(Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.)According to the FDA, a chocolate bar may naturally contain pieces of insect and rodent hair. How much? Well, they don't consider it "adulterated" unless there's 60 or more insect fragments found in a 100-gram sample. (That leaves quite a bit of legal room for crunchy insect bits.)
And when it comes to rodent filth, the level of concern, or "action level," is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams (which may be of concern to you).
Look on the bright side, a little extra protein never hurt anybody.
Interestingly enough, chocolate empire Hershey's announced its second price increase in under a year today, due to rising costs and high gas prices.
But now that you know what's in it, will you eat it that often?
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Tuesday 05 February
By Aaron
I've never liked chocolate, milk, candy or anything chocolate!!
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Wednesday 30 January
By Jossy
THEY FAILED TO INCLUDE THE MOUSE PEE AND POOP THAT'S IN CHOCOLATE AND IN MOST GRAIN SILO'S SO PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING WE EAT HAS MOUSE SOMETHING OR OTHER IN IT. HOW ABOUT THE GUY IN THE HOSPITAL IN FINLAND THAT RECENTLY GOT BOWL OF SOUP AND THERE WAS AN ENTIRE MOUSE HEAD IN IT? THIS IS A TRUE STORY. THE VEGETABLES FOR THE SOUP CAME FROM BELGUIM AND THE ARTICLE SAID THAT NOBODY HAS COME UP WITH THE REST OF THE MOUSE BODY YET AND IT COULD BE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN EUROPE. BELGUIM SELLS VEGGIES TO EVERY COUNTRY.
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Wednesday 30 January
By nepawoods
Did you even read the FDA page you cite? It does NOT say the average 100 gram chocolate bar contains 60 separate pieces of insect, or one rodent hair. What it says is that that would be one criteria for seizure and citation. Learn to read.
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Friday 08 February
By Maureen
Lord jesus! You guys hit me in the spot, if u guys only knew how much i just love chocolate and how im never gonna eat one again. =/
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Friday 08 February
By Jennifer
Apparently you don't read nepawoods; in this article, they did not state that as the "average" amount of insect parts or rodent hair. All you did was restate what they said. They DID say that was the amount for seizure, etc, just not in the words that you said it. Perhaps you should read more closely.
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Friday 08 February
By teresa
ohhh man. i love chocalate but i dont eat it everyday .
at least theres protein in itt =]
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Friday 08 February
By Mookyvet
nepawoods:
Yeah, but you know a good 80% of the people who read this article won't bother to read your comment or the actual source page thoroughly enough to realize that.
So, it'll probably spread as a baseless internet rumor.
Go crazy journalists.
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Friday 08 February
By Jane
Considering that 48% of the world's cocoa comes from Ivory Coast - and there are 15,000 children between the ages of 9 - 12 ENSLAVED on cocoa plantations there (per the US State Department) - I can think of 15,000 other reasons to not eat chocolate.
Unless we KNOW it's slave free (like Newman's Own), don't eat chocolate.
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Friday 08 February
By ELMER
LOOK ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG. AND THE PERSON THAT DOESNT DRINK MILK MUST BE SO ******* SHORT AND YOU REPEATED CHOCOLATE TWICE
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Friday 08 February
By raining men
i heard that insect hair and parts are in my chocolate,but that is what makes it so tasty! it is good for your knee caps..mary is my best friend and she eats chocolate all the time,i guess thats why shes so smart, because she eats bugs!!!
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Saturday 09 February
By Corinne
Nearly everything we eat that is store bought contains something nasty like this we'd rather not know about. The FDA has regulations like this for pretty much everything. Just look up what percent of hairs is allowed in hot dogs, or how many rodents end up in ground beef. You'd be surprised. If you're going to freak out about these things, make your food yourself. Don't be picky if you are going to be lazy.
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Friday 01 August
By pam
how did u find out about the hot dogs and hamburger meat
Friday 08 February
By Tiff
Wow, i'm glad i found that out. =( I really never eat chocolate alot, except for easter, and + too much chocolate gives my really BAD headaches!!! Well now i'm DEFINETLY not eating it anymore!!! Did you know that another thing that rats pee and poop on is soda cans!!! Soda's are great, but the next time you want to drink one thats in a can PLEASE poor it in a cup. =)
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Friday 08 February
By Jennifer
Okie doke, there went my craving for chocolate.......
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Saturday 09 February
By yumyumdelish
Who cares? What do you think prehistoric people ate when there were no berries or meat to be found? They ate bugs, rodents, and small game! Even today in parts of the world, people eat bugs. It's actually considered a delicacy in some parts of Asia and India! In America, we are sooo prissy and uptight about what we eat and what we don't that anything that's not prepared by at least a four-star chef is considered "nasty". Think about it! And WHO CARES??? Protein. I love chocolate and I am even happier because I'm now learning that I am getting protein. YAY.
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Monday 22 June
By Grey
You are happy that there are bugs in chocolate because now you know that chocolate has protein? Umm... they are trace particals of bugs, not enough to add any nutritional value at all... As for the protein, I just assumed that the milk used in chocolate would provide that... you're an idiot...
Wednesday 03 September
By John
Actually I live in Hershey PA and I also work in Chocolate world where the chocolate is made. We fully clean the cocoa beans before they are processed, and no the place is checked for mice/rats weekly so either you misread or your a dipshit.
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Thursday 18 June
By Pat
well there goes my cholo-holic problem, thank goodness !!!!!!!!
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Tuesday 29 September
By lauren
look here it is only LEGAL for the FDA to allow a certain amount of bug particulates in chocolate and it doesn't appy to all chocolate brands. you have to think about how much bug particals we inhale on a daily basis . i mean in this world any more breathing fresh air is slowly killing us... no one said eating bug particals would kill us. NOT YET anyway... so what if there is insect pieces in your chocolate do you remeber all the things you ate wen you were a child..as the mother of a ninemonths old the things he puts in his mouth are disgustings. OH and people eat MUSHROOMS everyday knowing that mushroom are comonly found on trees and cow shit...i work in the food industry and as much as you SCRUB a mushroom you NEVER EVER get off all the dirt..((BUGS)) so for the people who will begin to boycot all brands of chocolate realize how stupid you sound please get over your self a ninsect wont kill you( atleast most of them )
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