7 Not-So-Fun Facts About Foods in Your Pantry (that may make you question everything you’ve ever eaten)

1. Bugs, fish bladders, and maggots are pretty commonly found in our foods.
1. “Vegan” foods very commonly contain fragments of creatures like crickets, maggots, and lice. If you’re not feeling like eating bugs, you can kiss goodbye to your flour, canned veggies, mushrooms, and more...
2. Jars of peanut butter contain rat HAIRS.
1. In a standard 16oz jar, the FDA actually allows for over 4 rat hairs to be present. Just another reason to eat allergy-friendly products, like SunButter.
3. Trader Joe's customers found bugs, rocks, plastic, metal, and other goodies in their foods…
1. Basil, cashews, soup dumplings, and enchiladas are a few on a much longer list that you can check out on Trader Joe's website here.
4. Mold in your canned tomatoes.
1. The FDA actually allows a small percentage of mold in some canned foods, including tomatoes. Eeek!
5. Bananas are radioactive.
1. Bananas are so rich in potassium, they’re said to be slightly radioactive. Even more interesting, human bodies contain more potassium than bananas do, which makes us even more radioactive!
6. Raw lima beans can be lethal.
1. Some raw beans, including lima beans, contain a substance called linamarin, which turns into cyanide when consumed. Cyanide is extremely poisonous to human bodies, so make sure you cook them through when making them at home! Here’s an awesome (and safe) recipe for you to make at home.
7. Flies leave deposits behind EVERY time they land on your food.
1. This one might be harder to avoid, so our apologies for letting you know. But supposedly, when a fly lands on your food, it's either laying eggs or vomiting, yes vomiting, a digestive enzyme on your food to break it down. Look - we didn't ask either.

Stay safe friends, and as always, snack absurdly.