Many everyday foods contain trace amounts of insect-derived ingredients or bug fragments. Additives like carmine (from crushed beetles) and shellac (from lac bugs) are used for coloring and glazing. Even honey, beeswax, and royal jelly come from insects. The FDA allows a certain level of insect fragments in food, as total removal is nearly impossible. On average, Americans unknowingly consume 1–2 pounds of bugs per year through common foods.

Robert Downey Jr. selling cricket kibble? Nicole Kidman nibbling bugs? 🦗👠 “Eat the bugs” became a meme—but is it safe? 🤔 This video dives into industrial insect farming, parasite risks 🦠, and the shady “Circular Economy” where bugs eat trash—and you eat the bugs. 💩➡️🦗➡️🍴 Is this really sustainable—or corporate control in eco-packaging? 🏢♻️ Question the hype, read the labels, and don’t swallow the narrative. 🧐🚫