Acheta protein = ground up crickets
Better check the ingredients of your chips, protein bars, protein powder, crackers, cookies and mixes…
Discussion
I don't really care if someone eats crickets per se. After all, the chickens that lay the eggs I eat live off of bugs mostly. Maybe they aren't directly good for us, I have no idea.
What bothers me is that they are clearly trying to hide what it is.
Acheta protein.
Why not just write Cricket Protein? I think it's because they know most people don't really want cricket protein.
I’m pretty numb to how much poison they try to hide in FDA approved food, drinks, and drugs at this point. If this bothers you, get ready to be bothered by a million other instances. Often they don’t hide it and it is right out in the open. Nobody cares enough to do anything. Or the makers lobby the government and are too big to penalize meaningfully.
Easiest way to skip all the bullshit is buy as much as possible from the farmers market.
Depends on the item. Sometimes it just says Butter, or whatever. That is mostly how I use them. To make sure that things like sour cream are actually sour cream, which is unfortunate but still helpful. I'm not going to produce every item myself at home.
Carmine, Crimson Lake, Natural Red 4 = Cochineal bugs
Acheta Protein = Cricket Meal
Something tells me this is important to remember.
I went to my pantry to check.
I couldn’t find any chips, protein bars, or protein powder. I found some very stale crackers left over from a coworker at some team builder that took place here. They were from the Asian food store, had nothing noteworthy on their US import label.
My wife occasionally makes cookies, but the jar was empty and it filled me with sadness. I bet there were some insects accidentally ground up in the local flour she uses, but not enough to make the label.
I final found a R&B mix, played it and got crickets, but I had it plugged into the wrong audio jack. Swapped it and the tunes came through…
That’s your list, my house came up short. I’m ok with this.
There is even an app for that:
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