#Repost ///@thedennis1m: While you’re still debating if insects will be part of our future diet, you’ve already been eating crickets and larvae for over a year — disguised as your favorite foods. » WIMKIN

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#Repost ///@thedennis1m: While you’re still debating if insects will be part of our future diet, you’ve already been eating crickets and larvae for over a year — disguised as your favorite foods. Corporate translation: “We add insect flour to products, but call it ‘alternative protein’.” ... View More#Repost ///@thedennis1m: While you’re still debating if insects will be part of our future diet, you’ve already been eating crickets and larvae for over a year — disguised as your favorite foods. Corporate translation: “We add insect flour to products, but call it ‘alternative protein’.” Company #1: Barilla (pasta) Since 2023, the premium pasta line contains “plant protein” — in reality, it’s cricket flour from farms in Thailand. Official reason: “To increase nutritional value.” Real reason: insects cost 3x less than meat with the same protein content. Company #2: Beyond Meat (plant-based meat) “100% plant-based” patties contain protein from mealworm larvae. Listed as “pea protein isolate” — a technical loophole. Larvae are raised on pea waste, processed into protein concentrate. Technically still a plant-based product. Company #3: Red Bull (energy drinks) The red dye carminic acid comes from crushed female cochineal insects — about 70,000 bugs per liter. It’s been used for 150 years, but now they also add chitin from shells “to improve taste,” listed as “natural flavors.” Company #4: Ferrero (Nutella chocolate spread) Since 2024, Nutella contains black soldier fly larvae flour to reduce cocoa costs. Masked as “mineral enrichment.” Insects are high in iron and zinc — technically true, but you’re buying chocolate and getting bugs. Company #5: PepsiCo (Lay’s chips) “Natural flavoring” in some chips is actually extracts from grasshoppers and locusts. Brings umami taste without MSG. Produced in Mexico, where locusts are a traditional food — but that’s never mentioned in local marketing. How to spot it Look for: “hydrolyzed protein,” “natural flavors,” “alternative proteins,” “mineral complexes.” Avoid products with “new formula” labels without explanation. Why they hide it Goal — to slowly normalize insect consumption through unnoticed integration. Read ingredient lists. Buy from small producers. Avoid “innovative” products from global brands. ————————— You might never see me again — follow now so you don’t miss out.

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August 30, 2025 Edited