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Wood, Bugs, and Other Gross Things You Didn't Know You Were Eating
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Rodent Hair, Insect Fragments




According to the FDA’s Defect Levels Handbook (yes, such a thing exists), peanut butter is allowed to contain one rodent hair per 100 grams (about six tablespoons), as well as 30 or more “insect fragments.” So if a few bugs crawl into the vat, no biggie. Also, just about all ground spices are allowed to contain up to 30 insect fragments as well. As for ground cinnamon? The government allows up to 400 insect fragments and 11 rodent hairs per 50 grams, so… bon appétit. :(
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Ammonia




“Pink slime,” that gooey mass of leftover meat trimmings we’ve heard a lot about, is treated with ammonia, but lots of foods are full of ammonia too, both artificial and naturally-occurring. Everything from onions to ketchup to peanut butter has trace amounts of ammonia in it, but the food with the most ammonia is blue cheese, which contains .138 grams per 100 grams, nearly seven times as much as a burger made with pink slime.
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