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That's simply not true. The UN FAO estimates that 2B people worldwide consume terrestrial insects regularly in their diets. Add in aquatic insects like shrimp o
by trinachi 4y ago
That's simply not true. The UN FAO estimates that 2B people worldwide consume terrestrial insects regularly in their diets. Add in aquatic insects like shrimp or lobster and that number increases drastically.
- mmmpop 4y agoNo doubt, but I'd be interested to see this figure broken down by country and sorted by GDP.
- cwkoss 4y ago2B people intentionally consume terrestrial insects. 99+% of humans incidentally consume terrestrial insects. Food processing is imperfect and insect contaminants are common. "But the FDA allows up to 225 insect fragments per 225 grams of macaroni (yes, that's one piece of bug per gram) and 4.5 rodent hairs per 225 grams. Per 100 grams, the FDA allows either 10 fly eggs, five fly eggs and one maggot, or two maggots in most tomato products." https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/fda-data-food-contamination-family https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/fda-data-food-contam...