(WATCH) Soaking Strawberries in Salt Water Brings Out Tiny Bugs!
Yooo this is crazy! I actually didn’t buy strawberries yesterday when I was at Trader Joe’s because I didn’t want to do this and be grossed out. Ha! It started on TikTok and now everyone has been doing it.
It turns out it IS true, but I guess the good news is they aren’t harmful.
Here are the details: Eating these bugs isn’t harmful. “Although the sight of translucent worms crawling out of a fresh strawberry fruit might not be appealing, there are no known ill effects of eating them,” Sriyanka Lahiri, a strawberry and small fruit crop entomologist and assistant professor at the University of Florida told Health. “In fact, if you accidentally consumed some maggots, all you did was get some extra animal protein in your salad or fruit shake.” Ah, yes, just a little protein.