALLity wrote:I know that there are tiny bugs on rugs and in your eyes etc., but they are so small and insignificant. I'm also not EATING them. If I am by breathing in bugs through the air or something, breathing is unavoidable.

If there are bugs in the rug, and in your eyes, and in the air, why wouldn't there be bugs on your food?

You can't avoid eating either.

EquALLity wrote:And you list these things as if I'm supposed to go, "Oh my god! Ew ew ew ew ew bugssssssss!"

No... that's what I think you should not do. Bugs are everywhere, you can't avoid them, don't worry about it.

EquALLity wrote:Because I'm just a flailing seven-year-old, right?

I didn't know you were seven. Anyway, I didn't say you were flailing or anything.
I just find it odd that this is news.

I don't know what you're talking about. You can be shocked if you want I suppose.

I was talking about the shocked face, but you can go on like you didn't make it.

If there are bugs in the rug, and in your eyes, and in the air, why wouldn't there be bugs on your food?

You can't avoid eating either.

No, but you can avoid eating things with a lot of bugs.

I didn't know you were seven. Anyway, I didn't say you were flailing or anything.
I just find it odd that this is news.

I actually don't know if you are trolling when you act like you took that seriously.
I'm going with trolling.

EquALLity wrote: I was talking about the shocked face, but you can go on like you didn't make it.

This?

It's just a picture of a face with bug eyes. Bug, hm.

Like I said, I find it odd that this is news.

Usually this stuff goes around in grade school and everybody is grossed out, then we get over it.

EquALLity wrote: No, but you can avoid eating things with a lot of bugs.

The healthiest foods tend to be covered in insect eggs, and tiny bugs of all sorts.

I'm not so sure it's useful to arrange your diet to minimize consumption of bugs. If even possible, since they're pretty evenly distributed on things.