Chocolate Insects Views

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Our fear of trying something like that in the 'west' is due to our culture; most of us are detached from nature, it's external to our lives and serves more as a pretty background than something we harness and interact with for our own benefit. We rely on farmers for crops and animal products, but supermarkets act as 'middlemen' which mean we don't see the harvesting or slaughtering, we simply see the end product, neatly packed with cooking instructions on the back. This underexposure to the reality of the world, coupled with the perpetuated notion that all insects are gross, throw in a sprinkle of fear of the unknown, and you have the majority of the population squirming at the concept of eating a chocolate-covered-cricket.

Did you know that the average chocolate bar in the U.S. contains at least 8 pieces of an insect in it? Harvesting of the cacao beans occurs in the tropical countries of South America with low sanitation levels. Cacao tree beans are cut and piled in the farmerr’s field where they ferment for 6 days. During this process, children and adults walk over the piles; insects, rodents, small animals and other living things that make their nests in the piles. Actually the The U. S. Department of Health publishes a book entitled a“The Food Defect Action Levelsdents, small animals and other living things that make their nests in the piles. Actually the The U. S. Department of Health publishes a book entitled a“The Food Defect Action Levels<” in which they list unavoidable defects in food (insect, rodents etc.) all allowed by FDA.

Eeeeuuw thanks for reminding me. I love chocolate but one day my son came home from school and his science teacher had told the class that some insects especially cockroaches are attracted to chocolate and fall into the mixture! As much as 8% of insects in the chocolate mixture is allowed by the health dept (at least in Australia, don

The days of our busy lives seem to fly by, and, before you know it, it's October 14th, National Chocolate-Covered Insects Day. There's no reason to panic or go buggy. If your gift list for this holiday is as long as your arm, then you might want to think about making these sweet, high-protein goodies yourself to save money and time pounding the pavement or wandering the Internet. Your friends and loved ones will know you care when you present them with an artfully arranged selection of carefully hand-dipped crickets, grasshoppers, ants or mealworms.