In Canada, Global News reported a percentage of insects are allowed in processed food. In fact, the government has funded cricket farming to be used as a food source. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
How to Avoid Insects
You can remove some insects by washing or inspecting your food before eating it. Soak your fruits and vegetables in vinegar or baking soda. For tea, buy loose leaf tea so you can inspect it. You can avoid insects by eating less processed food and making the food yourself. Scrutinize your food when buying at bargain groceries stores. Make sure the food is not expired. A few times, I spotted bugs alive in packaged foods at the grocery store.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Common Food with Insects
Listed below are some foods you may find dead insects and insect eggs :
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Beans
Nuts
Fruit juice
candy
tea
Spaghetti sauce
Cereal
Peanut butter
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cheese
Mushrooms
Rice
Tomato sauce
Raisins
Sweet canned corn
Spices
Cured meats
Frozen Berries
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Food Ingredients
Read the ingredients closely; bugs such as crickets are now an ingredient in some foods such as cheese, flour, and other protein-based food. Some people see bugs as a substitute for meat. Livestock production is not environmentally sustainable, and some feel that using animals for human consumption is unethical. In comparison, insects can be fed food waste. While others think insects are part of the animal kingdom and should not be eaten.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”9247″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]
Reading the Ingredients
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][dt_sc_fancy_ul style=”warning”]If the food you buy is processed, reading the ingredients is essential. Bugs could be in your food under the following names:
- Carmine/cochineal is a red, pink or purple dye made from the beetle bug. It is also called Red 4, carminic acid and cochineal.
- Confectioner’s glaze, shellac, candy glaze, pharmaceutical glaze, “glazing agent,” and E904 are made of a female lac bug secretion.