I'm swearing off fruit juices for good

[Joshua]

I don’t mind insect parts all that much and even rodent hairs ehh, not so bad… but I am never touching any canned fruit juice ever again!

How Many Rodent Hairs and Insect Parts Are In ...

Here is a very brief sampling of the FDA's Food Defect Action Level list. They begin investigation when foods reach the action level they've set. According to the FDA, typical foods contain about 10 percent of the action level, but others say they contain more like 40 percent.


CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE LIQUOR

*Insect filth: Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined OR any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments

*Rodent filth: Average is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in 6 100-gram subsamples examined OR any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs


CITRUS FRUIT JUICES, CANNED

*Insects and insect eggs: 5 or more Drosophila and other fly eggs per 250 ml or 1 or more maggots per 250 ml


RED FISH AND OCEAN PERCH

*Parasites: 3% of the fillets examined contain 1 or more parasites accompanied by pus pockets


MACARONI AND NOODLE PRODUCTS

*Insect filth: Average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples

*Rodent filth: Average of 4.5 rodent hairs or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples


PEANUT BUTTER

*Insect filth: Average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams

*Rodent filth: Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams


POPCORN

*Rodent filth: 1 or more rodent excreta pellets are found in 1 or more subsamples, and 1 or more rodent hairs are found in 2 or more other subsamples OR 2 or more rodent hairs per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples OR 20 or more gnawed grains per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples


WHEAT FLOUR

*Insect filth: Average of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams

*Rodent filth: Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams


Can these things be avoided? To avoid all unsavory food components, it seems, would be to stop eating all together. And perhaps we're just being too squeamish. After all, as Dr. Manfred Kroger, a professor of food science at Pennsylvania State University, says, "Let's face it, much of our food comes from nature, and nature is not perfect."

[apedroza]

Just chalk it up as extra protein!!!!! Just imagine how many pest parts are in a bottle of ketchup!!!

[topsoil]

I like to know what's in my food, but in this case, ignorance is bliss!

[Bill S]

Having helped some friends who own a vineyard, you can't believe the sheer quantity of spider guts in wine. It's insane. They crawl out of the vats by the thousands. And thousands more are crushed in the presses.

[FossilReef]

Yeah, I would have to say to stop worrying about that kind of thing. There's something contaminating just about everything you eat, I guarantee it. Especially here in the south where there are insects just about everywhere you can think of.

[RayAllen]

Bill I was going to bring up wine as well. Any food product that starts on a farm, orchard, vineyard etc. will have insect or other animal hairs. Everything you mentioned above with exception of the fish came from a farm or orchard. Insect leave things behind. If you have a Herb garden at your home; chances are you are eating them as well.

[hobogato]

i dont see the big deal anyway, many cultures around the world include insects as a staple protein.

[Joshua]

I don't mind the other insects, but for some reason the maggots and fly eggs turn my stomach something fierce!

[fjr_wertheimber]

Heck, you swallow spiders in your sleep even without eating anything else, so why worry about it?

[joelb]

peanut butter sounds good right now. i'll look really close and tell you how many i c in my sandwich.